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Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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State Examinations
Mick Barry
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of non-teachers marking leaving certificate examination papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29329/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Legislative Measures
Mick Barry
110. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the progression to Committee Stage of the Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018 will be discussed at Cabinet (details supplied). [29330/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Defence Forces Personnel
Mick Barry
146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason Defence Forces Regulation A.11 paragraph 16 was altered; if he will engage with the representative organisations in contravention of paragraph 24(2) of Defence Forces Regulation S.6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Defence Forces Personnel
Mick Barry
147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases settled by his Department with members of the Defence Forces who have taken court cases for infringements of the working time directive; the amount the legal fees and settlements will ultimately cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29517/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Defence Forces Representative Organisations
Mick Barry
148. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislative and procedural changes he plans to introduce to settle outstanding grievances with the Defence Forces representative organisations in view of the breach of the European Charter of Fundamental Human Rights (details supplied). [29518/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Gambling Legislation
Mick Barry
249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce leglislation to enable problem gamblers to voluntarily self-exclude from locations in which gambling takes place as exists in other jurisdictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29519/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Industrial Relations
Mick Barry
257. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will investigate the colleague representative committee in a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29520/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Housing Assistance Payment Data
Mick Barry
344. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons who have received the HAP, both homeless HAP and regular HAP, since its inception; and the number of those who have subsequently presented again as homeless to their local authorities when their HAP tenancies expired. [29521/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Public Sector Pay
Mick Barry
8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of eliminating all forms of two-tier pay discrimination in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29101/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Budget Consultation Process
Mick Barry
30. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements his Department will have with the public sector committee of an organisation (details supplied) between now and budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29100/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Public Private Partnerships
Mick Barry
31. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public private partnership model of funding public projects has been reappraised in view of the winding up of a company (details supplied) which had publicly funded projects sub-contracted to it from another company which has also gone into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29099/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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External Service Delivery
Mick Barry
32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a cost-benefit analysis will be conducted into the outsourcing of public service work to private agencies across Departments and State bodies versus the creation of directly employed public service posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/18]
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Dietician Service Provision
Mick Barry
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ketogenic diets for children with particular reference to availability in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/18]
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Mick Barry
64. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the continued requirement for children to travel to other European states to avail of medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/18]
Wed, 27 Jun 2018
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Human Rights
Mick Barry
38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased repression in Spain, in particular the increased state repression against migrants and their supporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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EU Budgets
Mick Barry
40. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposal by the European Commission to increase funding to PESCO and other military spending in the draft multi-annual financial framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27729/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Rental Sector
Mick Barry
35. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if legislation will be introduced to protect residents at a location (details supplied) who face eviction by a vulture fund and other tenants that find themselves in similar situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26807/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Rental Sector Strategy
Mick Barry
61. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the expert group report on a company (details supplied) will be finalised; his views on the way in which the company's lettings are proliferating at the expense of traditional lettings in city centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26808/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
oral
Zero-hour Contracts
Mick Barry
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she envisages a ban will be introduced on zero-hour contracts, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26578/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Mick Barry
74. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce legislation to ensure private companies cannot unilaterally downgrade their employees' pension schemes from defined benefit to defined contribution or close defined contribution schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26579/18]