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]