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Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Mobile Telephony Services
Mick Barry
1139. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a low-cost option for persons telephoning Departments and offices from mobile phone networks could be instituted by his Department, in view of the fact that mobile phone ownership is far more extensive than landlines, including among the poorest sections of society. [13291/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Rural Transport Services
Mick Barry
1253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of the cuts sought by Bus Éireann management on rural connectivity. [11745/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Residency Permits
Mick Barry
1278. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a record of any employer making an inquiry regarding employing and sponsoring the residency of a person (details supplied) on the basis of their skills. [13494/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Youth Services Funding
Mick Barry
1306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is grant aid available to a scout group (detail supplied) to assist it in acquiring some land or the use of some land to further its activities. [13802/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Child and Family Agency Investigations
Mick Barry
1311. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 28 February 2017, if the specific issue of the initial non-response of Tusla to the complaint lodged by a person (details supplied) to them will be explained. [14052/17]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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Medicinal Products Prices
Mick Barry
57. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies, including those with operations here, for essential medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12061/17]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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Industrial Disputes
Mick Barry
87. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by nurses and the pay and conditions faced by nurses in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Child Protection Services Provision
Mick Barry
177. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Teachers' Remuneration
Mick Barry
218. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incremental credit years that can be carried forward by a person who is employed as a Youthreach resource person and who then transfers to a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11571/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Teachers' Remuneration
Mick Barry
219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person can receive incremental credit as a teacher for work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
Mick Barry
252. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a single person that has access or joint custody of a child or children can access the family rate of the housing assistance payment. [11182/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Water Supply
Mick Barry
273. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that have had their water supply restricted arising from the introduction of section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 (details supplied). [11570/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Child Protection
Mick Barry
819. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department in co-operation with the Department of Education and Skills institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11187/17]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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Prison Facilities
Mick Barry
92. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the training workshop in the newly built Cork prison will have its full complement of work training officers employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10667/17]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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Motor Insurance Regulation
Mick Barry
103. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if motor insurance companies can decline to provide a person a quote on the basis of being unemployed or on the basis of suffering anxiety or depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/17]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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Waste Disposal Charges
Mick Barry
294. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if rises in domestic refuse collection charges and in particular the rise in recycling charges imposed by a company described in the communication from a person (details supplied) is lawful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/17]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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Rail Services
Mick Barry
306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extent of the powers of physical detention and ejection held by revenue protection and security staff employed by Irish Rail; and the recourse a customer has if they feel those powers were exceeded. [10669/17]
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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Defence Forces Personnel Data
Mick Barry
315. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days leave for each of the years 2010 to 2016 that have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph 16 of Defence Force Regulation A11, which limits an annual carry over to 19 days regardless of whether members of the Defence Forces can actually avail of their leave entitlement due to tours of duty, leave cancellation and post tour rest and recuperation. [10670/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Investigations
Mick Barry
815. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will seek from Tusla an explanation regarding the alleged lack of response by it in June 2016 when the mother of a child (details supplied) provided it with evidence of social media correspondence indicating that the child's biological father had been supplying them with drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9972/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
Mick Barry
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reduction in numbers on the housing list in Cork following the recent social housing needs assessment reflects the provision of permanent secure council housing to large numbers of households on the list; if not, the other factors that account for the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9036/17]