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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Is the Minister saying she has never come across a case-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: ------of a worker being exploited on a Monaghan mushroom farm?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: That is incredible. It is an incredible statement.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: We need to look ahead a little as well.

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: I will share time with Deputy Bríd Smith. We will vote for this legislation, which has become known as the sex-for-rent Bill. We will not shed any tears whatsoever if landlords who advertise sex-for-rent arrangements end up either with hefty fines or even behind bars. These people are creeps who exploit their position of power over people who have less or no power and need a roof over...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: I am speaking to bring a socialist feminist analysis to this debate. Socialist feminism opposes cynical attempts to commercialise and make private profit out of the heartbreaking fertility issues prospective parents face. It opposes all attempts to profit from the systemic sexist and homophobic inequality rife in capitalist society. This includes recognising that infertility is a common...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will prepare options to expand the eligibility and rates for the fuel allowance given the rapid increase in fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is preparing to make provision for the roll-back on the decision to increase the retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14202/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if fishing vessels above 15 m in length overall must not switch off their automatic identification system and thereby impair their ability to detect the presence of other vessels and, conversely, impair the capacity of those in other vessels to detect their presence under SI No. 640 of 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that she will put in place for children and their families coming from Ukraine who will be entering the education system here; if she will be providing training and supports to teachers; the provision that is being made for special language classes; the assistance that will be given to assist parents with their adaption to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be eligible to access payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that redundancy is paid to those who are being laid-off in relation to reforms to the local employment service; if she will report on the contact her Department has had with other Departments in relation to reform of the local employment service; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is taking measures to ensure that those who had started third-level education in Ukraine can complete their qualifications here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide mechanisms for those coming from Ukraine who were due to complete second level this academic year to access third level education in the next academic year here without having to sit examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he will take to ensure that those with Ukrainian qualifications will have those qualifications recognised in this State by employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be able to access the enhanced status that those that come under the Directive will get; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but are not Ukrainian nationals will be able to access the rights and status that are in the EU Temporary Protection Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 757. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date in March 2022 as indicated in the stakeholder engagement that the interdepartmental group reviewing the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers will conclude its review; when the recommendations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 967. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the Cork Central Children Disability Network Team; the measures that will be put in place to fill vacancies and to reduce waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14488/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be put in place to ensure the safeguarding of Ukrainian children who come here as refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15480/22]