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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [6463/22]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
603. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will consider lowering the age for bowel cancer screening to 30 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/22]
504. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-EEA fishers that have been enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers in the subsequent six years to date since its inception; the number of non-EEA fishers that are currently enrolled in the scheme; the number of non-EEA fishers currently working on the approximately 180 eligible vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3443/22]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]