Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rental Sector

Mick Barry

21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support measures to reduce rents given the crisis caused by rising rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54653/21]

Defective Building Materials

Mick Barry

36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on discussions he has had with those campaigning for full mica redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54654/21]

EU Directives

Mick Barry

178. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department is exploring the possibility of a levy or charge on households with subscriptions to streaming services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54655/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [54651/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture; and when it is next due to meet. [54652/21]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [53183/21]

Citizens' Assembly

Mick Barry

9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54650/21]

United Nations

Mick Barry

16. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council. [53430/21]

Tax Avoidance

Mick Barry

256. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to eliminate the opportunities for companies to use Ireland in tax fraud measures as exposed in files (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54448/21]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

520. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice when she will announce the precise terms of the proposed scheme for regularising the status of undocumented workers; the timeframe for the operation of the scheme; if primary legislation will be required to give effect to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54121/21]

Immigration Policy

Mick Barry

521. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if the proposed scheme for regularising the status of undocumented workers will be inclusive for those who may have been documented at some point within the four year or three-year timeframe but are currently undocumented; if the scheme includes those who have been working documented for four years or three years to the present but on a visa stamp 1 inferior to the stamp 4 available with the undocumented scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54122/21]

Departmental Schemes

Mick Barry

522. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if an organisation (details supplied) will be consulted as part of the review process in view of the recent announcement that there will be a review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers following a report by Maynooth University; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54123/21]

Departmental Schemes

Mick Barry

523. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of fishers currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; the breakdown by nationality; the number of the approximately 180 eligible vessels that have atypical work permit holders on board; the number that have been enrolled in the past six months; the number that have not had their expired contracts renewed in the past six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54124/21]

Foreign Policy

Mick Barry

278. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will be participating in the upcoming summit of L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie in Tunisia; if so, the Minister or officials that will be attending; the key issues Ireland will be raising at the summit; if human rights will be amongst them; the amount Ireland has paid to the organisation since becoming an observer member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53748/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [53181/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

19. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met; and when it is next due to meet. [53182/21]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with transport will next meet. [50876/21]

Legislative Measures

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce legislation to regulate and protect the rights of workers to receive tips and gratuities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53175/21]

Employment Rights

Mick Barry

62. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to improve the rights of workers to avail of sick leave and paid sick leave in all sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53176/21]

Unfair Dismissals

Mick Barry

97. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way a person (details supplied) who made a successful complaint for unfair dismissal against their former employer at the Employment Appeals Tribunal in 2012 and obtained an enforcement order for a greater sum from the Circuit Court on 20 March 2015 but never subsequently received their due compensation due to the failure of the sheriff to execute the order against the former employer who ceased trading with that company can have their rights vindicated; if there is no remedy at this point in time to extract the sum from their former employer, if they can obtain a statutory redundancy from the social insurance fund for their years' service with the former employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52760/21]