Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Mick Barry

831. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional dedicated children's beds for psychiatric care to stop the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

832. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Connecting for Life suicide prevention programme in a full year. [24804/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

833. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Sharing the Vision strategy in a full year. [24805/23]

A Vision for Change

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider changes to the work permit scheme to allow those coming to work as health care assistants to bring their spouses and children to live in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23382/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mick Barry

155. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing those who are paying Class S PRSI to make additional voluntary contributions to allow them access to illness benefit, given the increased awareness and necessity for persons to isolate when ill from many illnesses, and the increasing number of persons in this group who are on low or middle incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23381/23]

Military Neutrality

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste 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]

Waste Management

Mick Barry

180. 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]

Electric Vehicles

Mick Barry

253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Health Service Executive

Mick Barry

551. Deputy Mick Barry asked 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]

Gender Recognition

Mick Barry

730. Deputy Mick Barry asked 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 rights of trans and intersex people in relation to access to gender affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23148/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

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

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21668/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

96. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]

Cost of Living Issues

Mick Barry

126. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to ensure that the €200 cost-of-living payment that was due in April will be extended to State pension-qualified adults; if it is not to be extended, whether the disproportional impact on women has been factored in by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21883/23]

Departmental Policies

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20682/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20683/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [21669/23]

Good Friday Agreement

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Queen's University Belfast conference to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. [20293/23]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the average costs associated with the running of the shared island unit in his Department. [20294/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

232. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the regulation that pertained during the existence of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers whereby no more than 50% of the crew of an eligible fishing vessel should have consisted of non-EEA nationals still applies in the context of non-EEA nationals currently in the fleet being stamp-4 visa holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19979/23]