Parliamentary questions

Taxi Regulations

Mick Barry

582. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing a representative to the board of the Taxi Regulator for taxi drivers from County Cork in view of the unique challenges faced by drivers and the industry in the Cork area and in the interests of regional balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52741/19]

Arts Funding

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to double arts funding by 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52178/19]

Traveller Culture

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources being given to Traveller culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52147/19]

Community Pharmacy Services

Mick Barry

246. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a moratorium on the changes to the fees paid to pharmacies due to be implemented on 1 January 2020; if he will negotiate with pharmacists with a view of reversing the cuts made to the fees received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52352/19]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Mick Barry

173. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider measures to reduce the class sizes in DEIS schools in view of evidence such as the study Addressing Education Disadvantage by the Educational Research Centre, that children have better outcomes from smaller classes sizes; the measures he will take to bring class sizes below 20 pupils for primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51210/19]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mick Barry

454. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that workers (details supplied) are able to access their social insurance benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48860/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Mick Barry

514. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider amending the criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow for those who have declared bankruptcy previously to be allowed to be considered for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mick Barry

210. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if status of the allocation of an additional SNA to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, in view of the fact the special education needs officer has observed the needs in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/19]

Migration Data

Mick Barry

235. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors living here without residency status; the measures he is taking to provide these minors with residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/19]

Taxi Ranks

Mick Barry

927. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that taxi drivers in Cork city are fully consulted regarding facilities and ranks in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/19]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Mick Barry

928. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that taxi drivers in the Cork city area are protected from anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Mick Barry

1122. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons that have entered homelessness since the implementation of Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44231/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Mick Barry

1123. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of preventative HAP payments granted based on notices of termination and on homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44232/19]

Homeless Persons Supports

Mick Barry

1124. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average length of stay in homeless hubs; the costs incurred in respect of hubs; his plans for the opening of further hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44233/19]

Bord na gCon Inspections

Mick Barry

482. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a fully qualified veterinarian is present at each sports information services greyhound race at tracks here; if drug testing is performed on the racing greyhounds at these events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/19]

Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to cut the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41501/19]

Health Services Provision

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution for the availability of free contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41358/19]

Abortion Legislation

Mick Barry

65. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on progress on legislation for safety zones around services that provide for the termination of pregnancy and related information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41356/19]

Hospital Services

Mick Barry

70. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans for the opening of a HIV clinic in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41355/19]

Health Services Access

Mick Barry

75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of hormone treatment for transgender persons through the health service; his engagement with the transgender community on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41357/19]

Social Welfare Schemes

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing social protection payments for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38891/19]

Tenancy Protection Scheme

Mick Barry

66. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will legislate to ensure that those in co-living accommodation will have tenants’ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/19]

Protection of Tenants in Receipt of Rental Supports

Mick Barry

68. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will prohibit evictions of tenants in which a property has failed a HAP inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37710/19]

Defence Forces Pensions

Mick Barry

88. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a commitment can be made to continue to provide funding for the medication of a person (details supplied) who is on an Army disability pension. [37725/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Mick Barry

248. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 5 March 2019, when the Chief State Solicitors Office and the OPW will meet with the parties affected by the manner in which the site was assembled especially in circumstances in which new facts have come to light which will assist the investigation and resolution of the matters. [31175/19]

Medical Products Supply

Mick Barry

524. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) can have a more efficient method of obtaining incontinence pads from their primary healthcare centre in Portmarnock, County Dublin. [26850/19]

Waste Disposal Charges

Mick Barry

577. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to introducing a service for the collection of medical related domestic waste such as incontinence pads particularly in view of increases in domestic waste collection charges [26851/19]

Waste Disposal Charges

Mick Barry

578. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the commitment to provide financial assistance to those that have to dispose of incontinence pads in their domestic waste can be honoured. [26886/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Mick Barry

727. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take to address the losses in pension income suffered by tens of thousands of women arising from the 2012 reforms introduced by her predecessor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26853/19]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the minimum guidelines for dormitory space and for cubicles and the shared kitchen ratio for co-living arrangements. [24035/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Mick Barry

41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider amending the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow persons who are not first-time buyers but who do not own their current residences to avail of the scheme. [24034/19]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

64. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority to date in 2019 from its Traveller accommodation budget. [24033/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Mick Barry

974. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be changed to include non-first time buyers such as those that may have had their homes repossessed during the recession and that could now be in the financial position to pay back a loan. [23669/19]

Student Grant Scheme

Mick Barry

103. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of an adjacent SUSI grant for students living at least 45 km away from the location where they study in the 2018-19 academic year; and the number of students in higher education in the same academic year. [22582/19]

Student Grant Scheme

Mick Barry

104. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of an adjacent SUSI grant for students living at least 24 km away from the location where they studied in the 2010-11 academic year; and the number of students in higher education in the same academic year. [22583/19]

Student Grant Scheme

Mick Barry

105. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45 km. [22584/19]

Court Judgments

Mick Barry

195. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 273 of 29 November 2017 and 168 of 25 October 2018, if he will report on developments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20351/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Mick Barry

112. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has ceased to fund the provision of patches for the treatment of chilblains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mick Barry

113. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive the hip operation they require and was promised for January 2019 but has subsequently been informed of a two-year delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20263/19]

Crèche Facilities Provision

Mick Barry

156. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the continuation of a crèche (details supplied) that parents and staff have been informed is due to cease operation in August; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20274/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mick Barry

81. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the provision of education for a child (details supplied) with autism. [15755/19]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Mick Barry

130. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of atypical scheme permits for non-EU migrant fishers renewed in 2018; and the number issued in total. [15569/19]

Medical Conditions

Mick Barry

169. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be categorised as a chronic, incurable and debilitating condition for the drugs payment scheme or other schemes administered by his Department to assist in covering the costs of medication and treatment. [15580/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Mick Barry

76. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a property registered in the name of a person (details supplied) forms part of a site that facilitates the offices of his Department and forms part of an overall site that also accommodates the offices of the Revenue Commissioners. [14605/19]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Mick Barry

1253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that although fibromyalgia is a life-long debilitating condition that effects the ability to work it is not listed as a disability and thus creates difficulties for sufferers in accessing social welfare in the cases in which they cannot work or cannot afford medical expenses of treatments that are recommended by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13068/19]

Immigration Controls

Mick Barry

155. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits for migrant non-EU fishers currently issued under the atypical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12686/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Mick Barry

167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works, OPW, has not secured ownership of the 25% section of a site (details supplied) by requiring Wexford County Council to also obtain a new folio for this part of the site and transfer the new folio to the OPW. [10721/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Mick Barry

80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the adjacent prefabricated buildings and the site occupied by schools (details supplied); if part of these buildings and-or site will be used by the playschool which currently operates from a prefab but which has been excluded from the permanent build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9916/19]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to counter price setting by institutional landlords (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8671/19]

Local Authority Housing

Mick Barry

26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that the supply of new local authority housing is meeting demand. [8476/19]

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]