Parliamentary questions

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

14. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [21271/22]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island dialogue on sport. [16697/22]

Social Dialogue

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [16698/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Mick Barry

508. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reopen Revenue Commissioners offices to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20313/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

1240. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when the Government will announce its decision on any changes to the work permit regime for migrant fishers from outside the EEA and the solution for the hundreds of currently undocumented fishers who are ineligible for the scheme for the undocumented given that the interdepartmental group appointed to review the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers has concluded its work and submitted recommendations to her and the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19333/22]

Ferry Services

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if the Government has received representations from the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Transport regarding a bilateral agreement for the establishment of a minimum wage corridor on sea ferry routes (details supplied). [18595/22]

Ferry Services

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the practical steps that his Department will take to realise the proposal by the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Transport regarding a bilateral agreement for the establishment of a minimum wage corridor on sea ferry routes arising from the recent decision by a company (details supplied) to dismiss its 800 United Kingdom-based employees and replace them with employees on less than the United Kingdom statutory minimum wage including those working on the Liverpool to Dublin route given the support for the proposal by Minister for Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18718/22]

Common Travel Area

Mick Barry

89. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had contact with his counterpart in the UK in relation to measures that would be implemented to enforce a proposed obligation on residents in this State who are not Irish or UK nationals to apply for visa waivers or visas to enter Northern Ireland; if a commitment will be provided that no State agency or body will implement checks for visa waivers for non-Irish or non-UK citizens when boarding trains or buses in this State that will pass into Northern Ireland; his views on the introduction of regulations that would prohibit the checking for visa waivers for non-Irish or non-UK citizens when boarding trains or buses in this State that will pass into Northern Ireland by transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18597/22]

Common Travel Area

Mick Barry

95. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made representations to the UK authorities in relation to proposals to oblige residents in this State who are not Irish or UK nationals to apply for visa waivers or visas to enter Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18596/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [15476/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [15477/22]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [15475/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be put in place to ensure the safeguarding of Ukrainian children who come here as refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15480/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

125. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any recent conversations with European Union counterparts in relation to the Ukrainian refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15479/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

149. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any recent conversations with his Ukrainian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15478/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that she will take to ensure that refugees from Ukraine will be able to have access to social protection entitlements; if her Department will adapt the usual rules that would require furnishing of documentation to prove eligibility for certain payments such as medical records or training and employment records given the difficulty to obtain them from Ukraine; if she will recognise the accrual of social insurance payments in Ukraine towards the eligibility to benefits here as is the case with those coming from elsewhere in the EU and EEA; if her Department will provide information and assistance including translated material and access to interpreters to allow Ukrainian people to access payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14200/22]

Social Welfare Code

Mick Barry

43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will prepare options to expand the eligibility and rates for the fuel allowance given the rapid increase in fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14201/22]

State Pensions

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is preparing to make provision for the roll-back on the decision to increase the retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14202/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

190. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if fishing vessels above 15 m in length overall must not switch off their automatic identification system and thereby impair their ability to detect the presence of other vessels and, conversely, impair the capacity of those in other vessels to detect their presence under SI No. 640 of 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14432/22]

Education Policy

Mick Barry

490. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the supports that she will put in place for children and their families coming from Ukraine who will be entering the education system here; if she will be providing training and supports to teachers; the provision that is being made for special language classes; the assistance that will be given to assist parents with their adaption to the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14191/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

598. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be eligible to access payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/22]

Redundancy Payments

Mick Barry

641. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that redundancy is paid to those who are being laid-off in relation to reforms to the local employment service; if she will report on the contact her Department has had with other Departments in relation to reform of the local employment service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7069/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

710. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is taking measures to ensure that those who had started third-level education in Ukraine can complete their qualifications here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14188/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

711. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will provide mechanisms for those coming from Ukraine who were due to complete second level this academic year to access third level education in the next academic year here without having to sit examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14189/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

712. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he will take to ensure that those with Ukrainian qualifications will have those qualifications recognised in this State by employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14190/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

752. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be able to access the enhanced status that those that come under the Directive will get; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14193/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

753. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but are not Ukrainian nationals will be able to access the rights and status that are in the EU Temporary Protection Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14194/22]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

757. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the date in March 2022 as indicated in the stakeholder engagement that the interdepartmental group reviewing the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers will conclude its review; when the recommendations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14433/22]

Health Services Staff

Mick Barry

967. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the Cork Central Children Disability Network Team; the measures that will be put in place to fill vacancies and to reduce waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14488/22]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his discussions with other European Union defence ministers and the European Commission in relation to increasing military spending, further integration of European Union military forces and the role of the European Union military force itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13506/22]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence his views on the proposals by the French government to deepen European Union military integration and to increase military spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13507/22]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if an assessment has been carried out on the mental health impact of proceeding with a traditional leaving certificate examination in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13505/22]

Departmental Policies

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12963/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the German Chancellor. [12961/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the German Chancellor.

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12962/22]

Visa Agreements

Mick Barry

438. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will waive visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals leaving Ukraine that seek to enter this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12387/22]

International Protection

Mick Barry

439. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure that persons who are in Ukraine who are not Ukrainian nationals regardless of their legal status in Ukraine will be given access to the State; if she will raise the issue of non-Ukrainians and undocumented persons in Ukraine seeking to leave Ukraine at European Union level to ensure they are able to leave the country if they so wish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12389/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

489. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Covid-19 travel regulations will be applied with flexibility for those coming from Ukraine to avoid them being a barrier to travel to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/22]

Driver Licences

Mick Barry

45. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that possession of a public services card will not be made obligatory to obtain a driver’s licence or learner’s permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/22]

Housing Schemes

Mick Barry

118. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure there are no barriers in relation to waiting lists for social housing that pressure persons to remain in abusive relationships in order to maintain their position on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [10111/22]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [10112/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [9694/22]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [10110/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mick Barry

101. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will bring forward the pay talks with public sector trade unions given the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11504/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mick Barry

112. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the upcoming pay talks with public sector unions will be able to deliver pay rises that will keep pace with inflation and the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11503/22]

Banking Sector

Mick Barry

260. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal at EU level for an investigation into whether Switzerland should be considered a country with a high risk of money laundering in its banking system given the recent revelations of serious criminality and money laundering being facilitated by a major bank in that country; if he has confidence in the Swiss banking regulators on these questions; the steps that he will take in Ireland to ensure that due diligence is carried out on connections with the Swiss banking system and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11502/22]

Pension Provisions

Mick Barry

268. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be considered into the position of pre-1995 D1 retirees in relation to ensuring that their pensions can keep pace with the cost of living; the measures that could be introduced to ensure their pensions keep pace with the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/22]

Consular Services

Mick Barry

415. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish consulate in Alexandria, Egypt can release to an organisation (details supplied) copies of documents pertaining to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11333/22]

Departmental Policies

Mick Barry

452. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education when her Department will respond to the recommendations outlined in the report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10878/22]

Special Educational Needs

Mick Barry

475. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualification for special needs assistants; if so, if she will provide a commitment to implement the recommendations made by the expert group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11334/22]

Medicinal Products

Mick Barry

733. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure that the shortage in HRT medicines is overcome; his views that these are essential medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11330/22]

Medicinal Products

Mick Barry

750. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take measures to ensure that the gene therapy Luxturna which treats sight loss will be made available in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11501/22]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [8389/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9692/22]

Good Friday Agreement

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9693/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7958/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Covid-19 and health unit of his Department. [8387/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [8388/22]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

134. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will take measures to ensure that a student (details supplied) who is taking physical education as a leaving certificate examination subject as an external candidate can be assessed for their performance assessment and physical activity project even though they have not carried these out in a school setting due to complications during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8548/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [7956/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States of America. [7957/22]

Hospital Staff

Mick Barry

90. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Cork University Hospital is provided with funding to allow for the employment of the required number of neurology nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7959/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

184. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that student nurses due to receive payments for working during the Covid-19 pandemic will be paid immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7960/22]

Television Licence Fee

Mick Barry

324. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider reforming the legislation relating to television licensing to allow for persons to appeal decisions of inspectors without having to go to court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8298/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Mick Barry

407. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the correspondence from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs seeking that the State restates its commitment to not strengthen security at the expense of the security of other states (details supplied); if he will publish the reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8297/22]

National Minimum Wage

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will initiate an emergency review of the minimum wage given the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/22]

Industrial Relations

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on workers who seek above inflation pay rises given the stagnation in real wages over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/22]

Low Pay

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to cut the high-level of low pay in the State; if he will support a system in which the rise in the minimum wage will at a minimum track increases in the cost of living for persons on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/22]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [6747/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [6461/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [6462/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [6463/22]

Third Level Admissions

Mick Barry

81. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to increase the number of places in third-level education for the next academic year. [6432/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

428. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if guidelines are in place for schools in relation to certifying a physical illness as an exemption for wearing face coverings; if schools are advised to request a letter from a consultant in relation to same; if not, if a letter from a general practitioner is advised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6300/22]

Asylum Seekers

Mick Barry

262. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports of migrants that are eligible for international protection and are seeking refuge in Europe being abandoned in the desert in the south east of Libya by the Libyan authorities without access to water; if he will make contact with the European Union authorities regarding the situation in Libya pertaining to asylum seekers; if he will support an end to the European Union funding of the Libyan state for interception of migrants given the human rights abuses that are well documented there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5532/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [5135/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [4631/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [4629/22]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [4630/22]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

144. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education her plans for the State exams in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4825/22]

State Examinations

Mick Barry

176. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the steps that will be taken into account in State examinations for the disruption to the school year due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4826/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

794. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if a corrected Covid-19 recovery certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied). [5043/22]

Human Rights

Mick Barry

61. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the latest contacts that he or his Departmental officials have had with the government of Kazakhstan following the repression of protest movements there including the use of live ammunition to kill protesters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3912/22]

Defence Forces

Mick Barry

124. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the contacts he has had with a group (details supplied); his views on the demands made by the group to take a stand against a culture of sexism in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3918/22]

Military Neutrality

Mick Barry

138. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 20 January 2022, his views on whether support for deeper EU-NATO cooperation including in regions outside the European Union is in conflict with a policy of military non-alignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3919/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation final report in advance of its publication in 2021. [3615/22]

Foreign Policy

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of Global Ireland: Ireland's Global Footprint to 2025. [3617/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

181. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if his Department will put mechanisms in place to allow a person (details supplied) to get an updated Covid-19 certificate to show that their third dose of a Covid-19 was administered in another European Union state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3827/22]

National Risk Assessment

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national risk assessment published by his Department. [3328/22]

Northern Ireland

Mick Barry

17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative. [3329/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Mick Barry

28. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has had recent discussions with the President of the European Commission. [3330/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Mick Barry

31. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the European Council. [3616/22]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

88. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will assess the impact of buy-to-rent developments on the price of housing and rent levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/22]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

91. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing regulations to limit the development of buy-to-rent developments given their impact on the affordability of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

162. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be introduced on foot of the agreement reached between his Department and the Department of Transport to give the Workplace Relations Commission jurisdiction to hear complaints of breaches of the Working Time at Sea Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3446/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

163. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections of fishing vessels that are eligible to employ non-EEA workers under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme that took place in 2021; the number of non-compliances that were detected; the category and penalties that resulted for the vessel owners in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3447/22]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

218. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of instances of non-compliance that were detected by the Marine Survey Office or referred to the Marine Survey Office by other agencies that in some way related to fishers employed under the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers in 2021; the number of prosecutions of vessel owners that have ensued; the penalties that have been issued to vessel owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3444/22]

Coastal Zone Management

Mick Barry

293. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the National Coastal Change Management Strategy which was due at the start of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/21]