Parliamentary questions

Children in Care

Mick Barry

522. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures his Department will take to better resource the State care system to protect minors in State care from sexual exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32632/23]

International Protection

Mick Barry

131. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy of offering alternative accommodation to those who have a right to reside in the State after having been through the international protection process but are still living in the direct provision system that is far from their current residence (details supplied); if he will ensure that offers of alternative accommodation to those cohorts are in the locality of the direct provision centre; if he will ensure that a refusal of accommodation in an area that is far from their current residence will not result in the loss of access to homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31547/23]

Programme for Government

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units or divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [31141/23]

British-Irish Co-operation

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister. [31143/23]

Departmental Consultations

Mick Barry

150. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of hosting the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; the costs of travel and accommodation for its participants; the cost of hiring rooms; the cost of AV equipment and any other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30861/23]

Departmental Consultations

Mick Barry

151. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the criteria for deciding the topics of the different sessions of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; the criteria for inviting speakers; where the decisions were made in deciding the topics and the speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30862/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29627/23]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Political Community on 1 June 2023. [29625/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Mick Barry

49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to approve the pension increase due to An Post pensioners this year; his views on whether it now needs to match the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/23]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

92. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the time available for students with dyslexia and other conditions in the leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29944/23]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29264/23]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29626/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economy and Investment will next meet. [26400/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Political Community on 1 June 2023. [26401/23]

Foreign Policy

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his preparation for the upcoming consultative forum on international security policy; if he will advocate a change to the State's foreign policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28834/23]

Council of Europe

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Council of Europe. [25549/23]

Water Services

Mick Barry

227. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he anticipates water shortages this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/23]

Electricity Generation

Mick Barry

228. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the proposed plans byESB to switch its power generation plant at Moneypoint in County Clare from coal to oil by 2025, and how this move will adversely affect the State's emissions instead of significantly reducing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/23]

Road Tolls

Mick Barry

327. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his meetings based on media accounts (details supplied) with toll companies regarding the imminent proposed hike in toll prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/23]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

991. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department will take to ensure the welfare of all animals currently being looked after by an organisation (details supplied) which has called a national emergency appeal due to the fact that all its centres have reached maximum capacity; and if his Department is considering taking further measures to ensure that the current situation is not repeated as a result of excess breeding. [28501/23]

Departmental Funding

Mick Barry

1344. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if future legislation is planned in the regulation of capitation fees in HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/23]

Social Welfare Code

Mick Barry

312. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given the vulnerability of domestic violence victims, domestic violence leave will be paid in full, at 100% of the person's normal rate of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26786/23]

Inland Fisheries

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason (details supplied) in Cork Harbour has been sanctioned despite two of the rivers flowing into the harbour are not meeting their conservation limits; if he would review this decision, given the risk to fish being caught in the nets and the precautionary principle; his views on whether the sanctioning of draft nets in Cork Harbour is in breach of Inland Fisheries Ireland protocols and commitments to conservation under the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26450/23]

Inland Fisheries

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a draft net fishery has been sanctioned in Castlemaine Harbour given one of the rivers flowing into the common embayment area, the Behy river, is closed to angling for several years and the harbour is a mix stock fishery; if he will endorse scientific monitoring samples from intercepted fish in the Behy river; his views on whether the sanctioning of draft nets in Castlemaine Harbour is in breach of Inland Fisheries Ireland protocols and commitments to conservation under the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/23]

Departmental Offices

Mick Barry

3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [25547/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the extent to which his Department plays a role in ensuring climate action is a key priority across all Departments. [25548/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mick Barry

542. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of suspected crimes reported to each Garda station in the Cork city area for 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/23]

Defence Forces

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [22803/23]

Departmental Strategies

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update same. [22804/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [22805/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22480/23]

Economic Policy

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22481/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

30. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22482/23]

School Staff

Mick Barry

329. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will take into account the wishes of career guidance and counsellor teachers in Cork city and not move their counselling supervision meetings to a Tuesday due to the impact this will have, including on availability to teach other subjects, and costs to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24986/23]

Departmental Budgets

Mick Barry

439. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 13 of the Stability Programme Update 2023 that is designated for building social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24799/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Mick Barry

440. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of providing family hubs for the 1,639 families currently accessing emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24800/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Mick Barry

441. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of expanding the Housing First programme to the 1,639 families currently accessing emergency homeless accommodation, including the provision of wraparound services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/23]

Citizenship Applications

Mick Barry

548. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if citizenship applications are continuing to be processed in chronological order; the number of applications from 2021 and 2022 that are still being processed; the number of applications for 2023 to date that have been processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24397/23]

Employment Schemes

Mick Barry

577. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider changes to general employment permits to allow those coming to work as health care assistants to bring their spouses and children to live in the State by amending income criteria in line with the wage rate in private nursing homes; if he will consider waiving the need for qualified nurses to undertake QQI level 5 training as health care assistants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25010/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

830. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 13 of the Stability Programme Update 2023 that is designated for infrastructure to support Community Healthcare Networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

831. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional dedicated children's beds for psychiatric care to stop the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

832. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Connecting for Life suicide prevention programme in a full year. [24804/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

833. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Sharing the Vision strategy in a full year. [24805/23]

A Vision for Change

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider changes to the work permit scheme to allow those coming to work as health care assistants to bring their spouses and children to live in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23382/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mick Barry

155. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing those who are paying Class S PRSI to make additional voluntary contributions to allow them access to illness benefit, given the increased awareness and necessity for persons to isolate when ill from many illnesses, and the increasing number of persons in this group who are on low or middle incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23381/23]

Military Neutrality

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on plans for the consultative forum on international security policy this summer; if his Department or the Defence Forces will be making submissions on the question of military non-alignment; which experts have been invited to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/23]

Waste Management

Mick Barry

180. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in light of the cost-of-living crisis, if he is aware that various waste collection companies have substantially increased their fees; if he has considered how this will impact low- and middle-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23102/23]

Electric Vehicles

Mick Barry

253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the cost of electric cars in the State makes them accessible to lower and middle-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/23]

Health Service Executive

Mick Barry

551. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct the HSE to sanction additional nursing support in order that children with complex medical issues can attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23124/23]

Gender Recognition

Mick Barry

730. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any advice from the National Gender Service to GPs not to provide blood testing facilities or to administer HRT therapies to people accessing gender affirming care; if he will confirm that the administration of HRT therapies to patients is a matter for them and their doctor; if he will meet with grassroots groups that campaign for the rights of trans and intersex people in relation to access to gender affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23148/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [21667/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21668/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Mick Barry

96. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will supply a breakdown, by local authority, of the funding allocated and the funding drawdown under the Traveller caravan loan scheme for 2021 and 2022; the budget for 2023; if he will expand the scheme to cater for unmet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21885/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Mick Barry

126. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to ensure that the €200 cost-of-living payment that was due in April will be extended to State pension-qualified adults; if it is not to be extended, whether the disproportional impact on women has been factored in by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21883/23]

Departmental Policies

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20682/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20683/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [21669/23]

Good Friday Agreement

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Queen's University Belfast conference to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. [20293/23]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the average costs associated with the running of the shared island unit in his Department. [20294/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

232. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the regulation that pertained during the existence of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers whereby no more than 50% of the crew of an eligible fishing vessel should have consisted of non-EEA nationals still applies in the context of non-EEA nationals currently in the fleet being stamp-4 visa holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19979/23]

Child Poverty

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19497/23]

Departmental Strategies

Mick Barry

1. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [16421/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [19145/23]

European Council

Mick Barry

27. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council which he attended. [19146/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [15254/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [16419/23]

Public Sector Reform Review

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the strategic foresight and strengthening policy development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [16420/23]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Mick Barry

113. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance that his Department has given to an Irish citizen (details supplied) imprisoned in Iran since October 2022 without charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/23]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

801. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the incremental tenants purchase scheme and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 to allow those who were eligible prior to 1 February 2022 with less than ten years in receipt of social housing supports to apply for the scheme; if joint tenants, one of which has less than ten years in receipt of social housing support, can be eligible; if he can allow local authorities some scope to set their own policies in relation to tenant purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17347/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

