Parliamentary questions

Racism in Sport

Mick Barry

280. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has allocated specific funds to ensure proper training and education against racism in sport; if so, the amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51017/23]

Racism in Sport

Mick Barry

281. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether Sport Ireland is adequately funded to provide efficient anti-racist training and education; and whether there are plans to increase such funding in the aftermath of the racist incident during a Gymnastics Ireland event. [51018/23]

Housing Provision

Mick Barry

313. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the report from an organisation (details supplied) that has reported that the charity dealt with 12,031 households that were at risk of homelessness; the measures he is taking to ensure that this level of households are not at risk of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51019/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

462. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of opioid drug users, given the reported deaths due to a highly potent synthetic opioid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50594/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

99. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his Department’s actions in exploring difficulties Travellers might have in opening and retaining social housing applications since 2017, as per the Department’s commitment in action 130 of the National Traveller & Roma Inclusion Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/23]

Planning Issues

Mick Barry

100. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding his Department’s circular (Housing 09/2023 - PL 01/2023) to all local authorities regarding the moratorium on Part 8 planning approvals, to outline the monitoring procedures has he put in place to ensure that this moratorium and its circular will be implemented by local authorities; to report on the number of Traveller-specific developments that are being pursued under the terms of the circular; to provide a breakdown per local authority on the Traveller developments pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50137/23]

Middle East

Mick Barry

101. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will take measures to ensure that no arms are transported to Israel through Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49508/23]

Middle East

Mick Barry

166. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of licences for dual use items issued for trade with Israel in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

423. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who IPAS have contracted for the management and operation of International Protection Services at Kilbride Army Camp, Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

424. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all international protection accommodation services and the contracted companies that are involved in the management of each facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49504/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

425. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who is responsible for the training of staff working in international protection accommodation centres, and what the guidelines and standards are that should be implemented for that training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49505/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

426. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if management at Kilbride International Protection Centre have informed IPAS in writing of potential health issues or potential medical requirements at the centre due to the refusal of food by residents seeking to highlight their situation to management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

427. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to Kilbride International Protection Accommodation Centre, to report on how many men are currently at the camp and how long they have been there; how much funding has been received to date by the management company at Kilbride International Protection Accommodation Centre; where responsibility lies for the provision of transport, onsite medical services, mental health services and does he feel they are adequately provided at the site; to outline the pathway for residents at Kilbride International Protection Centre and when residents there can expect transfer to a more suitable facility; what staffing levels he is aware of and what roles and services are undertaken by the contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/23]

Trade Unions

Mick Barry

460. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be supporting a campaign (details supplied) launched by a number of trade unions for improved workplace supports concerning menstruation and the menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49800/23]

Care of the Elderly

Mick Barry

562. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to assist in resolving the difficult situation a stage 4 COPD and dementia patient (details supplied) being refused care by at least three nursing homes, including at least one with a dementia bed, on the grounds of their "psychiatric needs being too great". [49799/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mick Barry

563. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the upward trend noted by the INMO's 'Trolley Watch' (details supplied) in the last week; what measures his Department is taking to significantly reduce the numbers of patients being cared for on trolleys, chairs and corridors in our hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49801/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [46495/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [47664/23]

International Relations

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the extraordinary European Council meeting on 17 October 2023. [47665/23]

International Relations

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on any meetings or communication he has with the Israeli Government. [48577/23]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on any recent meetings he has had with the British Prime Minister. [47663/23]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the recently published annual report of his Department. [46494/23]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

537. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if schools with a religious ethos are not permitted to ask for certificates showing training in particular religious ideologies, such as the certificate in religious studies, when seeking to employ teachers; her views on whether this practice discriminates against people of different religious ideas and backgrounds to the school in which they are seeking employment; if she believes legislative change is required to end this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48501/23]

Wildlife Protection

Mick Barry

891. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider a ban on the use of snares in light of the impact they are having on the protected badger population and other wildlife; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47383/23]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

951. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 26 September 2023, if, now that the process of payments to the owners of fishing vessels being decommissioned under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara permanent cessation scheme is complete, he can provide the list, by vessel name, owner, size and quota and amount of compensation per vessel as previously requested, in tabular form. [48540/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [45266/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [44962/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [46493/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [45264/23]

Departmental Offices

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for an update on the economic policy unit of his Department. [45265/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Mick Barry

366. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person’s disability allowance was cut off (details supplied); the reason there is no record of their subsequent appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46443/23]

Equality Issues

Mick Barry

488. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measure he will take to close the gender pay gap, reported recently by the Central Statistics Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46627/23]

Abortion Services

Mick Barry

603. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in view of testimony to the Oireachtas Health Committee on 18 October 2023 (details supplied) that according to research women were actively obstructed by GPs in accessing abortion health care, the measures he will take to ensure that this practice is stopped as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [42619/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [44963/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the UN General Assembly. [44964/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

157. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43499/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/23]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

383. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can direct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to engage with the representations by an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of a number of migrant fishers who have not received the share of crew compensation due to them under the Brexit voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43500/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

562. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/23]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance to report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [30627/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department's shared island unit. [42617/23]

National Risk Assessment

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for a report on the National Risk Assessment 2023. [42618/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [42484/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met. [42485/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [42486/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the President of the United States. [41729/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

136. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. [41730/23]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his attendance ad the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy. [30625/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with culture, arts and the audiovisual sector will next meet. [34046/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that issues of overcrowding at Cork University Hospital are addressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mick Barry

51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to what extent hospital wards are mixed gender due to over-capacity in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/23]

Job Creation

Mick Barry

1. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach how many new jobs were created in Cork during the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [33642/23]

Human Rights

Mick Barry

44. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports of the killing by Saudi Arabian border guards of migrants and asylum seekers largely of Ethiopian background of the Yemeni border; if he will raise these killings with the Saudi Arabian authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38260/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

99. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the cost of joint advertising with a national supermarket chain (details supplied); if his Department had sight of the advertisement campaign ahead of it being published; if he has policies in relation to subsidising the advertising initiatives of private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

100. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what policies are in place in relation to the use of Government branding in the advertising campaigns of private companies; if these policies were implemented in relation to an advertising campaign launched by a supermarket chain (details supplied). [37838/23]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

214. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the military training of Ukrainian troops in areas such as marksmanship, which is outside the scope of the mandate for the mission approved by Dáil Éireann; if he will explain the reason the mandate was exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38098/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Barry

215. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the French, British and United States of America authorities in relation to any military intervention into Niger or the Sahel region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38099/23]

Military Neutrality

Mick Barry

221. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he anticipates he will receive the report of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy from the forum's chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38475/23]

Cycling Facilities

Mick Barry

283. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport to report on contact he or his officials have had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with his officials regarding amending legislation to allow for bicycle storage facilities in the front of terraced homes without having to obtain planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37836/23]

Departmental Priorities

Mick Barry

850. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the potential acquiring of the Connor Pass and its development as a national park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/23]

Planning Issues

Mick Barry

887. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make legislative amendments to allow for bicycle storage facilities in front gardens and driveways of terraced homes without having to obtain planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37835/23]

Visa Applications

Mick Barry

1118. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding visa applications with the embassy in Abu Dhabi; the number from those leaving Sudan; the average time to process applications from those leaving Sudan; if extra resources will be allocated to the embassy in Abu Dhabi to process applications in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/23]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

1266. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received reports of cruelty to hares during the month of August 2023 (details supplied); the steps that were taken in the investigation; if other authorities were informed of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37709/23]

Disability Services

Mick Barry

1396. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the establishment of a community neurorehabilitation in the CHO4 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37839/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

1630. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to report on his response to the latest wave of Covid-19; if he will support a renewal of the vaccine programme and PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37784/23]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

1637. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health given the complications and risks of aesthetic medicine, the steps he will take to establish a regulatory framework for aesthetic medicine practitioners that can establish licensing and qualification requirements, oversight of practitioners and promote public awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/23]

Hospital Charges

Mick Barry

1679. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure no public hospital engages debt collectors to collect outstanding fees from patients; if he will outline the policy in relation to collecting outstanding debts from seriously ill patients; the hospitals that employ debt collecting companies; the names of those companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

1709. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the reason social care workers working in a residential facility (details supplied) in Cork city who were employees of a company have not been deemed eligible for the Covid-19 recognition payment; the reason their employer is deemed not to be the eligible organisation; if he will review the eligibility criteria to allow these frontline workers qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38102/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Mick Barry

