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Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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JobPath Programme
Mick Barry
53. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the JobPath scheme in view of the numbers that have been sanctioned through the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39687/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Public Services Card
Mick Barry
66. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on making the public services card compulsory for availing of public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39686/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Workplace Safety
Mick Barry
129. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of reports that have been made to the Health and Safety Authority since the beginning of 2017 regarding unsafe climbing and operation of construction site cranes by unqualified and under-qualified personnel or unsafe use of construction cranes; the number of inspections by HSA personnel that followed; and the findings in each instance. [39175/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Health and Safety Authority
Mick Barry
130. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of whole-time equivalents qualified to conduct workplace inspections that are employed by the Health and Safety Authority; and the number employed in 2008. [39176/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Consultations
Mick Barry
132. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance when the report commissioned by his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on bogus self-employment practices in the construction sector and resultant losses incurred in PAYE and PRSI will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37596/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Asylum Support Services
Mick Barry
599. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the measures advocated by the safe passage campaign (details supplied) which seeks to reunite separated refugee families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37569/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Hare Coursing
Mick Barry
703. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the licences she has issued for the netting and tagging of hares for the purpose of hare coursing in 2017. [37591/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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EU Directives
Mick Barry
1266. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the rate of non-compliance with documentary requirements from other EU member states experienced by the HSE related to the cross-border directive and accessing medical procedures abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38928/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
59. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Bill relating to the application of the working time directive to members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces is likely to be presented to Dáil Éireann. [35169/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Employment Rights
Mick Barry
65. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Bill relating to the application of the working time directive to members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces is to be presented to Dáil Éireann. [35168/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Food Waste
Mick Barry
1279. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will ensure that brown bins for organic waste will be made available to all householders in view of the fact the absence of a brown bin service here will lead to even greater increases in refuse charges under the pay-by-weight regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35148/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Local Authority Funding
Mick Barry
1341. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the decision of his Department not to provide funding to Cork City Council to assist with the escalating problem of Japanese knotweed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35147/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mortgage Applications Approvals
Mick Barry
16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons seeking to buy a home that are unable to obtain mortgage approval on the basis of their incomes and prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33393/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Rent Controls
Mick Barry
38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a threshold of rent rises or further increases in homelessness that could be passed before he would consider strict rent controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33394/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Bus Services
Mick Barry
1080. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date schedule for the tendering of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus routes between July 2017 and 2019; and if the planned redesign of the Dublin Bus route network will have any impact on the tendering schedule. [34313/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Rail Services
Mick Barry
1081. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will restore the subsidy to Irish Rail to pre-crisis levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34314/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Departmental Funding
Mick Barry
1164. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will release the necessary capital funding to help sustain a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34311/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Child Care Services Funding
Mick Barry
1165. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in delivering the funding to six child care projects in County Cork promised by her Department six months ago. [34312/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Seaweed Harvesting Licences
Mick Barry
1255. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason no public consultation meetings were held regarding the application for a licence for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33602/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Seaweed Harvesting Licences
Mick Barry
1303. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which a licence for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry bay was issued without an environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/17]