Parliamentary questions

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [45764/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

568. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take measures to expedite the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff in the non-HSE and non-Section 38 sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45905/22]

Constitutional Amendments

Mick Barry

53. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he plans to examine constitutional amendments on religious oath taking for public office positions following the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (details supplied). [42405/22]

Employment Rights

Mick Barry

71. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recourse that fishers have at the Workplace Relations Commission in cases in which Sunday pay, which is included in the standard Department of Justice-approved contracts for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers is not honoured by employers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44827/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

72. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owners' organisations since March 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44828/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of prosecutions that have been brought against fishing vessel owners to date by the Marine Survey Office for breaches of SI 709/2003 or SI 672/2019 governing the maximum number of daily and weekly hours of work at sea and the minimum hours rest and minimum breaks at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/22]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

148. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the Clinch Report that he commissioned in early 2021 and that was subsequently submitted to his Department the following July has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44826/22]

Grant Payments

Mick Barry

421. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider altering the SUSI grant procedures to allow for students to alter their applications in cases in which there is a material change in the student’s financial or domestic circumstances in the time since their application in their first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44818/22]

Domestic Violence

Mick Barry

445. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to publish the report on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44819/22]

Immigration Status

Mick Barry

446. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an application by a person (details supplied) to regularise their status in the State will be granted; if any obstacles remain regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44820/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

447. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she or her Department officials have met representatives of fishing vessel owners' organisations since 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44822/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

448. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1240 of 26 April, if the outcome of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers will be published in the near future; if she will ensure that the outcome will be published by the end of September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44823/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

449. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of fishers who are currently approved for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; the breakdown of the fishers by nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44824/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

649. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owner organisations since March this year to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44829/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

650. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts for fishers employed under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that are currently on file in his Department’s central depository unit in Clonakilty; if a breakdown of the fishers by nationality will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Mick Barry

63. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to pay the pension increase due to An Post pensioners; his views on whether it now needs to match the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42357/22]

Legislative Reviews

Mick Barry

1391. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she expects to receive the report by a person (details supplied) into the review of part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42679/22]

Adult Education Provision

Mick Barry

1424. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will implement the Labour Court ruling of 20 March 2020 for adult educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

1636. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he intends to pay nursing staff working in a hospice (details supplied) the €1,000 Covid-19 payment for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

1637. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if cleaners in hospitals that were in hospital settings and meet the criteria for the €1,000 Covid-19 payment will receive the payment if they were employed by a contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39619/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Mick Barry

139. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has investigated the increases to welfare payments that will be required to keep pace with the increases in the cost-of-living as experienced by those on low incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34945/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Mick Barry

167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a sizeable increase in the back-to-school allowances given the extra pressures on household due to the increases in the cost-of-living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US congressional delegation. [30991/22]

Departmental Strategies

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [30993/22]

Departmental Strategies

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [32669/22]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [32670/22]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30714/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on his recent engagements at the World Economic Forum. [30715/22]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

209. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [38139/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

210. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with heads of government and heads of state at the margins of the NATO summit in Madrid. [38140/22]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

568. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if provision will be made for Leaving Certificate students who plan to study abroad in 2022 and who require their exam results for their chosen university before the results date of 3 September. [37929/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mick Barry

36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she can give commitments to reach the number of refuge places for those leaving domestic violence situations that would bring Ireland in line with the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35986/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mick Barry

49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the extra resources that will be made available to implement the proposals outlined in the recently announced Government strategy on domestic, sexual and gender based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35987/22]

Human Rights

Mick Barry

313. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any contact with his Spanish, Moroccan or European Union counterparts in relation to the death of migrants in Melilla; if he will support an independent investigation into the deaths; if he has concerns about human rights abuses on both sides of the Spanish-Moroccan border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36140/22]

School Curriculum

Mick Barry

49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the reforms in the relationships and sex education curriculum she will make to ensure issues relating to trans people and gender identity are fully covered in the curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34943/22]

School Curriculum

Mick Barry

65. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she has had any dealings with school patrons regarding the content of the relationships and sex education curriculum; her views on objective sex education that deals with consent, intimate partner violence, contraception, LGBTQI issues, gender identity and other issues across all schools regardless of ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34944/22]

Gender Recognition

Mick Barry

130. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that all third level institutions will be requested not to charge fees for the change of names or gender identities by students on records kept by the institution; if he will request all third level institutions to allow for names to be changed after graduation in order that academic records and qualification certificates can be issued with updated names; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34599/22]

Gender Recognition

Mick Barry

134. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider waiving the stamp duty for the registration of deed polls to change names in the interest of supporting trans people and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34598/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [26199/22]

Church-State Relations

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [26200/22]

Church-State Relations

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30713/22]

Visa Applications

Mick Barry

696. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consent to giving a person (details supplied) a visa that will permit them to work and survive pending the conclusion of the pending Labour Court case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33661/22]

Housing Provision

Mick Barry

58. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he will take to expand social and affordable housing given the increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33193/22]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

64. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on housing assistance payment and other subsidies to those renting in the private sector; if a cost benefit analysis of HAP in relation to investment in direct built social housing has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33192/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

197. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the special leave with pay scheme for public service staff; the measures that he will take to ensure those with long-Covid will not face cuts in income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33367/22]

Housing Provision

Mick Barry

208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Housing for All programme. [22301/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

387. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consent to giving a person (details supplied) a visa that will permit them to work pending the conclusion of a case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33258/22]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider not issuing a licence for the capture of hares for hare coursing given the stress caused to the hares and the risk of spreading of disease among the hares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/22]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the engagement she has had with two organisations (details supplied) following the ending of their partnership last week; the measures she will take to ensure that trans people are respected and their rights are upheld in the media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32759/22]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

580. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 14 June 2022, if the State gives support for children to learn and develop their language skills in their first language and not just assistance with English; if this is not provided, if he will consider this is provided given the large numbers of children in the State of various backgrounds that have languages other than English or Irish as their first language or are being reared bilingually, and the importance of education in the basics of their first language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32666/22]

Travel Documents

Mick Barry

707. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if it is permissible for seafarers who obtain transit visas from the UK authorities to cross the Border on this island and board vessels in ports in this State without any prior notification of the relevant authorities in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32652/22]

Travel Documents

Mick Barry

708. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consider the findings of a recent report (details supplied) on the abuse of UK transit visas in the engagement of migrant fishers and citations with it that fishers who have been engaged on these visas have subsequently been engaged to work in this State as opposed to in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32653/22]

Residency Permits

Mick Barry

709. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an application by a person (details supplied) for a refund for a Irish residence permit card will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32658/22]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

113. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will take to ensure that developers engaged to construct social and affordable housing will not leave contracts with local authorities due to rising costs in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/22]

Departmental Offices

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [26198/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

144. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [26543/22]

Departmental Priorities

Mick Barry

145. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Well-Being Framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [26544/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, the agency under the aegis of his Department. [26545/22]

Airport Security

Mick Barry

263. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to ensure an improvement to the pay and conditions of security staff in airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29121/22]

Taxi Licences

Mick Barry

264. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a review to the upper age limits for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29122/22]

Departmental Budgets

Mick Barry

487. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for housing that is for building social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Mick Barry

488. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of providing family hubs for families experiencing homelessness in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/22]

Housing Schemes

Mick Barry

489. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of expanding the Housing First Programme to families experiencing homelessness including in that cost the provision of wraparound services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Mick Barry

582. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made on the 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/22]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

947. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the supports that are given to help pre-school and primary school children whose first language is not English nor Irish or who are being raised bilingually with a language other than English or Irish to help them to learn and develop skills in their own language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29166/22]

Further and Higher Education

Mick Barry

1219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made on the implementation of the SOLAS recommendations in the report SOLAS Response to the Findings of the Evaluation of the National Outreach Programme published in May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/22]

Eating Disorders

Mick Barry

1906. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health when the new eating disorder unit at Mount Carmel will be opened; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30773/22]

Health Services

Mick Barry

1907. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the supports that will be available to people affected with long Covid; if this will include access to upskilled occupational therapists for post-Covid care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/22]

Greyhound Industry

Mick Barry

1989. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of greyhounds that suffered injuries, died or were killed at official trials, unofficial trials and sales auctions in the past five years by date and location; the nature of the injuries and deaths; if the affected greyhounds were treated or killed on site or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30775/22]

Greyhound Industry

Mick Barry

1995. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the greyhound track attendance figures for 2021 and to date in 2022 by track and a breakdown of the figures into paid entry, free entry and entry by adults and minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/22]

Programme for Government

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [24936/22]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

532. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that her Department has received to date for the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; the number of applications that have been rejected; the number of instances where rejections have occurred due to the applicant, despite being currently undocumented and having resided in the State for at least four years, being documented at some point within those past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25748/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the new Cabinet subcommittee that is dealing with Ukrainian refugees will next meet. [24935/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Finland and Estonia. [23441/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [24529/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [24530/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

28. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24531/22]

Defence Forces

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence having regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and his public statements on the Defence Force budget, does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend on improving the pay and conditions for Defence Forces personnel, capital projects and for the purchase of military equipment and for military research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23923/22]

Defence Forces

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the measures taken to challenge sexism and bullying in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23820/22]

European Union

Mick Barry

29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he supports the involvement of the Irish Defence Forces in any expanded European Union rapid reaction force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/22]

Defence Forces

Mick Barry

46. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence having regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and his public statements on the Defence Forces budget does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend the purchase of military equipment and what areas of military equipment would require increased spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23821/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22009/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22946/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [22010/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [23439/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [23440/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Mick Barry

137. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn comments from United States officials which refused to rule out military action against the Solomon Islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23557/22]

Disability Services

Mick Barry

246. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide access to a personal assistant service as a legislative right for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/22]

Disability Services

Mick Barry

247. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in the personal assistant services to ensure that all persons with disabilities who require assistance will have access to personal assistance services regardless of the CHO area they live in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23556/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [22942/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22945/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

108. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the engagement he has had at a European Union and United Nations level in relation to the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22971/22]

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

85. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce emergency measures to lower rents in view of the increases in rents that have been recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/22]

Employment Rights

Mick Barry

98. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in the interests of work-life balance he will consider changes in legislation or in regulations to ensure that workers to receive the minimum notice for information regarding their shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22447/22]

School Staff

Mick Barry

184. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure that the criteria for the allocation of funding for traffic wardens is amended to ensure that all schools that require a warden will get access to funding; if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied) in relation to dangerous traffic in the vicinity of the school and their inability to get funding approved for a warden; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22448/22]

Prison Service

Mick Barry

203. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a study published by the Irish Penal Reform Trust entitled Sometimes 'I'm Missing the Words’ which has identified that non-Irish nationals and people of colour tend to be sentenced to longer custodial sentences than average and which reported racism in the prison service; the steps she will take to tackle racism and prejudice in the justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22449/22]

Disability Services

Mick Barry

231. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are on the waiting list to access treatment for autism following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the United States. [21270/22]

Tax Code

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support measures to levy corporate landlords' profits to assist in funding social and affordable housing in view of the level of profits and the dominant position of corporate landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [21272/22]