Mick Barry

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Cork North-Central

Activity on Environment — 82 events (5 lobbying · 76 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Agriculture

  • Suckler Cow Supports - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Dairy - 2024 General Election
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 10 returns AgricultureEU Affairs

  • Farm Forestry
  • Designated Natura Areas
  • Horticulture and Potatoes - 2024 General Election
  • Simplified, Fully Funded Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  • IFA CENTRAL ASKS of Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Nitrates Directive/Derogation - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
  • EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
  • EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
  • Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 3 returns EnvironmentBanking and Financial Institutions

  • EU Environment Fund
  • Supports within Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund
  • Banking
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Environment

  • Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme (tyres)
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns Local GovernmentSocial ProtectionEnvironment

  • LEADER
  • Farm Assist
  • Water
  • Planning Permission - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [26072/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [12452/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has estimated how much in deposits charged on cans and bottles under the deposit return scheme will not be refunded to customers; if his Department has estimated how many bottles and cans under the scheme will be recycled through green bins and therefore not see a refund to the customer; what assessment there has been of the accessibility of the scheme for those with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7523/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what procedures are in place to ensure that those who have recently occupied a previous unoccupied house can avail of the electricity account credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6511/24]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [42484/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the cost of joint advertising with a national supermarket chain (details supplied); if his Department had sight of the advertisement campaign ahead of it being published; if he has policies in relation to subsidising the advertising initiatives of private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what policies are in place in relation to the use of Government branding in the advertising campaigns of private companies; if these policies were implemented in relation to an advertising campaign launched by a supermarket chain (details supplied). [37838/23]
• 2023-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to approve the pension increase due to An Post pensioners this year; his views on whether it now needs to match the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he anticipates water shortages this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the proposed plans byESB to switch its power generation plant at Moneypoint in County Clare from coal to oil by 2025, and how this move will adversely affect the State's emissions instead of significantly reducing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason (details supplied) in Cork Harbour has been sanctioned despite two of the rivers flowing into the harbour are not meeting their conservation limits; if he would review this decision, given the risk to fish being caught in the nets and the precautionary principle; his views on whether the sanctioning of draft nets in Cork Harbour is in breach of Inland Fisheries Ireland protocols and commitments to conservation under the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26450/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a draft net fishery has been sanctioned in Castlemaine Harbour given one of the rivers flowing into the common embayment area, the Behy river, is closed to angling for several years and the harbour is a mix stock fishery; if he will endorse scientific monitoring samples from intercepted fish in the Behy river; his views on whether the sanctioning of draft nets in Castlemaine Harbour is in breach of Inland Fisheries Ireland protocols and commitments to conservation under the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has taken steps to ensure that households that have pay-as-you-go gas and electricity meters which are debt-flagged will be able to switch to other suppliers and bill pay options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58205/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated amount that the State will receive from the European Union windfall tax on energy companies; if he supports this measure being extended; if he supports a higher rate of taxation than the rate that is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications that have been approved for the national home energy upgrade scheme to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54476/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications that have been approved for the individual energy upgrade grants to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54477/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications that have been approved for the fully-funded energy upgrades to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54478/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prepaid gas meters for domestic household customers in the State; the number with each company. [50501/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prepaid electricity meters for domestic household customers in the State; the breakdown of the number with each company. [50502/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amounts provided in hardship funds for each of the gas and electricity utility companies. [50503/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he raised the issue of extending the moratorium on disconnections to prepaid customers in his meetings with gas and electricity utility companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50504/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has explored ways to extend the disconnection moratorium to prepaid customers; the options explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50505/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has explored the various barriers that exist for consumers to switch from prepay to credit meters; his views on a ban on exit fees or other financial penalties for persons wishing to switch from prepaid meters to credit meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50506/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if those who have agreed to take a prepaid meter as part of a process to pay down arrears on their electricity or gas accounts will be allowed to switch back to a credit meter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50507/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will support the waiving of the fee to change a gas meter from prepaid to credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50508/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [50013/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider taking steps to ensure that those gas and electricity customers who have pay-as-you-go meters will not have their electricity or gas cut off this winter and therefore avail of the moratorium on disconnections; the consultation that his Department has had with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48797/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to pay the pension increase due to An Post pensioners; his views on whether it now needs to match the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42357/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [22010/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [23439/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [6461/22]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will publish the annual transition statement for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he will take to ensure that the targets set to be missed as documented in the Climate Change Advisory Council’s review of the year will be met in particular the lack of a long term emissions reduction strategy, a failure to meet the target of a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 and the delayed measures for transport and heating in the Climate Action plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61469/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 19 October 2021, if he will oppose attempts to classify nuclear energy as an environmentally sustainable economic activity at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53267/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his approach to preparation for the COP26 summit in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44063/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will investigate the role played by data centres in relation to recent shortfalls in electricity availability; the extent to which data centres add to greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44064/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the microgeneration scheme will be opened for households to allow them to share excess energy to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41737/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [33548/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change last met; and when it will next meet. [21880/21]
• 2020-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that will be introduced over the next year pertaining to a carbon tax. [16053/20]
• 2020-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the projection of emissions for the period 2019 to 2040 published on 8 July 2020 by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/20]
• 2019-12-18
  VOTE
  Environmental Policy

