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Thu, 12 May 2022
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Defence Forces
Mick Barry
46. 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 Forces budget does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend the purchase of military equipment and what areas of military equipment would require increased spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23821/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22009/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22946/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [22010/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [23439/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Citizens' Assembly
Mick Barry
26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [23440/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Diplomatic Representation
Mick Barry
137. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn comments from United States officials which refused to rule out military action against the Solomon Islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23557/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Disability Services
Mick Barry
246. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide access to a personal assistant service as a legislative right for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Disability Services
Mick Barry
247. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in the personal assistant services to ensure that all persons with disabilities who require assistance will have access to personal assistance services regardless of the CHO area they live in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23556/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [22942/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22945/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Ukraine War
Mick Barry
108. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the engagement he has had at a European Union and United Nations level in relation to the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22971/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Rental Sector
Mick Barry
85. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce emergency measures to lower rents in view of the increases in rents that have been recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
98. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in the interests of work-life balance he will consider changes in legislation or in regulations to ensure that workers to receive the minimum notice for information regarding their shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22447/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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School Staff
Mick Barry
184. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure that the criteria for the allocation of funding for traffic wardens is amended to ensure that all schools that require a warden will get access to funding; if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied) in relation to dangerous traffic in the vicinity of the school and their inability to get funding approved for a warden; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22448/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Prison Service
Mick Barry
203. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a study published by the Irish Penal Reform Trust entitled Sometimes 'I'm Missing the Words’ which has identified that non-Irish nationals and people of colour tend to be sentenced to longer custodial sentences than average and which reported racism in the prison service; the steps she will take to tackle racism and prejudice in the justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22449/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Disability Services
Mick Barry
231. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are on the waiting list to access treatment for autism following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mick Barry
7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the United States. [21270/22]
Thu, 28 Apr 2022
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Tax Code
Mick Barry
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support measures to levy corporate landlords' profits to assist in funding social and affordable housing in view of the level of profits and the dominant position of corporate landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/22]
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [21272/22]