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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Can one of Dr. Hunt's team give us the figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Before I ask a brief question about the branch closures, I would like to say that people are hurting very badly. People are looking at options of heating or eating this winter. Some people will not be able to heat their homes properly or put food on the table properly. Banks are recording high rates of profits at the moment. The banks should absorb the ECB increases and not pass them on....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 53. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to examine constitutional amendments on religious oath taking for public office positions following the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (details supplied). [42405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recourse that fishers have at the Workplace Relations Commission in cases in which Sunday pay, which is included in the standard Department of Justice-approved contracts for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers is not honoured by employers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owners' organisations since March 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44828/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of prosecutions that have been brought against fishing vessel owners to date by the Marine Survey Office for breaches of SI 709/2003 or SI 672/2019 governing the maximum number of daily and weekly hours of work at sea and the minimum hours rest and minimum breaks at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the Clinch Report that he commissioned in early 2021 and that was subsequently submitted to his Department the following July has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider altering the SUSI grant procedures to allow for students to alter their applications in cases in which there is a material change in the student’s financial or domestic circumstances in the time since their application in their first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to publish the report on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) to regularise their status in the State will be granted; if any obstacles remain regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department officials have met representatives of fishing vessel owners' organisations since 2022 to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44822/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1240 of 26 April, if the outcome of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers will be published in the near future; if she will ensure that the outcome will be published by the end of September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fishers who are currently approved for the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; the breakdown of the fishers by nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44824/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owner organisations since March this year to discuss the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current contracts for fishers employed under the terms of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers that are currently on file in his Department’s central depository unit in Clonakilty; if a breakdown of the fishers by nationality will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/22]

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Six years ago, Deputy Joan Collins put forward the water in public ownership Bill, which calls for a referendum to ensure that water services remain in public ownership. Yesterday, the Taoiseach was asked when this referendum would be held and when a date for it would be announced. He replied that the Minister " is working on it" and that "We will get a timeline when we are ready for it."...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: When Dr. Hunt says AIB is considering its response, can he provide an approximate timeline for when a decision will be made, such as in the next week or by the end of the month?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with European Union and NATO leaders on the margins of a recent NATO summit in Madrid. [45762/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach is on record as saying he wishes to have an informed debate about military issues and this country in future. The NATO summit in Madrid committed not just to an arms race but to a nuclear arms race. The strategic compass declares full support for the "forward deployment of" US nuclear weapons on European soil. At a time when millions of ordinary Europeans face the threat of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The question is about new US nuclear weapons in Europe. Will the Taoiseach please answer?