Parliamentary questions

Employment Rights

Mick Barry

28. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department will take to support efforts to eliminate bogus self-employment practices in the English language teaching sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/17]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

45. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the unfolding dispute between crane operators and construction employers. [30409/17]

Sport Ireland Administration

Mick Barry

45. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Sport Ireland has delayed in responding to the application for additional funding for the national women's soccer team for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30131/17]

Rail Services

Mick Barry

73. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the unfolding financial crisis Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/17]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mick Barry

56. 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]

International Agreements

Mick Barry

79. 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]

School Accommodation Provision

Mick Barry

211. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence dated 13 April 2017 from a group (details supplied); and if he will meet representatives of the group to discuss the way in which it can secure an alternative premises to continue its valuable work. [29685/17]

Waste Disposal

Mick Barry

457. 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]

Climate Change Policy

Mick Barry

458. 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]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the atypical worker permit for non-EU migrant fishing crew; if such a review is planned; and if he will meet representatives from the international transport federation that have concerns regarding the welfare of non-EU migrant fishing crew operating on Irish vessels. [28072/17]

HSE Staff

Mick Barry

128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can be directed to cease the practice of forcing its employees who are certified sick on a long-term basis being forced to go through the hardship of having to obtain fresh sick certificates on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/17]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has yet spoken to the British Prime Minister. [27227/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Mick Barry

52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the allocation of space for private practice in the plans for the new national maternity hospital is compatible with the elimination of private care from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/17]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free access to fertility treatments including IVF in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/17]

Health Services

Mick Barry

67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to make himself legally accountable for the delivery of health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mick Barry

75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Mick Barry

128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact the State will pay for the construction of the new national maternity hospital yet it will be owned by a private entity; his Department's general policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27860/17]

Fishing Vessel Licences

Mick Barry

1874. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken by the marine survey office against owners of fishing vessels that refuse to submit log books. [28117/17]

Citizen Information Services

Mick Barry

1981. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the claim made in her amendment to the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on the independence of local citizens' information services that the Citizens Information Board made a decision to restructure the local citizens information services at a meeting on 17 February 2017 when this decision is not recorded in the minutes of this Citizens Information Board meeting which are available online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26638/17]

Citizen Information Services

Mick Barry

1982. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the discrepancy of accounts between herself and the chief executive of the Citizens Information Board as to when a decision was made to restructure the governance of locally formerly independently run citizens information centres (details supplied). [26639/17]

Citizen Information Services

Mick Barry

1983. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision in the Comhairle Act 2000 or the Citizens Information Act 2007 which empowers the board of the Citizens Information Board to unilaterally alter the local board structure of independently run citizens information centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26640/17]

Family Income Supplement

Mick Barry

33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 18 May 2017, the reason for the rise in the number of families in receipt of family income supplement over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/17]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Mick Barry

50. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower rate of jobseeker's payments for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/17]

Site Acquisitions

Mick Barry

171. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he obtained an independent valuation for the Harold's Cross stadium before his Department purchased the stadium from Bord na gCon; the valuation arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25360/17]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Mick Barry

319. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the long-term decline in occupational defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector; his further views on the idea of a State supervised unified defined benefit, half final salary occupational pension scheme for workers in all sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/17]

Bord na gCon

Mick Barry

531. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord na gCon obtained a valuation of Harold's Cross stadium from the Valuation Office or another valuer prior to its sale; the valuation arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25359/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Mick Barry

178. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will hold formal negotiations with a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of cuts to pensions in view of the fact that they affect retired public servants. [23689/17]

Hospital Services

Mick Barry

207. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the comment from the representative of Cork university hospital in correspondence (details supplied) justifying a three day delay to the treatment of a person's head wound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on health will be held. [23041/17]

Bus Éireann

Mick Barry

62. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the windfall of approximately €100 million from the Revenue Commissioners to Transport Infrastructure Ireland can be used in part to increase the subsidy to Bus Éireann. [22092/17]

Bus Services

Mick Barry

76. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed tendering of the Bus Éireann Waterford city service. [22094/17]

Public Transport Subsidies

Mick Barry

249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the State subsidy to Bus Éireann in advance of the conclusion of the NBRU ballot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/17]

Bus Éireann Services

Mick Barry

646. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the threat to the Dublin to Derry Bus Éireann Expressway route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22093/17]

Hospitals Patronage

Mick Barry

25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his discussions with a group (details supplied) and the National Maternity Hospital regarding the ownership and governance of the National Maternity Hospital following its move to Elm Park, Dublin. [20688/17]

