Parliamentary questions

Work Permits

Mick Barry

1135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-EEA migrant fishers that are currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme; the number of renewals of atypical work permits that have been applied for in the past 12 months; the number of fishing vessels that have non-EEA migrants employed under the scheme; the number of fishing vessel owners that currently have non-EEA migrants in their employment as part of the atypical work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31184/21]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

1193. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts pertaining to non-EEA migrant fishers working under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA migrants that are currently held in its central depository unit; the number of renewed contracts that have been submitted to his Department in the past year; the number of fishing vessel owners that are represented among the current contracts; the number of vessels that have non-EEA migrants working upon them as can be discerned from the current contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/21]

Trade Agreements

Mick Barry

29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the request for a waiver of intellectual property rights under the TRIPS for Covid-19 vaccines; the contact he has had with the Irish Permanent Representatives in Geneva on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24138/21]

Economic Policy

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the national reform programme. [29773/21]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [29772/21]

Departmental Projects

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [27889/21]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [27887/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality last met; and when it will next meet. [27888/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

334. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the discrepancy between the symptoms being used to advise Covid-19 self-isolation in schools among pupils and the advice being offered to the general public (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27528/21]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the President of the European Commission. [26141/21]

An Garda Síochána

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [26519/21]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [26520/21]

Programme for Government

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the status of the programme for Government. [26518/21]

Vaccination Programme

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the vaccine roll-out group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [26139/21]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [26140/21]

Marine Casualty Investigations Board

Mick Barry

243. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the details of the terms of review of the performance of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (details supplied) in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/21]

Human Trafficking

Mick Barry

636. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the progress on the reforms to the national referral mechanism for suspected victims of human trafficking (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25702/21]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

309. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will support the legislative changes that were recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Education which included amending the Education Act to ensure that religious ethos cannot influence children’s right to objective sex education and amending the Employment Equality Act to protect teachers from being disciplined for not upholding the religious ethos of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25216/21]

Residency Permits

Mick Barry

371. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the plans in place to reopen office facilities at Burgh Quay; the measures that will be put in place to allow persons in Dublin register their residency given its impact on the right of persons to work and to travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/21]

Departmental Data

Mick Barry

400. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to home help and homecare packages in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the funding allocated to direct HSE services, voluntary and non-profit organisations and private providers for these services for the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/21]