2053. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on delays in Solas in providing block release for electrician apprenticeships in the Cork city area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38053/23]

Financial Services

Mick Barry

288. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support the right of attendees and vendors at music festivals to use cash at events; if he will consider legislation to ensure cash remains an option for people in general throughout the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/23]

Widow's Pension

Mick Barry

691. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the amending of the eligibility for the widow's, widower's and surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension to allow surviving long-term partners to be able to claim the payment; if she will review the social protection system to identify other areas of discrimination against non-married couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36063/23]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

919. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on measures he will take to ensure that all marts are fully compliant with animal welfare regulations and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36019/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

1149. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to outline what engagements he has had with a group (details supplied); when he expects the national vaginal mesh implant oversight group to reveal its findings; if he intends to put in place a scheme to fully redress the survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35881/23]

Tax Code

Mick Barry

291. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering changing the VAT thresholds in Budget 2024; if he will consider reforms that consider ability to pay or that is graduated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34975/23]

Industrial Development

Mick Barry

359. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline how much in IDA grants and supports have been awarded to a company (details supplied) for their sites at Tullagreen and Springhill since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35399/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on advertising with RTÉ by his Department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [33643/23]

European Council

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting. [33641/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [34045/23]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [32645/23]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [34044/23]

Civil Service

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will list the salaries of each of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [32646/23]

Job Creation

Mick Barry

46. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach how many new jobs have been created in Cork for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [33642/23]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

836. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1242 of 13 June 2023, if he can report on the progress of the further engagement that was due to take place at the WRC on the issue of Section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/23]

Dental Services

Mick Barry

839. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health when dental surgeries in the Cork University Dental School and Hospital will have access to a theatre to allow them to perform dental surgery; the waiting list for dental surgery at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34297/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32132/23]

National Economic and Social Council

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [32644/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [32130/23]

Transport Policy

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the policy in his Department regarding the use of the Government jet. [32131/23]

Fisheries Protection

Mick Barry

202. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport how many three-yearly inspections of ships have taken place under section 5(3) of SI 376/2014 since that Instrument came into force; how many non-compliances were detected; and to provide these inspections and detected non-compliances, by category, in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/23]

Fisheries Protection

Mick Barry

203. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport his views on Ireland's progress towards ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention ILO 188; whether it is intended to make the Marine Survey Office the sole agency for the enforcement of the provisions of the Convention on Foreign Flagged Fishing Vessels in operating in Irish territorial waters or whether the WRC inspectorate is envisaged as having a role as they do on enforcing minimum conditions of work on Irish flagged fishing vessels that employ direct labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32410/23]

Pension Provisions

Mick Barry

205. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will sanction a cost-of-living increase in the CIÉ pension; when that increase will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32597/23]

Insurance Industry

Mick Barry

229. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support changes to regulations in relation to travel insurance to ensure that children who were born with congenital heart defects can obtain cover; his views as to whether he will contact a company (details supplied) who despite sponsoring charities that aid children with congenital heart defects, reject their applications for travel insurance and ask them to change their policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32408/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

265. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he envisages his Department will make a decision on permitting the owners of Irish flagged fishing vessels to employ non-EEA fishers under one of its work permit schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/23]

Enterprise Support Services

Mick Barry

269. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline how much in IDA grants and supports have been awarded to a company (details supplied) since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/23]

Hare Coursing

Mick Barry

364. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if given the biodiversity crisis, the pressure on the Irish hare and due to animal welfare issues if he will refuse to issue 2023-2024 hare coursing licences and a remove of the species from the Open Season Order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/23]

Greyhound Industry

Mick Barry

456. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and breakdown by sex of all non-coursing greyhound deaths registered on Greyhound Racing Ireland Traceability System per year between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32405/23]

Greyhound Industry

Mick Barry

457. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Greyhound Racing Ireland's Drug Sampling Metrics has not been published since December 2022, their Control Committee Reports have not been published since August 2022 and the National Greyhound Laboratory (NGL) accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) under ISO 17025 was shut down in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32406/23]

Greyhound Industry

Mick Barry

458. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unnamed non-coursing greyhounds born in 2021 registered as dead in Greyhound Racing Ireland's traceability system to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32407/23]

Children in Care

Mick Barry

474. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures will be taken to better protect young people in State care from sexual exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32631/23]