1393. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently reassess transgender healthcare; if he will consider the model of informed consent led by GPs in local communities; the consultations he has had with the trans community about trans affirming healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15252/23]

Departmental Properties

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [15253/23]

Rail Network

Mick Barry

73. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of no response issuing from the relevant personnel at Iarnród Éireann to repeated requests from this Deputy, he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to supply this Deputy with a copy of the 2008 agreement between Iarnród Éireann and Wexford County Council relating to a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, and also a copy of a new agreement on the same matter concluded in November 2023, both agreements reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 23 November 2022 on foot of an official communiqué to that paper from Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/23]

Rail Network

Mick Barry

74. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, is designed only for access to the development of 413 accommodation units for which planning permission exists, or if the design is meant also to facilitate a larger carriageway which would lead to a future new bridge over the River Slaney to Crosstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/23]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

120. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will consider reducing the number of sraith pictiúr on the leaving certificate Irish course in the spirit of lessening the pressure around the examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15607/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [14880/23]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine took place. [14881/23]

Departmental Offices

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [14882/23]

Insurance Coverage

Mick Barry

249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the insurance sector to ensure that steps are taken to ensure that motorcycle clubs are able to have their events insured, which is essential for the sport to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/23]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

427. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education to clarify the eligibility for English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports in primary school, in particular to clarify if Circular 6/23 means that children whose parents have been in the State for more than two years are excluded from eligibility to EAL supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15360/23]

Third Level Fees

Mick Barry

552. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a prospective student (details supplied) who is resident in Ireland, and whose deceased stepfather was an Irish citizen, satisfies the nationality condition for eligibility for the "free fees" scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [11398/23]

Broadcasting Charge

Mick Barry

112. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has plans to propose a broadcasting charge on all households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14119/23]

School Staff

Mick Barry

165. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if her Department has policies in relation to private companies paying for wages of school staff in primary schools; if her Department has policies in relation to private companies providing classes to pupils in primary schools; if issues relating to the relationship between the private company (details supplied) and a school has been brought to her Department's attention or if it came up in the school's last inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14120/23]

School Curriculum

Mick Barry

172. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to reinstate CSPE as a subject that could be taken as an exam subject for the junior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14184/23]

Third Level Fees

Mick Barry

205. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person for the purposes of qualifying for the 'free fees' scheme who is not a EEA/UK/Swiss citizen but has a stamp 4 visa and is under 21 years of age and a dependent child of a spouse of an Irish citizen satisfies the nationality condition, if that person would satisfy the nationality condition if the EU citizen spouse of their parent dies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/23]

Disease Management

Mick Barry

253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to improve the diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis; if he will consider the proposal for the establishment of a dedicated multidisciplinary centre to improve diagnosis, better coordinate care, develop expertise and to improve outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/23]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12648/23]

Departmental Meetings

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12649/23]

Health Strategies

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework. [12650/23]

Citizenship Applications

Mick Barry

1039. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the current average processing times for citizenship applications are; the measures that are being taken to bring this time below nine months; to confirm if applications are processed in chronological order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14117/23]

Immigration Status

Mick Barry

1058. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of times checkpoints were carried out to check the immigration status of people in 2022; the number of persons that were asked for identification under which legislation these checkpoints were carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/23]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine noting the deadline for decommissioning of the vessels under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara decommissioning scheme expires in April 2023, and the entitlement of crew to avail of a share of compensation if they have worked 90 days on the vessel that is due to be decommissioned in the course of 2020 and 2021, if that entitlement is lost if the fisher has ceased working on the vessel between 2021 and the present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/23]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative. [11397/23]

Departmental Priorities

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [11019/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with immigration will next meet. [11020/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

30. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [11396/23]

Trade Fairs

Mick Barry

147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has provided any support to Irish companies to participate in the IDES 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi; if his Department is aware of any Irish companies participating in the fair; if so, if a list of the companies will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11169/23]

Consumer Rights

Mick Barry

237. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to provide the right for people to pay for goods and services in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/23]

Housing Provision

Mick Barry

299. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes ]built by local authorities in 2022; the number built by approved housing bodies in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11171/23]