Hospitals Patronage

Mick Barry

89. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to guarantee that women will be able to access all services at the National Maternity Hospital following its move to Elm Park, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/17]

Public Sector Pay

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the FEMPI, financial emergency measures in the public interest, legislation is being kept on the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18351/17]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

Mick Barry

21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the Government's negotiation position on the follow up to the Lansdowne Road agreement with public sector unions. [18350/17]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which is responsible for public transport matters; and the membership of same. [17917/17]

Waste Disposal

Mick Barry

333. 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]

Free Travel Scheme

Mick Barry

41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to announce an increase in his Department's contribution to Bus Éireann to cover the real cost of free travel; and if he will make this announcement before the conclusion of talks between Bus Éireann management and unions at the WRC. [17854/17]

Free Travel Scheme

Mick Barry

49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the methodology arrived at for calculating the contribution his Department makes to Bus Éireann and to private coach firms for free travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/17]

Youthreach Programme Staff

Mick Barry

272. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if revised payscales and allowances for persons recruited to certain direct entry grades are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/17]

Youthreach Programme Staff

Mick Barry

273. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circulars for revised payscales and allowances for persons recruited to direct entry grades which are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18199/17]

Youthreach Programme Staff

Mick Barry

274. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circulars for revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to direct entry grades which are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person currently for remuneration. [18200/17]

Middle East Issues

Mick Barry

418. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the circumstances surrounding the resignation of a person (details supplied) as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia of the UN arising from criticism they received for taking a stand on the treatment of the Palestinian people. [18197/17]

Foreign Naval Vessels

Mick Barry

419. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has received reports of US Navy personnel berthed in Cobh, County Cork, bearing arms onshore in March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18203/17]

Work Permits Eligibility

Mick Barry

787. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) can be designated as having the required skills that will enable them to seek work without being dependant on an employer sponsoring them; and the process open to them to pursue this aim. [18201/17]

Defence Forces Representative Organisations

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Government's response to the application being taken to the European Committee of Social Rights by EUROMIL on behalf of PDFORRA seeking enhanced employee and representative rights for the Defence Forces akin to those won by the Garda organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/17]

European Defence Action Plan

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will block progress towards the establishment of a common European fund for military research and co-operation to prevent the further militarisation of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/17]

Air Corps Operations

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he will take to enhance the search and rescue capacity of the Air Corps as a back-up to the Coast Guard and RNLI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/17]

Defence Forces Funding

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to meet the 2% of GDP spending target on defence agreed by EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/17]

European Defence Action Plan

Mick Barry

40. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will block progress towards the establishment of a common European military headquarters in order to prevent the further militarisation of the EU. [15485/17]

Workplace Relations Commission

Mick Barry

37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Workplace Relations Commission labour inspectorate is seeking legal advice on the implementation of the atypical worker permit scheme for migrants working on Irish fishing vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12375/17]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no prosecutions have followed from the 151 infringements against the rights of migrant fishing crew that have been uncovered in the industry (details supplied). [12376/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on is recent visit to the Unites States of America and meetings with President Donald Trump and members of his Administration. [13921/17]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the collapse of the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14256/17]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

89. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann were destined to end without agreement due to the parameters of their discussion being constrained by the level of subsidy provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14257/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Mick Barry

208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to cover the costs of the Respreeza drug taken by sufferers of alpha-1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14354/17]

Environmental Protection Agency Reports

Mick Barry

48. 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]

Climate Change Negotiations

Mick Barry

51. 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]

Post Office Closures

Mick Barry

80. 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]

Migrant Integration

Mick Barry

162. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the grants for integration projects were cut to €600,000 in her Department compared with €1.321 million in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/17]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Mick Barry

445. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person (details suppled) can have essential maintenance performed on their council home. [13496/17]

Mobile Telephony Services

Mick Barry

1139. 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]

Rural Transport Services

Mick Barry

1253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of the cuts sought by Bus Éireann management on rural connectivity. [11745/17]

Residency Permits

Mick Barry

1278. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a record of any employer making an inquiry regarding employing and sponsoring the residency of a person (details supplied) on the basis of their skills. [13494/17]

Youth Services Funding

Mick Barry

1306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is grant aid available to a scout group (detail supplied) to assist it in acquiring some land or the use of some land to further its activities. [13802/17]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Mick Barry

1311. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 28 February 2017, if the specific issue of the initial non-response of Tusla to the complaint lodged by a person (details supplied) to them will be explained. [14052/17]

