Parliamentary questions

Climate Change Negotiations

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [57285/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [57286/21]

Equality Proofing

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016. [57287/21]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [55900/21]

Educational Reform

Mick Barry

70. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the measures she will take in the assessment of the leaving certificate course to eliminate undue stress for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57289/21]

School Staff

Mick Barry

81. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if her Department ensures that all those working in schools have racial sensitivity training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57288/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Mick Barry

323. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 9 September 2021, if he will report on the progress on allocation of further resources to reduce the processing times for applications to the foreign births register; the number of applications on the foreign births register system currently awaiting processing; the current processing time for applications; if applications by expectant parents will be prioritised given the potential impact on their children's citizenship in cases in which a parent is not registered prior to the birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57499/21]

An Garda Síochána

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [55898/21]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [55899/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

117. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will support in terms of a Covid-19 bonus for workers; if he will support an annual extra bank holiday as part of such a bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55897/21]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support measures to reduce rents given the crisis caused by rising rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54653/21]

Defective Building Materials

Mick Barry

36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on discussions he has had with those campaigning for full mica redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54654/21]

EU Directives

Mick Barry

178. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department is exploring the possibility of a levy or charge on households with subscriptions to streaming services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54655/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [54651/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture; and when it is next due to meet. [54652/21]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [53183/21]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54650/21]

United Nations

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council. [53430/21]

Tax Avoidance

Mick Barry

256. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to eliminate the opportunities for companies to use Ireland in tax fraud measures as exposed in files (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54448/21]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

520. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she will announce the precise terms of the proposed scheme for regularising the status of undocumented workers; the timeframe for the operation of the scheme; if primary legislation will be required to give effect to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54121/21]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

521. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if the proposed scheme for regularising the status of undocumented workers will be inclusive for those who may have been documented at some point within the four year or three-year timeframe but are currently undocumented; if the scheme includes those who have been working documented for four years or three years to the present but on a visa stamp 1 inferior to the stamp 4 available with the undocumented scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54122/21]

Departmental Schemes

Mick Barry

522. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an organisation (details supplied) will be consulted as part of the review process in view of the recent announcement that there will be a review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers following a report by Maynooth University; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54123/21]

Departmental Schemes

Mick Barry

523. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of fishers currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; the breakdown by nationality; the number of the approximately 180 eligible vessels that have atypical work permit holders on board; the number that have been enrolled in the past six months; the number that have not had their expired contracts renewed in the past six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54124/21]

Foreign Policy

Mick Barry

278. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will be participating in the upcoming summit of L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie in Tunisia; if so, the Minister or officials that will be attending; the key issues Ireland will be raising at the summit; if human rights will be amongst them; the amount Ireland has paid to the organisation since becoming an observer member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53748/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [53181/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met; and when it is next due to meet. [53182/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with transport will next meet. [50876/21]

Legislative Measures

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce legislation to regulate and protect the rights of workers to receive tips and gratuities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53175/21]

Employment Rights

Mick Barry

62. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to improve the rights of workers to avail of sick leave and paid sick leave in all sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53176/21]

Unfair Dismissals

Mick Barry

97. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way a person (details supplied) who made a successful complaint for unfair dismissal against their former employer at the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 2012 and obtained an enforcement order for a greater sum from the Circuit Court on 20 March 2015 but never subsequently received their due compensation due to the failure of the sheriff to execute the order against the former employer who ceased trading with that company can have their rights vindicated; if there is no remedy at this point in time to extract the sum from their former employer, if they can obtain a statutory redundancy from the social insurance fund for their years' service with the former employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52760/21]

Environmental Policy

Mick Barry

298. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 19 October 2021, if he will oppose attempts to classify nuclear energy as an environmentally sustainable economic activity at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53267/21]

Museum Projects

Mick Barry

329. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider a review of the artefacts in the possession of the State’s museums to identify artefacts that may have been obtained in foreign countries through illegal means such as colonial conquest; the measures that have been put in place to prevent the acquiring of such artefacts; if she will support a return of such artefacts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53268/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

408. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds made available and drawn down for each local authority for the acquisition of housing for Traveller families as referred to in the draft combined fifth and sixth state report of Ireland to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on page 63 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53299/21]

Foreign Policy

Mick Barry

456. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the recent decision by the Chinese state to restrict the showing of films that are critical of the government in Hong Kong with the Chinese ambassador or government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53269/21]

School Staff

Mick Barry

565. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will fund a behavioural therapist for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53274/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mick Barry

625. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons under 25 years of age who are living independently and are in emergency homeless accommodation are not entitled to the full rate of jobseeker's payments; if a commitment will be given to treat these cohorts in the same way as those who are in receipt of HAP or RAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53402/21]

Medical Cards

Mick Barry

1097. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the length of delays caused in the processing of medical cards; the measures taken to eliminate the delays; if he will consider allowing those with expired cards to continue to use them pending the processing of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/21]

Vaccination Programme

Mick Barry

1098. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the additional supports he will put in place to support midwives and other medical professionals in providing advice regarding the safety and positive features of the Covid-19 vaccines to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53271/21]

Vaccination Programme

Mick Barry

1099. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will put measures in place to ensure all healthcare workers will have third shots of Covid-19 vaccines available to them in advance of the winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53272/21]

Hospital Charges

Mick Barry

1100. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 28 September, if he will consider an interim waiver of the statutory public inpatient charge for those small numbers who suffer an adverse reaction to Covid-19 vaccines pending any future review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53273/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Mick Barry

1121. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to amend existing legislation and examine a redraft of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill to ensure that the rights of children who are born through assisted human reproduction are upheld, and that they are fully protected in law, as recommended by the Special Rapporteur for Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53319/21]

Fur Farming

Mick Barry

1203. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasoning behind the granting of compensation to fur farms that are due to close; the amount of compensation to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52521/21]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the labour force survey of the Irish fishing fleet being conducted by a company (details supplied) on behalf of Bord Iascaigh Mhara will capture data relating to migrant fishers, both documented and undocumented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51710/21]

Hare Coursing

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the banning of hare coursing given the cruel nature of the practice and the protected nature of the hare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51711/21]

Asylum Seekers

Mick Barry

106. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider allowing asylum seekers to be granted residency after a number of years in the system given the undue delays assessing applications; if she will consider the case of a family (details supplied) for leave to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51717/21]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

118. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice her plans for the scheme to regularise undocumented persons; when the scheme will be opened; if she will consider broadening the scheme to ensure all time living in Ireland will count towards eligibility to the scheme; if she will consider changes to citizenship law to allow for time being undocumented to count towards the residency condition for eligibility for citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51716/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 met last; and when it is next due to meet. [47972/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 met last; and when it is next due to meet. [50875/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met and will next meet. [47973/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [47971/21]