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–76
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to introducing a service for the collection of medical related domestic waste such as incontinence pads particularly in view of increases in domestic waste collection charges [26851/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the commitment to provide financial assistance to those that have to dispose of incontinence pads in their domestic waste can be honoured. [26886/19]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on planned offshore wind farms; the status of planning and procurement for prospective offshore wind farms; the status of offshore wind farms being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48871/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent 15% increase in bin charges by a company (details supplied) in County Cork; the action he will take to reduce costs of bin charges in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42810/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to issue by-laws governing the fishing of pike in advance of the completion of a review by Inland Fisheries Ireland; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22568/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland will begin its review of the ownership and control policy of media companies; if he will make a submission to the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18302/18]
• 2017-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in co-operation with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment he will elaborate a policy for the expansion of public transport and the radical reduction of public transport fares in order to avert the possibility of fines being imposed on Ireland for not reaching its CO2 emission targets by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42029/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will ensure that brown bins for organic waste will be made available to all householders in view of the fact the absence of a brown bin service here will lead to even greater increases in refuse charges under the pay-by-weight regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35148/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which a licence for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry bay was issued without an environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures taken to avert the possibility of heavy fines being imposed on Ireland for exceeding CO2 emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since the US President Trump's announcement that the US was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will extend the deferment of the application of the pay-by-weight refuse collection regime that was originally scheduled for commencement in July 2016; if he will intervene with a company (details supplied) that opted its customers into a form of pay-by-weight unless they opted out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29702/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since President Trump's announcement that the United States of America was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29935/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking and plans to take with respect to the growing use of non-recyclable disposable hot drink cups; the data being collected on these receptacles entering the waste disposal system; and the guidance which has issued to local authorities on the matter. [18373/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action which has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the formal review of the EPA conducted by a person (details supplied) and the lack of accountability of the EPA resulting from its immunity from prosecution. [13932/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any contact or discussions with his US counterpart on the issue of climate change and targets contained in the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been provided with information on the proposed closure of 200 post offices; the estimated effects this will have on jobs and postal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13928/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a low-cost option for persons telephoning Departments and offices from mobile phone networks could be instituted by his Department, in view of the fact that mobile phone ownership is far more extensive than landlines, including among the poorest sections of society. [13291/17]
• 2017-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if rises in domestic refuse collection charges and in particular the rise in recycling charges imposed by a company described in the communication from a person (details supplied) is lawful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has estimated the potential impact on the environment of the promised withdrawal by President Trump from the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/17]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on media plurality, given the recent acquisitions of a number of radio stations by international media corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide private media companies with revenue from the broadcast charge fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the report on media diversity in Ireland published by the European University Institute's Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom; if he has considered recommendations in the report on the concentration of media ownership here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's annual report for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38590/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take to ensure broadband services will be provided in an area in correspondence (details supplied). [29707/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can reimburse Co-operative Housing Ireland the cost of heating Merville Court, Fairview, Dublin 3, given that prior to it being taken over by the co-operative, the tenants were part of the rental accommodation scheme, and the cost of the heating was met by Dublin City Council, and recoupable from his Department (details supplied). [21055/16]
• 2016-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed Irish Water to discontinue with the installation of water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18477/16]
• 2016-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if arrears will be written off in the event of water charges being abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18478/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the order of his predecessor, which expired in April 2016, to the four Dublin local authorities that half of all housing units that become available to them to house social housing applicants be made available to those on the various priority lists, including homeless priority [12449/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to request Irish Water to publicise its payment figures for water charges for the past two billing periods. [11570/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to direct local authorities to accept social housing applications from victims of domestic violence who have fled their homes but who are ineligible if they retain joint ownership of the home occupied by their abusive partners. [11571/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to consider a waiver system for those with illnesses that give rise to above average household waste, for example incontinence, given the introduction of compulsory pay-by-weight refuse collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if she will effect a policy change to permit local partnerships to provide course funding assistance in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8465/16]