Parliamentary questions

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]