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Tue, 20 Sep 2022
oral
Housing Policy
Mick Barry
14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [45764/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mick Barry
568. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take measures to expedite the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff in the non-HSE and non-Section 38 sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45905/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Constitutional Amendments
Mick Barry
53. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he plans to examine constitutional amendments on religious oath taking for public office positions following the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (details supplied). [42405/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
71. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recourse that fishers have at the Workplace Relations Commission in cases in which Sunday pay, which is included in the standard Department of Justice-approved contracts for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers is not honoured by employers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44827/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
72. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owners' organisations since March 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44828/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of prosecutions that have been brought against fishing vessel owners to date by the Marine Survey Office for breaches of SI 709/2003 or SI 672/2019 governing the maximum number of daily and weekly hours of work at sea and the minimum hours rest and minimum breaks at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Departmental Reports
Mick Barry
148. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the Clinch Report that he commissioned in early 2021 and that was subsequently submitted to his Department the following July has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44826/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Grant Payments
Mick Barry
421. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider altering the SUSI grant procedures to allow for students to alter their applications in cases in which there is a material change in the student’s financial or domestic circumstances in the time since their application in their first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44818/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Domestic Violence
Mick Barry
445. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to publish the report on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44819/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Immigration Status
Mick Barry
446. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an application by a person (details supplied) to regularise their status in the State will be granted; if any obstacles remain regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44820/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
447. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she or her Department officials have met representatives of fishing vessel owners' organisations since 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44822/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
448. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1240 of 26 April, if the outcome of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers will be published in the near future; if she will ensure that the outcome will be published by the end of September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44823/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
449. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of fishers who are currently approved for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; the breakdown of the fishers by nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44824/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
649. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owner organisations since March this year to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44829/22]
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
650. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts for fishers employed under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that are currently on file in his Department’s central depository unit in Clonakilty; if a breakdown of the fishers by nationality will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Public Sector Pensions
Mick Barry
63. 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]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Legislative Reviews
Mick Barry
1391. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she expects to receive the report by a person (details supplied) into the review of part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42679/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Adult Education Provision
Mick Barry
1424. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will implement the Labour Court ruling of 20 March 2020 for adult educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Mick Barry
1636. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he intends to pay nursing staff working in a hospice (details supplied) the €1,000 Covid-19 payment for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Mick Barry
1637. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if cleaners in hospitals that were in hospital settings and meet the criteria for the €1,000 Covid-19 payment will receive the payment if they were employed by a contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39619/22]