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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste spoke of a citizens' assembly. He has decided to go ahead with an assembly but I note, as I think many other people will do, that he has taken the citizens out of the equation. A meeting of the chiefs of the European navies will take place in Cork tomorrow and on Thursday. Who will be in attendance? Any European Union or European NATO country that has a navy can send...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on plans for the consultative forum on international security policy this summer; if his Department or the Defence Forces will be making submissions on the question of military non-alignment; which experts have been invited to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: Will the Tánaiste report on plans for the consultative forum on international security policy this summer? Will his Department or the Defence Forces be making submissions on the question of military non-alignment? Which experts have been invited to participate in the event? Will he make a statement on the matter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: More than 70 residents of Beaumont Residential Care in Cork city face an uncertain future after the owners of the centre told relatives last week that they will exit the fair deal scheme at the end of May if the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, does not increase payments to them. Does the Minister agree that no resident should be evicted from any nursing home and that the State has a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: Following a violent attack on an encampment of asylum seekers, with tents and belongings burnt out, many believe it is only a matter of time before Ireland's far right claims its first killing. The Government made asylum seekers an easy target by forcing them to sleep on the streets. It made 500 other asylum seekers do so as well. It ignored warnings that its sleep on the street policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in light of the cost-of-living crisis, if he is aware that various waste collection companies have substantially increased their fees; if he has considered how this will impact low- and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23102/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the cost of electric cars in the State makes them accessible to lower and middle-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct the HSE to sanction additional nursing support in order that children with complex medical issues can attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (16 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any advice from the National Gender Service to GPs not to provide blood testing facilities or to administer HRT therapies to people accessing gender affirming care; if he will confirm that the administration of HRT therapies to patients is a matter for them and their doctor; if he will meet with grassroots groups that campaign for the...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: I want to talk about the skill set of a group of workers who are doing vital work in our health service at the moment. I am referring to the 1,000 Indian nurses who came over here at the start of the year on two-year work permit programmes to work as healthcare assistants. They are not working as nurses, but as healthcare assistants in the private nursing homes in this State. I will leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: I want to talk to the Taoiseach about mortgage prisoners. There are more than 30,000 households in this State that have not only had their mortgages snapped up by vulture funds but that have been told they cannot go on fixed-rate mortgages. Many of them are paying interest rates of 8% or 9%. That is on the Government because the State imposes maximum rates on moneylenders but not on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21668/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, we discovered that one factory, Dairygold in Mitchelstown, emitted more carbon last year than the entire population of the town in which it is based. We discovered that 100 factories, power plants, airlines etc. emitted nearly 25 million tonnes of CO2 and greenhouse gases last year, which is more than one third of the total for the entire State. This includes Ryanair, Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [21667/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: I have questions under a number of headings. I will ask them together and the Minister might reply to them together. I begin with European works councils. Ireland has a significant number, but the Commission has found our legislation, especially with respect to disputes, does not live up to the EU directive. Will the Government commit to ensuring our legislation meets EU standards and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: We are not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: My first point relates to grocery prices. There seems to have been a change in tone from the Government but not in the substance of its approach to this issue. As far back as February, the Taoiseach implored and pleaded with the sector for price cuts. What I described as the “pretty, pretty please” approach has not worked. The Minister told us he is not happy with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: If I may-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: I just wish to ask a question. I understand what measures the State might take that the Minister does not support. I am asking that if we do not see real progress in six weeks, will the Government ask again or will measures be taken where the State directly intervenes? It does not have to be that measure, though it is the one I would advocate for, but other tools are available. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will supply a breakdown, by local authority, of the funding allocated and the funding drawdown under the Traveller caravan loan scheme for 2021 and 2022; the budget for 2023; if he will expand the scheme to cater for unmet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21885/23]