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Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Mick Barry
66. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European Semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [44929/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Mick Barry
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme. [44930/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Workplace Relations Commission
Mick Barry
141. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-compliances among fishing vessel owners related to their engagement of non-European Economic Area fishers that have been made by the Workplace Relations Commission inspectorate since that scheme’s inception in 2016; the number of individual vessel owners who are represented among those non-compliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48214/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Maritime Safety
Mick Barry
196. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of occasions, if any, that the Marine Survey Office has prosecuted fishing vessel owners for switching off their vessel’s automatic identification system in contravention of SI No. 640 of 2007, Merchant Shipping (Safety of Fishing Vessels) (15 to 24 metres) Regulations 2007 section 10 paragraphs (6) and (7); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48209/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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International Protection
Mick Barry
474. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a number of incidents (details supplied); the resources, if any, which have been allocated to the International Protection Accommodation Services and the Ukraine crisis temporary accommodation team to address these matters; if guidance has been provided to staff and management in accommodation-settings in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48208/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
540. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of fishers, past and present, who have been enrolled on the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48211/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
541. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of vessel owners who currently employ fishers under the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48213/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Workplace Relations Commission
Mick Barry
644. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will establish the independent radiation therapist review as agreed with the HSE and unions at the Workplace Relations Commission; the measures that he will take to ensure that the vacancies among radiation therapists will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48216/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
734. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of vessels that are eligible for the atypical work permit scheme [48213/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
757. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an individual or agency has been engaged to conduct the social risk assessment with reference to the fisheries improvement projects that are supported by Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the extract from a website (details supplied); if so, if he will identify the individual or agency; the persons who sit on the social working group; the body that each of these individuals represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48210/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
758. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet that are eligible to employ fishers as part of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers; the number of vessel owners who are represented among that segment of the fleet; the number of those vessels with fishers currently employed under the terms of the scheme, according to the current contracts that pertain to the scheme held in his Department's central depository unit in Clonakilty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48212/22]
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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Visa Applications
Mick Barry
425. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will provide a person (details supplied) with a visa while they recuperate and pursue recourse given the catastrophic accident suffered by them as an undocumented migrant fisher on an Irish-flagged fishing vessel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47292/22]
Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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Budget 2023
Mick Barry
96. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will undertake an analysis of budget 2023 to ascertain whether it is a progressive budget in terms of its redistributive effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46199/22]
Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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Banking Sector
Mick Barry
124. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he would support regulations to oblige retail banks to guarantee access to cash across the State through a branch network and ATM network that would allow people to easily access and deal in cash should they so wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46198/22]
Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Mick Barry
149. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support measures to be taken to ensure that interest rate rises will not be passed-on to mortgage consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/22]
Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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Tax Code
Mick Barry
158. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the aspects of the recommendations of the recent Report on the Commission on Taxation which he supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46197/22]
Thu, 22 Sep 2022
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United Nations
Mick Barry
294. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his participation in the United Nations Human Rights Committee's review of Ireland's performance under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva in July 2022; the steps that he will now initiate to fulfil the recommendations of the Committee, in particular those related to religious oath-taking in the Constitution, which the Committee obliged the State to take concrete steps to remedy by 2025, given the relevance to his role with responsibility for equality issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/22]
Wed, 21 Sep 2022
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Hare Coursing
Mick Barry
56. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a suspension of the open hunting season on wild birds in light of the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46189/22]
Wed, 21 Sep 2022
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Health Strategies
Mick Barry
128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures and initiatives that will be taken to better understand and to reduce still-birth and infant deaths among mothers of African background, and those in poorer social-economic groups following the publication of a report (details supplied) showing inequalities in mortality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with European Union and NATO leaders on the margins of a recent NATO summit in Madrid. [45762/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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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]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Mick Barry
139. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has investigated the increases to welfare payments that will be required to keep pace with the increases in the cost-of-living as experienced by those on low incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34945/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Mick Barry
167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a sizeable increase in the back-to-school allowances given the extra pressures on household due to the increases in the cost-of-living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US congressional delegation. [30991/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Mick Barry
16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [30993/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Mick Barry
17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [32669/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Departmental Reports
Mick Barry
22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [32670/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Functions
Mick Barry
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30714/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on his recent engagements at the World Economic Forum. [30715/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Functions
Mick Barry
209. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [38139/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
210. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with heads of government and heads of state at the margins of the NATO summit in Madrid. [38140/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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State Examinations
Mick Barry
568. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if provision will be made for Leaving Certificate students who plan to study abroad in 2022 and who require their exam results for their chosen university before the results date of 3 September. [37929/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mick Barry
36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she can give commitments to reach the number of refuge places for those leaving domestic violence situations that would bring Ireland in line with the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35986/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mick Barry
49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the extra resources that will be made available to implement the proposals outlined in the recently announced Government strategy on domestic, sexual and gender based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35987/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Human Rights
Mick Barry
313. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any contact with his Spanish, Moroccan or European Union counterparts in relation to the death of migrants in Melilla; if he will support an independent investigation into the deaths; if he has concerns about human rights abuses on both sides of the Spanish-Moroccan border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36140/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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School Curriculum
Mick Barry
49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the reforms in the relationships and sex education curriculum she will make to ensure issues relating to trans people and gender identity are fully covered in the curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34943/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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School Curriculum
Mick Barry
65. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she has had any dealings with school patrons regarding the content of the relationships and sex education curriculum; her views on objective sex education that deals with consent, intimate partner violence, contraception, LGBTQI issues, gender identity and other issues across all schools regardless of ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34944/22]
Wed, 29 Jun 2022
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Gender Recognition
Mick Barry
130. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all third level institutions will be requested not to charge fees for the change of names or gender identities by students on records kept by the institution; if he will request all third level institutions to allow for names to be changed after graduation in order that academic records and qualification certificates can be issued with updated names; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34599/22]
Wed, 29 Jun 2022
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Gender Recognition
Mick Barry
134. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider waiving the stamp duty for the registration of deed polls to change names in the interest of supporting trans people and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34598/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [26199/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Church-State Relations
Mick Barry
20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [26200/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Church-State Relations
Mick Barry
24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30713/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Visa Applications
Mick Barry
696. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consent to giving a person (details supplied) a visa that will permit them to work and survive pending the conclusion of the pending Labour Court case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33661/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Housing Provision
Mick Barry
58. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he will take to expand social and affordable housing given the increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33193/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Rental Sector
Mick Barry
64. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on housing assistance payment and other subsidies to those renting in the private sector; if a cost benefit analysis of HAP in relation to investment in direct built social housing has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33192/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mick Barry
197. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the special leave with pay scheme for public service staff; the measures that he will take to ensure those with long-Covid will not face cuts in income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33367/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Housing Provision
Mick Barry
208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Housing for All programme. [22301/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Work Permits
Mick Barry
387. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consent to giving a person (details supplied) a visa that will permit them to work pending the conclusion of a case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33258/22]
Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Animal Welfare
Mick Barry
51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider not issuing a licence for the capture of hares for hare coursing given the stress caused to the hares and the risk of spreading of disease among the hares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Mick Barry
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the engagement she has had with two organisations (details supplied) following the ending of their partnership last week; the measures she will take to ensure that trans people are respected and their rights are upheld in the media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32759/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Education Policy
Mick Barry
580. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 14 June 2022, if the State gives support for children to learn and develop their language skills in their first language and not just assistance with English; if this is not provided, if he will consider this is provided given the large numbers of children in the State of various backgrounds that have languages other than English or Irish as their first language or are being reared bilingually, and the importance of education in the basics of their first language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32666/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Travel Documents
Mick Barry
707. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if it is permissible for seafarers who obtain transit visas from the UK authorities to cross the Border on this island and board vessels in ports in this State without any prior notification of the relevant authorities in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32652/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Travel Documents
Mick Barry
708. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consider the findings of a recent report (details supplied) on the abuse of UK transit visas in the engagement of migrant fishers and citations with it that fishers who have been engaged on these visas have subsequently been engaged to work in this State as opposed to in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32653/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Residency Permits
Mick Barry
709. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an application by a person (details supplied) for a refund for a Irish residence permit card will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32658/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Housing Policy
Mick Barry
113. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will take to ensure that developers engaged to construct social and affordable housing will not leave contracts with local authorities due to rising costs in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Offices
Mick Barry
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [26198/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Bodies
Mick Barry
144. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [26543/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Priorities
Mick Barry
145. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Well-Being Framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [26544/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Bodies
Mick Barry
146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, the agency under the aegis of his Department. [26545/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Airport Security
Mick Barry
263. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to ensure an improvement to the pay and conditions of security staff in airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29121/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Taxi Licences
Mick Barry
264. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a review to the upper age limits for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29122/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Budgets
Mick Barry
487. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for housing that is for building social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Homeless Accommodation
Mick Barry
488. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of providing family hubs for families experiencing homelessness in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Mick Barry
489. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of expanding the Housing First Programme to families experiencing homelessness including in that cost the provision of wraparound services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Foreign Birth Registration
Mick Barry
582. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made on the allocation of further resources to reduce the processing times for applications to the foreign births register; the number of applications on the foreign births register system currently awaiting processing; the current processing time for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Education Policy
Mick Barry
947. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the supports that are given to help pre-school and primary school children whose first language is not English nor Irish or who are being raised bilingually with a language other than English or Irish to help them to learn and develop skills in their own language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29166/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Mick Barry
1219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made on the implementation of the SOLAS recommendations in the report SOLAS Response to the Findings of the Evaluation of the National Outreach Programme published in May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Eating Disorders
Mick Barry
1906. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health when the new eating disorder unit at Mount Carmel will be opened; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30773/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Mick Barry
1907. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the supports that will be available to people affected with long Covid; if this will include access to upskilled occupational therapists for post-Covid care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Greyhound Industry
Mick Barry
1989. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of greyhounds that suffered injuries, died or were killed at official trials, unofficial trials and sales auctions in the past five years by date and location; the nature of the injuries and deaths; if the affected greyhounds were treated or killed on site or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30775/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Greyhound Industry
Mick Barry
1995. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the greyhound track attendance figures for 2021 and to date in 2022 by track and a breakdown of the figures into paid entry, free entry and entry by adults and minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/22]
Wed, 1 Jun 2022
oral
Programme for Government
Mick Barry
17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [24936/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Immigration Policy
Mick Barry
532. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that her Department has received to date for the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; the number of applications that have been rejected; the number of instances where rejections have occurred due to the applicant, despite being currently undocumented and having resided in the State for at least four years, being documented at some point within those past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25748/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the new Cabinet subcommittee that is dealing with Ukrainian refugees will next meet. [24935/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Finland and Estonia. [23441/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [24529/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [24530/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
oral
Departmental Bodies
Mick Barry
28. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24531/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
oral
Defence Forces
Mick Barry
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence having regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and his public statements on the Defence Force budget, does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend on improving the pay and conditions for Defence Forces personnel, capital projects and for the purchase of military equipment and for military research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23923/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
oral
Defence Forces
Mick Barry
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the measures taken to challenge sexism and bullying in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23820/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
written
European Union
Mick Barry
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he supports the involvement of the Irish Defence Forces in any expanded European Union rapid reaction force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/22]