Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels by limiting them to a maximum of a quarter of monthly household incomes and to establish a National Rent Authority for this purpose.
120. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will consider reducing the number of sraith pictiúr on the leaving certificate Irish course in the spirit of lessening the pressure around the examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15607/23]
74. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, is designed only for access to the development of 413 accommodation units for which planning permission exists, or if the design is meant also to facilitate a larger carriageway which would lead to a future new bridge over the River Slaney to Crosstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/23]
73. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of no response issuing from the relevant personnel at Iarnród Éireann to repeated requests from this Deputy, he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to supply this Deputy with a copy of the 2008 agreement between Iarnród Éireann and Wexford County Council relating to a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, and also a copy of a new agreement on the same matter concluded in November 2023, both agreements reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 23 November 2022 on foot of an official communiqué to that paper from Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/23]
552. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a prospective student (details supplied) who is resident in Ireland, and whose deceased stepfather was an Irish citizen, satisfies the nationality condition for eligibility for the "free fees" scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/23]
427. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education to clarify the eligibility for English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports in primary school, in particular to clarify if Circular 6/23 means that children whose parents have been in the State for more than two years are excluded from eligibility to EAL supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15360/23]
249. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the insurance sector to ensure that steps are taken to ensure that motorcycle clubs are able to have their events insured, which is essential for the sport to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/23]
13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine took place. [14881/23]
253. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to improve the diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis; if he will consider the proposal for the establishment of a dedicated multidisciplinary centre to improve diagnosis, better coordinate care, develop expertise and to improve outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/23]
205. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person for the purposes of qualifying for the 'free fees' scheme who is not a EEA/UK/Swiss citizen but has a stamp 4 visa and is under 21 years of age and a dependent child of a spouse of an Irish citizen satisfies the nationality condition, if that person would satisfy the nationality condition if the EU citizen spouse of their parent dies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/23]
172. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to reinstate CSPE as a subject that could be taken as an exam subject for the junior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14184/23]
165. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if her Department has policies in relation to private companies paying for wages of school staff in primary schools; if her Department has policies in relation to private companies providing classes to pupils in primary schools; if issues relating to the relationship between the private company (details supplied) and a school has been brought to her Department's attention or if it came up in the school's last inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14120/23]
112. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has plans to propose a broadcasting charge on all households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14119/23]
1058. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of times checkpoints were carried out to check the immigration status of people in 2022; the number of persons that were asked for identification under which legislation these checkpoints were carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/23]
1039. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the current average processing times for citizenship applications are; the measures that are being taken to bring this time below nine months; to confirm if applications are processed in chronological order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14117/23]
13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12649/23]
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine noting the deadline for decommissioning of the vessels under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara decommissioning scheme expires in April 2023, and the entitlement of crew to avail of a share of compensation if they have worked 90 days on the vessel that is due to be decommissioned in the course of 2020 and 2021, if that entitlement is lost if the fisher has ceased working on the vessel between 2021 and the present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/23]
512. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 29 November 2017, if he will provide an update (details supplied). [11172/23]
351. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if representatives of the Defence Forces or his Department participated in the recent IDEX 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi, UAE; if so, the meetings any delegation participated in; if any contracts were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11168/23]
299. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes ]built by local authorities in 2022; the number built by approved housing bodies in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11171/23]
237. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to provide the right for people to pay for goods and services in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/23]
147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has provided any support to Irish companies to participate in the IDES 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi; if his Department is aware of any Irish companies participating in the fair; if so, if a list of the companies will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11169/23]
72. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 to ensure local authorities are obliged to reserve land for allotments and community gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/23]
10. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [9975/23]
3. 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. [9974/23]
686. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the greyhound track attendance figures for 2022 by date and track and a breakdown of the figures into, including, paid entry, free entry and entry by adults, children, owners/trainers, bookmakers, press, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9544/23]
452. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the publication of the independent report into historical child sex abuse allegation in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10103/23]
173. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he has discussed maintaining regular Cork to Bristol flights with airlines given the strong connections between the two regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9568/23]
12. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and the disabled persons maintenance allowance. [8633/23]
629. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if public adult ADHD services will be available in the CHO 4 area in Cork; if he will report on waiting lists for public ADHD assessments in CHO 4 and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/23]
15. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s strategy statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [8377/23]
181. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will outline a timeline for the further progressing of the review to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/23]