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Wed, 28 Jun 2017
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Rail Services
Mick Barry
73. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the unfolding financial crisis Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mick Barry
56. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures taken to avert the possibility of heavy fines being imposed on Ireland for exceeding CO2 emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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International Agreements
Mick Barry
79. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since the US President Trump's announcement that the US was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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School Accommodation Provision
Mick Barry
211. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence dated 13 April 2017 from a group (details supplied); and if he will meet representatives of the group to discuss the way in which it can secure an alternative premises to continue its valuable work. [29685/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Waste Disposal
Mick Barry
457. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will extend the deferment of the application of the pay-by-weight refuse collection regime that was originally scheduled for commencement in July 2016; if he will intervene with a company (details supplied) that opted its customers into a form of pay-by-weight unless they opted out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29702/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Climate Change Policy
Mick Barry
458. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since President Trump's announcement that the United States of America was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29935/17]
Thu, 22 Jun 2017
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the atypical worker permit for non-EU migrant fishing crew; if such a review is planned; and if he will meet representatives from the international transport federation that have concerns regarding the welfare of non-EU migrant fishing crew operating on Irish vessels. [28072/17]
Thu, 22 Jun 2017
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HSE Staff
Mick Barry
128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can be directed to cease the practice of forcing its employees who are certified sick on a long-term basis being forced to go through the hardship of having to obtain fresh sick certificates on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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Official Engagements
Mick Barry
3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has yet spoken to the British Prime Minister. [27227/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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National Maternity Hospital
Mick Barry
52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the allocation of space for private practice in the plans for the new national maternity hospital is compatible with the elimination of private care from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
Mick Barry
60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free access to fertility treatments including IVF in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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Health Services
Mick Barry
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to make himself legally accountable for the delivery of health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Mick Barry
75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
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National Maternity Hospital
Mick Barry
128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact the State will pay for the construction of the new national maternity hospital yet it will be owned by a private entity; his Department's general policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27860/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Fishing Vessel Licences
Mick Barry
1874. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken by the marine survey office against owners of fishing vessels that refuse to submit log books. [28117/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Citizen Information Services
Mick Barry
1981. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the claim made in her amendment to the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on the independence of local citizens' information services that the Citizens Information Board made a decision to restructure the local citizens information services at a meeting on 17 February 2017 when this decision is not recorded in the minutes of this Citizens Information Board meeting which are available online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26638/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Citizen Information Services
Mick Barry
1982. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the discrepancy of accounts between herself and the chief executive of the Citizens Information Board as to when a decision was made to restructure the governance of locally formerly independently run citizens information centres (details supplied). [26639/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Citizen Information Services
Mick Barry
1983. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision in the Comhairle Act 2000 or the Citizens Information Act 2007 which empowers the board of the Citizens Information Board to unilaterally alter the local board structure of independently run citizens information centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26640/17]
Wed, 31 May 2017
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Family Income Supplement
Mick Barry
33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 18 May 2017, the reason for the rise in the number of families in receipt of family income supplement over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/17]
Wed, 31 May 2017
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
Mick Barry
50. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower rate of jobseeker's payments for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/17]