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Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Northern Ireland
Mick Barry
8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with Mr. Martin McGuinness since his resignation as Northern Ireland deputy First Minister. [1745/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Revenue Commissioners Powers
Mick Barry
137. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if the auditor that failed to detect the wrongdoing at an organisation (details supplied) and was subsequently reported to the Revenue Commissioners by a whistleblower, was then subsequently reported by the Revenue Commissioners to the Chartered Accountants Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
Mick Barry
406. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device (details supplied) will be made available through Health Service Executive, HSE, funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Medicinal Products Availability
Mick Barry
498. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to access a cannabis based medicine to potentially assist the reduction in the amount and severity of seizures they suffer from. [3172/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Personnel Data
Mick Barry
630. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days' leave 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; if he will have the regulations altered to ensure members of the Defence Forces can avail of their full leave entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2610/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Pensions
Mick Barry
631. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will effect the necessary changes to Defence Forces regulations to allow post-1994 and pre-2004 entrants to the Defence Forces extend their service beyond 21 years in order that they may accumulate 21 years pensionable service if their initial 21 years service was broken by a career break, unpaid maternity leave or term-time leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2611/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces
Mick Barry
632. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on representations that have been made to his Department and-or the Irish Prison Service by representatives from the Defence Forces regarding the substandard conditions of work they have to endure at Portlaoise Prison; the steps that are being taken to address these grievances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Mick Barry
16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the quality of emergency accommodation for homeless persons and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Housing Provision
Mick Barry
18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed uses for public expenditure on housing under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, including the amount that is earmarked for the construction of new State owned local authority housing and the amount that will be paid in subsidies to private landlords and developers through schemes such as HAP, SHCEP and Part V. [2184/17]
Wed, 18 Jan 2017
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Institutes of Technology
Mick Barry
74. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impending strike of caterers in a college (details supplied) arising from a ten year pay freeze endured by the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39183/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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State Pardons
Mick Barry
124. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has noted the success of the campaign in the UK to pardon persons convicted under the homophobic gross indecency laws of the past; and if she will consider a similar measure here. [41388/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
Mick Barry
557. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if payment from the insolvency fund run by his Department can issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41413/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Work Permits Data
Mick Barry
42. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of work permits taken up as part of the atypical worker permission mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Garda Operations
Mick Barry
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from An Garda Síochána on the raids that have been carried out on fishing ports in an effort to uncover abuses of migrant fishermen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37687/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Maternity Leave
Mick Barry
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will legislate to end the situation whereby maternity leave taken by female members of the Defence Forces is not reckonable for pension purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39825/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Legislative Measures
Mick Barry
51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will legislate to end the situation whereby the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 does not apply to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39826/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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NAMA Portfolio
Mick Barry
167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct NAMA to engage with the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group that has been seeking a meeting regarding the potential for building significant quantities of social and affordable housing on that site, which they own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39744/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Youth Services
Mick Barry
203. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines that exist for staff in Youthreach centres designated as centres of education in circular letter No. F49/04, who are confronted with physical altercations between students in the classroom and during times of supervision, from the point of view of the teacher employing reasonable force to stop an altercation and, conversely, any liability that might be incurred on their part for failing to intervene in such a scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39741/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Youth Services
Mick Barry
204. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if circular letter M18/99 Guidelines on Violence in Schools, issued by his Department, is applicable to designated centres of education as per circular letter number F49/04; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39742/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Social and Affordable Housing
Mick Barry
245. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will meet with representatives from the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Group that have been seeking a meeting with him regarding the potential for building significant quantities of social and affordable housing on that site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39743/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has noted the landmark ruling in the United Kingdom courts in favour of taxi drivers (details supplied) represented by the GMB union against the company confirming the drivers' status as employees as opposed to contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39125/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Employment Appeals Tribunal
Mick Barry
7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average waiting time for a person to have an unfair dismissal case heard at the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and the measures she will take to reduce the waiting time to a maximum of two months. [39124/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Unfair Dismissals
Mick Barry
