156. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on additional holiday entitlements for workers in the public sector who were frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32463/21]
80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport his engagements with trade unions, employees and the management of CIÉ in relation to the underfunding in the company’s pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32417/21]
54. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport his engagements with trade unions, employees and the management of a company (details supplied) in relation to proposed changes to work practices and the arrangements for the temporary closure of Cork airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32416/21]
234. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by port of the location of the fishers currently employed under the atypical scheme as can be discerned from their contracts of employment copies of which reside with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32148/21]
205. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown by port of the location of the current holders of permits under the atypical scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32147/21]
204. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown by nationality of the current holders of permits under the atypical scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32146/21]
35. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Workplace Relations Commission participated in joint operations with An Garda Síochána focused on the detection of labour exploitation in the fishing industry in 2020 or 2019; if so, the outcome of those inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/21]
1193. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts pertaining to non-EEA migrant fishers working under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA migrants that are currently held in its central depository unit; the number of renewed contracts that have been submitted to his Department in the past year; the number of fishing vessel owners that are represented among the current contracts; the number of vessels that have non-EEA migrants working upon them as can be discerned from the current contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/21]
1135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-EEA migrant fishers that are currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme; the number of renewals of atypical work permits that have been applied for in the past 12 months; the number of fishing vessels that have non-EEA migrants employed under the scheme; the number of fishing vessel owners that currently have non-EEA migrants in their employment as part of the atypical work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31184/21]
662. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised abuses of human rights in Morocco in the context of the opening of an Embassy in Morocco including the ongoing annexation of Western Sahara, the rights of the LGBTQ community and the Berber people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31191/21]
250. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the Government plans to recognise the Covid-19 travel certificates for entry into the State that have been issued by non-EU states in the Schengen zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31190/21]
249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the progress the Marine Survey Office has made into its enquiries into various maritime compliance matters pertaining to the FV Ellie Adhamh following reports made to the Office by an organisation (details supplied) in the aftermath of the vessel’s sinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31187/21]
248. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of unannounced inspections by the Marine Survey Office of fishing vessels eligible for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that have taken place in the past 12 months; the number of instances of non-compliance that were detected on these inspections; the categories of non-compliance that were detected; the consequences for the vessel owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/21]
159. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Workplace Relations Commission investigation into the employment of four persons (details supplied) outside the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA migrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31227/21]
155. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress the Workplace Relations Commission has made into its enquiries regarding the report made to it by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the employment of three Egyptian nationals outside the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers on the FV Ellie Adhamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/21]
154. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unannounced inspections by the Workplace Relations Commission of fishing vessels eligible for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that have taken place in the past 12 months; the number of instances of non-compliance that were detected on these inspections; the categories of non-compliance that were detected; the consequences for the vessel owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31188/21]
129. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to protect jobs and services in the banking sector; the engagement he has had with bank management and trade unions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31779/21]
118. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the impact assessment on the changes to taxation charged to so-called cuckoo funds in particular the impact on affordability of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31778/21]
94. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the impact for households of the changes to the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31777/21]
93. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagements he has had with the European Commission, Eurogroup ministers and other EU governments on implementing a minimum corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31781/21]
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to make insurance premia more affordable by limiting the large profits in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31780/21]
54. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he has had with the European Commission and its latest country-specific recommendations under the European semester process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31782/21]
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the request for a waiver of intellectual property rights under the TRIPS for Covid-19 vaccines; the contact he has had with the Irish Permanent Representatives in Geneva on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24138/21]
334. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the discrepancy between the symptoms being used to advise Covid-19 self-isolation in schools among pupils and the advice being offered to the general public (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27528/21]
636. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the progress on the reforms to the national referral mechanism for suspected victims of human trafficking (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25702/21]
243. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the details of the terms of review of the performance of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (details supplied) in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/21]
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the vaccine roll-out group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [26139/21]
403. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees in relation to defending the mandatory Covid-19 detention system for persons arriving in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/21]
402. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in his Department dedicated to the mandatory Covid-19 detention system from persons arriving in the State; the number of staff at each grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/21]
401. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if persons that are fully vaccinated but have not completed a seven day wait after their last dose will be expected to quarantine for the full 14 days in a mandatory detention facility upon entry into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25213/21]
400. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to home help and homecare packages in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the funding allocated to direct HSE services, voluntary and non-profit organisations and private providers for these services for the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/21]
371. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the plans in place to reopen office facilities at Burgh Quay; the measures that will be put in place to allow persons in Dublin register their residency given its impact on the right of persons to work and to travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/21]
309. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will support the legislative changes that were recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Education which included amending the Education Act to ensure that religious ethos cannot influence children’s right to objective sex education and amending the Employment Equality Act to protect teachers from being disciplined for not upholding the religious ethos of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25216/21]
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the full cost to date of the IBRC Commission; and the expenditure incurred in respect of legal fees by recipient law firms. [24142/21]
708. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if those who are under 70 years of age but are housebound will be able to get access to the Covid-19 vaccination programme via the ambulance service or other appropriate service that will visit persons in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23745/21]
116. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had with the Indian authorities in relation to providing support for those suffering from the latest Covid-19 wave in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/21]
43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [24140/21]