Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [5335/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [4127/24]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [4125/24]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5334/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [4126/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Mick Barry

172. 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]

Schools Building Projects

Mick Barry

326. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will have an update on approval of its stage 3 report for a planned extension to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6510/24]

Nursing Homes

Mick Barry

594. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to provide the amount paid to a number of nursing home groups (details supplied) last year under the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/24]

Nursing Homes

Mick Barry

596. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home (details supplied) following HIQA's findings in respect of fire safety issues at the building; if alternative accommodation has been secured for the current residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Mick Barry

32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current average waiting time for a WRC adjudication hearing to be heard from the time the complaint(s) are submitted; whether the delay in the hearing of a particular case (details supplied) can be accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3710/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [3711/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [3712/24]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

285. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if his Department will extend the in-school counselling pilot programme to all schools, in light of the increasing need for counselling for young people. [4159/24]

Health Services Staff

Mick Barry

557. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the Budget 2024 requirement to cease recruitment for approved development posts and to make a statement on any planned further cessation of recruitment by his Department. [4158/24]

International Agreements

Mick Barry

194. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if, as previously indicated, Ireland remains on course in 2024 to ratify ILO C188 Work in Fishing Convention 2007, and what if any part of relevant EU Directives that arose from this convention remains to be transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3536/24]

European Council

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the December European Union Council meeting. [2897/24]

Economic Policy

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [55232/23]

Official Travel

Mick Barry

150. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what the policy is regarding the usage of private aeroplanes for official travel for his Department; and if he will report on his recent transport choice and related expenses to the Balkan region. [2922/24]

Insurance Industry

Mick Barry

219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to regulate insurance prices that, according to reports (details supplied), are rising rapidly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/24]