17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse available to a person (details supplied) with regard to a case of unfair dismissal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39121/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the six monthly reports on inspections that used to be produced by the National Employment Rights Authority can be reinstituted. [39123/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Mick Barry
30. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the CETA negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39122/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. [38587/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Dublin Bus
Mick Barry
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current schedule for the tendering of 10% of Dublin Bus routes by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Bus Éireann Staff
Mick Barry
56. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed separation of Expressway from CIE and the implications for the pay and conditions for Expressway workers and the services for passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38834/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Media Pluralism
Mick Barry
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on media plurality, given the recent acquisitions of a number of radio stations by international media corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Broadcasting Charge
Mick Barry
50. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide private media companies with revenue from the broadcast charge fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Media Pluralism
Mick Barry
60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the report on media diversity in Ireland published by the European University Institute's Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom; if he has considered recommendations in the report on the concentration of media ownership here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Mick Barry
71. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's annual report for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38590/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Schools Building Projects Applications
Mick Barry
139. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department will take to increase pupil capacity in a school (details supplied) in order that the problems outlined by a person will be addressed. [38419/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Nursing Staff Remuneration
Mick Barry
56. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if his Department has studied the potential benefits to the public health care system that could arise if the demands of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, and the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, for improvements in pay and working conditions were met from the point of view of retaining in the public health care system more of the doctors and nurses who are trained here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Emergency Departments
Mick Barry
87. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the overcrowding crisis at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37993/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Mick Barry
129. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the approach that has been made to the French Government in order to locate the unaccompanied migrant children previously situated at the Calais camp and bring them here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38233/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Insurance Coverage
Mick Barry
135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the options that exist for affordable home insurance for persons in the Riverview area of Cork who have received high quotes or no quotes from private insurance firms on the basis that they deem the area a flood risk. [38237/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Schools Health and Safety
Mick Barry
160. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines that exist for teachers in secondary schools that are confronted with physical altercations between students in the classroom, from the point of view of the teacher employing reasonable force to stop an altercation and, conversely, any liability that might be incurred on his or her part for failing to intervene in such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Administration
Mick Barry
193. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was on a community employment scheme with a firm for three years and who was denied a Sunday premia can obtain a form of compensation for their loss; and the course of action the person can pursue to vindicate their rights in this regard. [38232/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Consular Services Provision
Mick Barry
195. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the action his Department has taken to aid a person (details supplied) in the Philippines since the situation was discussed as a Topical Issue in Dáil Éireann. [38235/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Good Friday Agreement
Mick Barry
196. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland seeking the release of a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated without trial since March 2016 on foot of having a licence revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38236/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
Mick Barry
255. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if his Department will intervene to ensure the survival of the Kilbarrack coast community programme, which is a highly regarded drug rehabilitation project facing eviction from its current premises, thus jeopardising its future functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38251/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Mick Barry
296. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that unaccompanied migrant children will be cared for when they arrive here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38234/16]
Wed, 30 Nov 2016
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether fishermen who are undocumented and whose employers are not engaging in the regularisation scheme should be given the right to a work visa here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37686/16]
Wed, 30 Nov 2016
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a report from the Workplace Relations Commission on the raids that have been carried out on fishing ports in an effort to uncover abuses of migrant fisherman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37688/16]
Wed, 30 Nov 2016
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the low take up of work permits for the regularisation of atypical non-EEA fishermen; his further views on the apparent continued exploitation of non-EEA workers in the industry; the representations he has had with the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37685/16]
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Garda Remuneration
Mick Barry
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the part played by his Department in the negotiations with the Garda representative associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36543/16]
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Public Sector Pay
Mick Barry
37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts his Department has had with other Departments on the issue of public sector pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36544/16]
Wed, 23 Nov 2016
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Mick Barry
5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health is expected to take place. [36005/16]
Wed, 23 Nov 2016
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Human Rights Cases
Mick Barry
27. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of certain Basque prisoners in the Spanish state, in particular the practice of transferring them to prisons long distances from their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/16]