Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Payments

Mick Barry

366. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person’s disability allowance was cut off (details supplied); the reason there is no record of their subsequent appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46443/23]

Equality Issues

Mick Barry

488. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measure he will take to close the gender pay gap, reported recently by the Central Statistics Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46627/23]

Abortion Services

Mick Barry

603. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in view of testimony to the Oireachtas Health Committee on 18 October 2023 (details supplied) that according to research women were actively obstructed by GPs in accessing abortion health care, the measures he will take to ensure that this practice is stopped as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [42619/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

23. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [44963/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the UN General Assembly. [44964/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

157. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43499/23]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

167. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/23]

Fishing Industry

Mick Barry

383. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can direct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to engage with the representations by an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of a number of migrant fishers who have not received the share of crew compensation due to them under the Brexit voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43500/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

562. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/23]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance to report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [30627/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department's shared island unit. [42617/23]

National Risk Assessment

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for a report on the National Risk Assessment 2023. [42618/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mick Barry

6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [42484/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination last met. [42485/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [42486/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the President of the United States. [41729/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

136. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. [41730/23]

Departmental Reports

Mick Barry

18. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his attendance ad the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy. [30625/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with culture, arts and the audiovisual sector will next meet. [34046/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that issues of overcrowding at Cork University Hospital are addressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mick Barry

51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to what extent hospital wards are mixed gender due to over-capacity in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/23]

Job Creation

Mick Barry

1. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach how many new jobs were created in Cork during the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [33642/23]

Human Rights

Mick Barry

44. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports of the killing by Saudi Arabian border guards of migrants and asylum seekers largely of Ethiopian background of the Yemeni border; if he will raise these killings with the Saudi Arabian authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38260/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

99. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to report on the cost of joint advertising with a national supermarket chain (details supplied); if his Department had sight of the advertisement campaign ahead of it being published; if he has policies in relation to subsidising the advertising initiatives of private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

100. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what policies are in place in relation to the use of Government branding in the advertising campaigns of private companies; if these policies were implemented in relation to an advertising campaign launched by a supermarket chain (details supplied). [37838/23]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

214. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the military training of Ukrainian troops in areas such as marksmanship, which is outside the scope of the mandate for the mission approved by Dáil Éireann; if he will explain the reason the mandate was exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38098/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Barry

215. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the French, British and United States of America authorities in relation to any military intervention into Niger or the Sahel region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38099/23]

Military Neutrality

Mick Barry

221. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he anticipates he will receive the report of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy from the forum's chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38475/23]

Cycling Facilities

Mick Barry

283. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport to report on contact he or his officials have had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with his officials regarding amending legislation to allow for bicycle storage facilities in the front of terraced homes without having to obtain planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37836/23]

Departmental Priorities

Mick Barry

850. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the potential acquiring of the Connor Pass and its development as a national park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/23]

Planning Issues

Mick Barry

887. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make legislative amendments to allow for bicycle storage facilities in front gardens and driveways of terraced homes without having to obtain planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37835/23]

Visa Applications

Mick Barry

1118. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding visa applications with the embassy in Abu Dhabi; the number from those leaving Sudan; the average time to process applications from those leaving Sudan; if extra resources will be allocated to the embassy in Abu Dhabi to process applications in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/23]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

1266. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received reports of cruelty to hares during the month of August 2023 (details supplied); the steps that were taken in the investigation; if other authorities were informed of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37709/23]

Disability Services

Mick Barry

1396. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the establishment of a community neurorehabilitation in the CHO4 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37839/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mick Barry

1630. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to report on his response to the latest wave of Covid-19; if he will support a renewal of the vaccine programme and PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37784/23]

Healthcare Policy

Mick Barry

1637. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health given the complications and risks of aesthetic medicine, the steps he will take to establish a regulatory framework for aesthetic medicine practitioners that can establish licensing and qualification requirements, oversight of practitioners and promote public awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/23]

Hospital Charges

Mick Barry

1679. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure no public hospital engages debt collectors to collect outstanding fees from patients; if he will outline the policy in relation to collecting outstanding debts from seriously ill patients; the hospitals that employ debt collecting companies; the names of those companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mick Barry

1709. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the reason social care workers working in a residential facility (details supplied) in Cork city who were employees of a company have not been deemed eligible for the Covid-19 recognition payment; the reason their employer is deemed not to be the eligible organisation; if he will review the eligibility criteria to allow these frontline workers qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38102/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Mick Barry

2053. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on delays in Solas in providing block release for electrician apprenticeships in the Cork city area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38053/23]

Financial Services

Mick Barry

288. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will support the right of attendees and vendors at music festivals to use cash at events; if he will consider legislation to ensure cash remains an option for people in general throughout the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/23]

Widow's Pension

Mick Barry

691. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the amending of the eligibility for the widow's, widower's and surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension to allow surviving long-term partners to be able to claim the payment; if she will review the social protection system to identify other areas of discrimination against non-married couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36063/23]

Animal Welfare

Mick Barry

919. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on measures he will take to ensure that all marts are fully compliant with animal welfare regulations and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36019/23]

Health Services

Mick Barry

1149. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to outline what engagements he has had with a group (details supplied); when he expects the national vaginal mesh implant oversight group to reveal its findings; if he intends to put in place a scheme to fully redress the survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35881/23]

Tax Code

Mick Barry

291. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering changing the VAT thresholds in Budget 2024; if he will consider reforms that consider ability to pay or that is graduated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34975/23]

Industrial Development

Mick Barry

359. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline how much in IDA grants and supports have been awarded to a company (details supplied) for their sites at Tullagreen and Springhill since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35399/23]

Departmental Advertising

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on advertising with RTÉ by his Department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [33643/23]

European Council

Mick Barry

8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting. [33641/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [34045/23]

Departmental Bodies

Mick Barry

7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [32645/23]