180. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will support the establishment of the community neuro rehabilitation team in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7595/23]
114. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education given the issues faced by many second level schools in filling reaching posts if she will consider collating information on the number of unfilled posts in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7597/23]
9. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [6920/23]
82. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who have not been provided with accommodation and have been directed to homeless services; if he will end this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6138/23]
80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to improve living conditions for international protection applicants at his Department’s Citywest facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/23]
493. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken by his Department to assist farmers with the transition to increased TB testing; if he will honour a 1990 agreement with farming organisations to fund increased mandatory testing for a period of two years as a transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5911/23]
226. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the number of vacancies for home economics teachers in secondary schools; if she will extend the financial supports for those upskilling in mathematics, physics and Spanish to home economics teachers; the criteria used to extend supports to mathematics, physics and Spanish and not to other subjects with large vacancies such as home economics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5912/23]
201. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education the measures being taken to improve the learning of foreign languages in secondary school given Eurostat figures, which show Ireland to have the second lowest level of foreign language learning in the EU and a decline since 2013 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5694/23]
200. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the shortage of language teachers in secondary schools; the number of unfilled vacancies for foreign language teachers; the number of students unable to avail of a foreign language class as a result of unfilled vacancies; the measures she intends to take to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5693/23]
199. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if steps will be taken to ensure there is a qualified Spanish teacher provided for all years in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5692/23]
147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if DEIS status will be given to a school (details supplied); if funding for food for pupils will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5186/23]
146. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to allow for the creation of a walking deputy principal role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5185/23]
145. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the capitation funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5184/23]
144. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if a commitment will be given that a school (details supplied) will be relocated to the old horology site in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5182/23]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.
218. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will take steps to ensure that additional funds are allocated to improve the pay and conditions of retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/23]
148. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an extension of the eviction ban given the high levels of homelessness and the lack of availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3578/23]
109. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the publication of a report from the Commission on Housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/23]
8. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. [3279/23]
6. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. [1183/23]
373. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a review of the minimum requirement of a leaving certificate O4 grade in mathematics to enter primary teacher training colleges; if she will consider allowing for other methods to allow students to meet the level of mathematics required in tandem with studying primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3291/23]
228. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if tenants in the private rented sector and those renting under a rent-a-room scheme can claim the rent tax credit where their landlord is not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2749/23]
164. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay, given the real difficulties that are faced in staff retention issues, which is having an impact on public services, particularly in health and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/23]
99. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on any information that he has in relation to increased passenger numbers during the period of the reduced fares on public transport; the number of student Leap and young adult Leap cards that have been issued in the same timeframe; if he will consider the abolition of public transport fares given the increased use of public transport reported previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2250/23]
38. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is exploring the impact of implementing a policy of free public transport fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2251/23]
1828. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an employer (details supplied) still has an obligation to fully compensate crew for all their service on a vessel, in cases in which the vessel changed ownership subsequent to the completion of 90-days by the fisher in 2020 and 2021; if the current employer still has an obligation to pay the compensation to the fisher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1177/23]
1712. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the reimbursement of the anti-nausea drug pyridoxine, doxylamine commonly known by the brand name cariban for those who are pregnant; if he will consider making it available for non-consultant doctors to prescribe to any pregnant persons suffering nausea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2315/23]
974. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a review of the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2015 to ensure that trans persons and all members of the LGBTQ+ community are covered under protections in the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1063/23]
964. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the timeline for the publication of the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; if he will establish the voucher scheme system for the funding of interpretation on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63740/22]
931. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the benefits available for those paying class S PRSI; if access to illness benefit will be extended to this group given the increased awareness and necessity for persons to isolate when ill from many illnesses and the increasing number of persons in this group who are on low or middle incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2247/23]
654. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the medical standards for recruits to the Naval Service in relation to epilepsy; if those standards allow for those who have had partial epilepsy that is deemed to have been resolved, to serve in the Naval Service; if he will outline the appeals process for those who have been rejected for a position in the Naval Reserve on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/23]
610. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the matter of protesters in Iran facing long-term imprisonment and death sentences with the Iranian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1065/23]
325. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the taxation of HVO in home heating boilers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/23]
32. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a non-EEA fisher who holds an unexpired atypical work permit scheme contract, who has been continuously employed on a vessel for two years or more and loses his or her employment arising from a decommissioning, is entitled to redundancy pay separate and distinct from the compensation for crew provided for by the terms of the Bord Iascaigh Mhara fishing vessel decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1178/23]
31. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide the necessary details of the process of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers and the recommendation of a public consultation process and stakeholder engagement on pages 3 and 59 of the review document to a person (details supplied) in order that a submission can be made on behalf of the migrant fishers on whose behalf this organisation has advocated and represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/23]