Parliamentary questions

Rent Controls

Mick Barry

42. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he will take to reduce rents to affordable levels in view of the fact that rent increases in most of the country in 2018 were multiples of the rent pressure zone limits. [8479/19]

Local Authority Housing

Mick Barry

47. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that none of the renovated voids completed in 2018 were leased to tenants prior to renovation. [8478/19]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Mick Barry

71. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adults and children, respectively, that accessed local authority managed emergency accommodation in January 2019. [8477/19]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Mick Barry

258. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to collect the one-parent family payment on behalf of that person's child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7419/19]

Disability Services Provision

Mick Barry

144. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 4 December 2018, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [7305/19]

Student Accommodation

Mick Barry

66. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student accommodation units in the planning pipeline; and the number and percentages for both the public and private sectors. [1459/19]

Local Authority Housing Applications Data

Mick Barry

59. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new local authority builds here in 2018. [1457/19]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

84. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the most recent statistics on residential landlord profits here. [1456/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Mick Barry

92. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the percentage of the homeless population who are female; and the details of comparable data for other EU countries. [1460/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Mick Barry

108. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless persons categorised as homeless for a period of 12 months or more. [1458/19]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Mick Barry

226. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53860/18]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Mick Barry

224. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for applicants for the special rate of postgraduate grant awarded via SUSI who are long-term unemployed but had a short period of temporary employment in the year of assessment; the options available to a student who is only informed he or she has not qualified for a special rate grant after the course has begun and first term fees have been paid via a standard SUSI grant and who is unable financially to complete the course of study due to having been rejected for the special rate grant; if a student will be considered eligible to apply for a special rate postgraduate grant in the following year if, having begun the course, he or she opts to defer study and reapply in the following academic year; the way in which a potential applicant who is long-term unemployed, with the exception of a short period of temporary casual employment, can be supported to access the special rate of postgraduate grant; and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. [53084/18]

Wind Energy Generation

Mick Barry

656. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new offshore wind farms planned to be built; the locations of the planned wind farms; and when they are due for completion. [52916/18]

Medical Products Supply

Mick Barry

191. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive the medication they need for their condition. [52408/18]

Disability Services Provision

Mick Barry

338. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if suitable residential care can be obtained for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50262/18]

Further Education and Training Programmes Fees

Mick Barry

224. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Irish citizens living outside the EU for over three years must pay non-EU rates of fees for undergraduate courses; if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [48921/18]

Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan

Mick Barry

487. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on planned offshore wind farms; the status of planning and procurement for prospective offshore wind farms; the status of offshore wind farms being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48871/18]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility

Mick Barry

598. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 317 to 323 of 21 March 2018, the outcome of the consultation process regarding reconfiguring the age of eligibility for domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance which was due to conclude in April 2018 (details supplied). [49530/18]

Redundancy Payments

Mick Barry

601. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 December 2016, if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [47722/18]

Student Accommodation

Mick Barry

65. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if regulations will be provided to protect the rights of students renting accommodation in an owner-occupied home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/18]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the spending of local authority Traveller accommodation budgets for 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/18]

Land Development Agency

Mick Barry

90. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the work of the Land Development Agency and the use of public land for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47160/18]

Homeless Persons Data

Mick Barry

97. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the recategorisation of persons on the PASS system and the statistics on homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47159/18]

Home Repossessions Rate

Mick Barry

101. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he maintains statistics on the number of repossessions; and the services available to those that become homeless following repossession. [47161/18]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

116. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of regulation on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47158/18]

Pensions Data

Mick Barry

222. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on an annual basis in public sector pensions to retired State employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/18]

Court Judgments

Mick Barry

168. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 29 November 2017, if he will direct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to make an appropriate payment in view of the conclusion of a court case (details supplied). [44368/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Mick Barry

247. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent 15% increase in bin charges by a company (details supplied) in County Cork; the action he will take to reduce costs of bin charges in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42810/18]

Work Permits Data

Mick Barry

261. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits that have been issued in the fishing industry under the atypical scheme from 1 January to 31 August 2018; and the nationality of the fishers. [39510/18]

Garda Vetting

Mick Barry

262. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is comprehensive Garda vetting of applicant bus drivers seeking employment at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39511/18]

Bus Services

Mick Barry

524. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) has been able to recruit its full complement of drivers to date; if the Dublin routes it has been awarded are being run to schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39512/18]

Land Availability

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of publicly-owned land which is zoned for residential use; the amount which could potentially be zoned for residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39094/18]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Mick Barry

36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding paid to landlords through the housing assistance payment in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/18]

Living Wage Introduction

Mick Barry

102. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent recommendation by a group (details supplied) that a living wage of €11.90 per hour is required for workers to meet their basic average outgoings; if legislation will be introduced to allow for an increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30632/18]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information from the local authorities and an organisation (details supplied) on reports they receive and act on annually related to the welfare of greyhounds is collated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/18]

Fur Farming

Mick Barry

561. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an inspection of a fur farm (details supplied) can be organised to check on the welfare of the minks. [31914/18]

European Council Meetings

Mick Barry

25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent EU Council and the meetings he attended. [30968/18]

European Stability Programmes

Mick Barry

70. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he will respond to the country-specific recommendations from the EU Commission. [30961/18]

State Aid Investigations

Mick Barry

83. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent defending a tax judgment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30962/18]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on an industrial dispute (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30631/18]

Direct Provision System

Mick Barry

315. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a notice (details supplied) issued to residents at a direct provision centre in Newbridge; and if he will intervene to have the notice rescinded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30606/18]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]