89. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann were destined to end without agreement due to the parameters of their discussion being constrained by the level of subsidy provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14257/17]
38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the collapse of the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14256/17]
12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on is recent visit to the Unites States of America and meetings with President Donald Trump and members of his Administration. [13921/17]
1311. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 28 February 2017, if the specific issue of the initial non-response of Tusla to the complaint lodged by a person (details supplied) to them will be explained. [14052/17]
1306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is grant aid available to a scout group (detail supplied) to assist it in acquiring some land or the use of some land to further its activities. [13802/17]
1278. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a record of any employer making an inquiry regarding employing and sponsoring the residency of a person (details supplied) on the basis of their skills. [13494/17]
1253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of the cuts sought by Bus Éireann management on rural connectivity. [11745/17]
1139. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a low-cost option for persons telephoning Departments and offices from mobile phone networks could be instituted by his Department, in view of the fact that mobile phone ownership is far more extensive than landlines, including among the poorest sections of society. [13291/17]
445. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person (details suppled) can have essential maintenance performed on their council home. [13496/17]
162. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the grants for integration projects were cut to €600,000 in her Department compared with €1.321 million in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/17]
80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been provided with information on the proposed closure of 200 post offices; the estimated effects this will have on jobs and postal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13928/17]
51. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any contact or discussions with his US counterpart on the issue of climate change and targets contained in the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/17]
48. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action which has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the formal review of the EPA conducted by a person (details supplied) and the lack of accountability of the EPA resulting from its immunity from prosecution. [13932/17]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses; and to provide for related matters
87. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by nurses and the pay and conditions faced by nurses in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/17]
57. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies, including those with operations here, for essential medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12061/17]
819. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department in co-operation with the Department of Education and Skills institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11187/17]
273. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that have had their water supply restricted arising from the introduction of section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 (details supplied). [11570/17]
252. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a single person that has access or joint custody of a child or children can access the family rate of the housing assistance payment. [11182/17]
219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person can receive incremental credit as a teacher for work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/17]
218. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incremental credit years that can be carried forward by a person who is employed as a Youthreach resource person and who then transfers to a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11571/17]
177. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/17]
315. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days leave for each of the years 2010 to 2016 that have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph 16 of Defence Force Regulation A11, which limits an annual carry over to 19 days regardless of whether members of the Defence Forces can actually avail of their leave entitlement due to tours of duty, leave cancellation and post tour rest and recuperation. [10670/17]
306. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extent of the powers of physical detention and ejection held by revenue protection and security staff employed by Irish Rail; and the recourse a customer has if they feel those powers were exceeded. [10669/17]
294. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if rises in domestic refuse collection charges and in particular the rise in recycling charges imposed by a company described in the communication from a person (details supplied) is lawful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/17]
103. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if motor insurance companies can decline to provide a person a quote on the basis of being unemployed or on the basis of suffering anxiety or depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/17]
92. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the training workshop in the newly built Cork prison will have its full complement of work training officers employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10667/17]
Bill entitled an Act to extend voting rights in elections to Dáil Éireann and to the European Parliament to all adults ordinarily resident in the State
815. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will seek from Tusla an explanation regarding the alleged lack of response by it in June 2016 when the mother of a child (details supplied) provided it with evidence of social media correspondence indicating that the child's biological father had been supplying them with drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9972/17]
37. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to enforce the 4% annual rent increase limits in rent pressure zones; his views on reports of an increase in termination notices and their potential use by landlords to illegally circumvent rent increase limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9035/17]
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reduction in numbers on the housing list in Cork following the recent social housing needs assessment reflects the provision of permanent secure council housing to large numbers of households on the list; if not, the other factors that account for the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9036/17]
67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the decline of occupational defined benefit occupation schemes over the past thirty years. [8456/17]
49. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will consider the institution of a unified State-wide defined benefit occupational pension scheme as a means of addressing the diminution on defined benefit schemes by employers. [8455/17]
117. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 24 January 2017, if he will reply in full to the question in view of the fact section 851A(8) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 states that a charity cannot avail of the confidentiality if it fails in its tax obligations. [7561/17]
54. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it took his Department to respond to the protected disclosures of members of the Air Corps regarding hazardous working conditions in the paint shop at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7334/17]
52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it has taken his Department to respond to all protected disclosures made by members of the Defence Forces. [7335/17]
345. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if those who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance are automatically entitled to a medical card; and if not, his plans to introduce measures to make this so. [7219/17]
208. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person applies for a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy, with the required minimum of five years wholetime teaching service for appointment of principal or deputy principal, if relevant experience within their Youthreach employment can be considered for appointment to the position as advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7220/17]
39. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of President Trump's executive order banning refugee entry and the entry of persons from seven named states into the United States on the pre-clearance service at Dublin and Shannon airports; the practical co-operation authorities here would have to provide to facilitate such entry refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5826/17]
32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the unfolding crisis at Bus Éireann and the case for an increased subsidy from his Department. [6356/17]
47. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has estimated the potential impact on the environment of the promised withdrawal by President Trump from the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/17]
115. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health to set out the level of spare capacity in terms of acute beds in the private hospital system; if he has considered taking private hospitals into public ownership to address the crisis in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/17]
44. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the possibility of industrial action by nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/17]
349. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israel Defense Forces raid and demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on 18 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3829/17]
48. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department will be introducing legislation to give effect to the objectives set out in the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4137/17]
17. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda Representative Association claim that the €1,000 raise being given to other public sector workers will be extended to their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3423/17]