56. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures taken to avert the possibility of heavy fines being imposed on Ireland for exceeding CO2 emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/17]
128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can be directed to cease the practice of forcing its employees who are certified sick on a long-term basis being forced to go through the hardship of having to obtain fresh sick certificates on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/17]
29. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the atypical worker permit for non-EU migrant fishing crew; if such a review is planned; and if he will meet representatives from the international transport federation that have concerns regarding the welfare of non-EU migrant fishing crew operating on Irish vessels. [28072/17]
128. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact the State will pay for the construction of the new national maternity hospital yet it will be owned by a private entity; his Department's general policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27860/17]
75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to make himself legally accountable for the delivery of health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/17]
60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free access to fertility treatments including IVF in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/17]
52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the allocation of space for private practice in the plans for the new national maternity hospital is compatible with the elimination of private care from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/17]
1983. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision in the Comhairle Act 2000 or the Citizens Information Act 2007 which empowers the board of the Citizens Information Board to unilaterally alter the local board structure of independently run citizens information centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26640/17]
1982. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the discrepancy of accounts between herself and the chief executive of the Citizens Information Board as to when a decision was made to restructure the governance of locally formerly independently run citizens information centres (details supplied). [26639/17]
1981. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the claim made in her amendment to the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on the independence of local citizens' information services that the Citizens Information Board made a decision to restructure the local citizens information services at a meeting on 17 February 2017 when this decision is not recorded in the minutes of this Citizens Information Board meeting which are available online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26638/17]
1874. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken by the marine survey office against owners of fishing vessels that refuse to submit log books. [28117/17]
Bill entitled an Act to permit access to the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court to members of the Defence Forces and their representative associations; to amend the definition of "worker" in the Industrial Relations Act 1990; to remove restrictions on representative associations associating with trade unions or members of the Defence Forces having trade union membership; and for these and other purposes to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990 and the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2016 to ensure that development with the object or effect of deterring homeless persons from obtaining shelter from a structure, land or building is not exempted development, and to provide for related matters
50. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower rate of jobseeker's payments for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/17]
33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 18 May 2017, the reason for the rise in the number of families in receipt of family income supplement over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/17]
531. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord na gCon obtained a valuation of Harold's Cross stadium from the Valuation Office or another valuer prior to its sale; the valuation arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25359/17]
319. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the long-term decline in occupational defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector; his further views on the idea of a State supervised unified defined benefit, half final salary occupational pension scheme for workers in all sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/17]
171. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he obtained an independent valuation for the Harold's Cross stadium before his Department purchased the stadium from Bord na gCon; the valuation arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25360/17]
207. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the comment from the representative of Cork university hospital in correspondence (details supplied) justifying a three day delay to the treatment of a person's head wound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/17]
178. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will hold formal negotiations with a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of cuts to pensions in view of the fact that they affect retired public servants. [23689/17]
249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the State subsidy to Bus Éireann in advance of the conclusion of the NBRU ballot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/17]
76. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed tendering of the Bus Éireann Waterford city service. [22094/17]
62. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the windfall of approximately €100 million from the Revenue Commissioners to Transport Infrastructure Ireland can be used in part to increase the subsidy to Bus Éireann. [22092/17]
646. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the threat to the Dublin to Derry Bus Éireann Expressway route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22093/17]
89. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to guarantee that women will be able to access all services at the National Maternity Hospital following its move to Elm Park, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/17]
25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his discussions with a group (details supplied) and the National Maternity Hospital regarding the ownership and governance of the National Maternity Hospital following its move to Elm Park, Dublin. [20688/17]
21. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the Government's negotiation position on the follow up to the Lansdowne Road agreement with public sector unions. [18350/17]
15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the FEMPI, financial emergency measures in the public interest, legislation is being kept on the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18351/17]
333. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking and plans to take with respect to the growing use of non-recyclable disposable hot drink cups; the data being collected on these receptacles entering the waste disposal system; and the guidance which has issued to local authorities on the matter. [18373/17]
4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which is responsible for public transport matters; and the membership of same. [17917/17]
787. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) can be designated as having the required skills that will enable them to seek work without being dependant on an employer sponsoring them; and the process open to them to pursue this aim. [18201/17]
419. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has received reports of US Navy personnel berthed in Cobh, County Cork, bearing arms onshore in March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18203/17]
418. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the circumstances surrounding the resignation of a person (details supplied) as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia of the UN arising from criticism they received for taking a stand on the treatment of the Palestinian people. [18197/17]
274. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circulars for revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to direct entry grades which are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person currently for remuneration. [18200/17]
273. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circulars for revised payscales and allowances for persons recruited to direct entry grades which are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18199/17]
272. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if revised payscales and allowances for persons recruited to certain direct entry grades are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/17]
49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the methodology arrived at for calculating the contribution his Department makes to Bus Éireann and to private coach firms for free travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/17]
41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to announce an increase in his Department's contribution to Bus Éireann to cover the real cost of free travel; and if he will make this announcement before the conclusion of talks between Bus Éireann management and unions at the WRC. [17854/17]
40. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will block progress towards the establishment of a common European military headquarters in order to prevent the further militarisation of the EU. [15485/17]
22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to meet the 2% of GDP spending target on defence agreed by EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/17]
20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he will take to enhance the search and rescue capacity of the Air Corps as a back-up to the Coast Guard and RNLI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/17]
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will block progress towards the establishment of a common European fund for military research and co-operation to prevent the further militarisation of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/17]
4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Government's response to the application being taken to the European Committee of Social Rights by EUROMIL on behalf of PDFORRA seeking enhanced employee and representative rights for the Defence Forces akin to those won by the Garda organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/17]
41. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no prosecutions have followed from the 151 infringements against the rights of migrant fishing crew that have been uncovered in the industry (details supplied). [12376/17]
37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Workplace Relations Commission labour inspectorate is seeking legal advice on the implementation of the atypical worker permit scheme for migrants working on Irish fishing vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12375/17]
208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to cover the costs of the Respreeza drug taken by sufferers of alpha-1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14354/17]