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Thu, 23 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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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]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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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]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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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]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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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]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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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]
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
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Construction Contracts
Mick Barry
14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct all Departments to ensure that when tendering for construction projects that they favour bids that are based on direct employment of labour and observance of agreed sectorial rates of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3424/17]
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
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Public Sector Staff Remuneration
Mick Barry
17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda Representative Association claim that the €1,000 raise being given to other public sector workers will be extended to their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3423/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Northern Ireland
Mick Barry
7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has made contact recently with the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mrs. Arlene Foster. [1744/17]