Medicinal Products Prices

Mick Barry

57. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies, including those with operations here, for essential medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12061/17]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

87. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by nurses and the pay and conditions faced by nurses in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/17]

Child Protection Services Provision

Mick Barry

177. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Mick Barry

218. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incremental credit years that can be carried forward by a person who is employed as a Youthreach resource person and who then transfers to a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11571/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Mick Barry

219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person can receive incremental credit as a teacher for work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Mick Barry

252. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a single person that has access or joint custody of a child or children can access the family rate of the housing assistance payment. [11182/17]

Water Supply

Mick Barry

273. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that have had their water supply restricted arising from the introduction of section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 (details supplied). [11570/17]

Child Protection

Mick Barry

819. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department in co-operation with the Department of Education and Skills institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11187/17]

Prison Facilities

Mick Barry

92. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the training workshop in the newly built Cork prison will have its full complement of work training officers employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10667/17]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Mick Barry

103. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if motor insurance companies can decline to provide a person a quote on the basis of being unemployed or on the basis of suffering anxiety or depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/17]

Waste Disposal Charges

Mick Barry

294. 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]

Rail Services

Mick Barry

306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extent of the powers of physical detention and ejection held by revenue protection and security staff employed by Irish Rail; and the recourse a customer has if they feel those powers were exceeded. [10669/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Mick Barry

315. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days leave for each of the years 2010 to 2016 that have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph 16 of Defence Force Regulation A11, which limits an annual carry over to 19 days regardless of whether members of the Defence Forces can actually avail of their leave entitlement due to tours of duty, leave cancellation and post tour rest and recuperation. [10670/17]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Mick Barry

815. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will seek from Tusla an explanation regarding the alleged lack of response by it in June 2016 when the mother of a child (details supplied) provided it with evidence of social media correspondence indicating that the child's biological father had been supplying them with drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9972/17]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reduction in numbers on the housing list in Cork following the recent social housing needs assessment reflects the provision of permanent secure council housing to large numbers of households on the list; if not, the other factors that account for the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9036/17]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Mick Barry

37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to enforce the 4% annual rent increase limits in rent pressure zones; his views on reports of an increase in termination notices and their potential use by landlords to illegally circumvent rent increase limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9035/17]

Pension Provisions

Mick Barry

49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will consider the institution of a unified State-wide defined benefit occupational pension scheme as a means of addressing the diminution on defined benefit schemes by employers. [8455/17]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Mick Barry

67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the decline of occupational defined benefit occupation schemes over the past thirty years. [8456/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU Heads of Government Summit meeting he attended in Malta recently. [7045/17]

Protected Disclosures Data

Mick Barry

52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it has taken his Department to respond to all protected disclosures made by members of the Defence Forces. [7335/17]

Protected Disclosures Data

Mick Barry

54. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it took his Department to respond to the protected disclosures of members of the Air Corps regarding hazardous working conditions in the paint shop at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7334/17]

Revenue Commissioners Powers

Mick Barry

117. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 24 January 2017, if he will reply in full to the question in view of the fact section 851A(8) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 states that a charity cannot avail of the confidentiality if it fails in its tax obligations. [7561/17]

Teaching Qualifications

Mick Barry

208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person applies for a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy, with the required minimum of five years wholetime teaching service for appointment of principal or deputy principal, if relevant experience within their Youthreach employment can be considered for appointment to the position as advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7220/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Mick Barry

345. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if those who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance are automatically entitled to a medical card; and if not, his plans to introduce measures to make this so. [7219/17]

Bus Éireann

Mick Barry

32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the unfolding crisis at Bus Éireann and the case for an increased subsidy from his Department. [6356/17]

US Travel Restrictions

Mick Barry

39. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of President Trump's executive order banning refugee entry and the entry of persons from seven named states into the United States on the pre-clearance service at Dublin and Shannon airports; the practical co-operation authorities here would have to provide to facilitate such entry refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5826/17]

Climate Change Policy

Mick Barry

47. 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]

World Economic Forum

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2758/17]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

44. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the possibility of industrial action by nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Mick Barry

115. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to set out the level of spare capacity in terms of acute beds in the private hospital system; if he has considered taking private hospitals into public ownership to address the crisis in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/17]

Rural Development Plan

Mick Barry

48. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department will be introducing legislation to give effect to the objectives set out in the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4137/17]

Middle East Issues

Mick Barry

349. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israel Defense Forces raid and demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on 18 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3829/17]