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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [42619/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I have some questions, perhaps for Mr. Courtney. The introductory remarks state that the commission is focusing on the subminimum or youth rates, and that is precisely what I want to focus on in my time here. The statement says the commission intends to submit a report to the Minister before the end of the year. That is a really important issue that is coming up next on the agenda, so to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: That is fine. The Central Statistics Office, CSO, for what it is worth, has the number at 34,000. I would not regard that as a small number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I would not. I am not sure I would regard it as a relatively small number either because what is it relative to? If there are 150,000 people on the minimum wage, in effect it means approximately that for every four people on the full minimum wage there is one who is a young worker on a subminimum rate. What are we talking about with the subminimum rates? Let us project forward to 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: As I understand it, the report is presented to the Government and the commission does not independently publish it at that point. That is not an unusual situation. When the report is handed to the Government, is it publicly announced that it has been completed and handed to the Government, and it is in the Government's court? Is the public aware of the moment that the Government receives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: That is helpful. I thank Mr. Courtney.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Indian healthcare assistants who work in the private nursing home sector travelled this morning from all over Ireland to gather at the gates of the Dáil to protest in support of the right to family reunification. In New Zealand, Australia and the UK, Indian healthcare workers have a right to bring their families with them but not here. The Government recruited 1,000 qualified Indian...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I am going to start with an observation on the reaction to yesterday's budget. When the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, concluded his statement, Fianna Fáil Deputies sprang to their feet and gave him a standing ovation. It was quite loud and lively. The reaction from the population of this country to the budget has been rather different. In the main, it has been to stifle one giant...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: The question for the Minister, Deputy McGrath, is where is the vision. George Bush Snr. famously struggled with what he described as the "vision thing". It looks to me like the Minister, Deputy McGrath, might be the George Bush Snr. of Irish politics because here was a real opportunity. Even if we do not think that budget surpluses will add up to €65 million over the next four...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can direct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to engage with the representations by an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of a number of migrant fishers who have not received the share of crew compensation due to them under the Brexit voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43500/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (5 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [30627/23]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We are debating and discussing a change to the law. Where has the pressure for this change come from? It has come from below. It came from the repeal movement, the Me Too movement, and from the sentiment for I Believe Her in the aftermath of the Belfast rape trial. Insofar as this legislation is a reflection of the aspirations and the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Where are we on the list?

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I want clarity on this.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Where are we on the list?