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Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the priorities of the shared island unit of his Department. [20333/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: I will oppose any measure which would increase sectarian division among ordinary people. That includes any hardening of the Border North-South and any hardening of the border between east and west. Hardening of the east-west border would serve to increase the insecurity of ordinary Protestants about the future and generate a sense of their being coerced into an economic united Ireland. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a uniform pay rate and policy for senior civil servants in Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the decision to increase the pay for the Secretary General of the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20331/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the State subvention to Dublin Bus and other CIÉ companies to ensure there is no cut in services in view of the fall in revenue and potential changes in work patterns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in Ireland; and the amount of revenue that was generated by the vacant site levy in each of the past two years. [20691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the demands from community employment supervisors to access an occupational pension scheme and for the same rights as other workers in the public sector carrying out identical or similar work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if measures will be taken to ensure that workers of a company (details supplied) who are being informed that their jobseeker's benefit will be coming to an end will have additional income supports to maintain their incomes during the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Recognition (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure there are common practices across third-level institutions for the recognition of the names and genders of transgender and intersex persons within the institution even in cases in which a gender recognition certificate has not been issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the first instance international protection interviews that were postponed from March 2020 to date; the number of interviews scheduled for April 2021; the number of additional interviews scheduled each month to clear the backlog; the number of cases assigned to each interviewer; the timeframe given to complete...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider revising the regulations on the mandatory Covid-19 detention for persons who can demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and have a negative PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2314. To ask the Minister for Health if a person returning from essential surgery from a category 2 State who is fully vaccinated and can supply negative PCR tests on arrival will be obliged to undergo mandatory Covid-19 detention upon return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the person he has appointed as the designated appeals officer under the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 for Covid-19 detention facilities; the criteria in terms of experience and qualifications he considered in making this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals that have been made to the designated appeals officer for Covid-19 detention facilities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators that have been recruited for the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the number of those recruited that are still awaiting deployment; when those recruited will be commencing employment; the number that have undergone induction training; the number that have received their own vaccinations ahead of service; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1873. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for weddings under the phased easing of restrictions that have recently been announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1757. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a real time suicide data programme on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1758. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine; the steps he will take to make the vaccine available to persons that did not take it up in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1759. To ask the Minister for Health the provision he plans to make for persons in mandatory hotel quarantine that have a need to provide care for children or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1760. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the provision of mandatory Covid-19 detention facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18908/21]