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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: Today at 6.15 a.m., ex-workers from Debenhams stores at Mahon Point, St. Patrick's Street and Tralee occupied the St. Patrick's Street store in Cork city. At 7 a.m., workers and supporters occupied the store at Henry Street, Dublin. As the news broke on "Morning Ireland", I have no doubt but that working people across the country will have silently cheered. Everybody knows by now that this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants for the executive officer competition underway; the number of positions available at the grade from the competition; his plans for further competitions for the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21661/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement with the Ambassador of Morocco in 2019; the actions Ireland has taken in relation to the various well documented human rights abuses in Morocco (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21660/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Working Holiday Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the temporary suspension of the working holiday authorisation scheme will be lifted given the limited public health threats should entrants to the State comply with quarantine requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the gap between the publication of the leaving certificate results and the publication of the predicted grades by teachers; if the grades from teachers will be published at the same time or shortly after the results of the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further measures that will be required regarding the adaptions which provide more choice in exam questions to the 2021 leaving and junior certificates should the 2020/2021 academic year be disrupted due to further Covid-19 related restrictions; the contingency measures for the leaving and junior certificates 2021 in such a scenario; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stakeholders who were consulted on the adaptions to the 2021 leaving certificate and junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 1305. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide information regarding PrEP and U=U in information campaigns on HIV prevention including television and billboard advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 1306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the clinic hours and range of services to facilitate greater access to appointments for those in work in relation to the HIV clinic at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 1307. To ask the Minister for Health when PrEP and the necessary follow-up tests will be available free of charge in Cork city and the southern region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22049/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: The Minister said in her opening remarks that the pupil-teacher ratio has been reduced in recent years. That is true, but the point is that it has not been reduced nearly enough. We have 100,000 students in classes of more than 30 according to the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, INTO. We have a pupil-teacher ratio of 25:1 in primary school when the European equivalent is 20:1....

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: Our proposal is to remove section 13 from the Bill in its entirety. Section 13 gives the power to the Minister to make regulations that carry criminal sanctions without reference to the Dáil. That is quite a blank cheque to give the Minister and we are not prepared to do it. We do not think the House should be prepared to do it either. No doubt the Minister will argue that no...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (2 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach's Government is 67 days old today and here he is asking the Dáil for the third time to approve the nomination of a Minister with responsibility for agriculture. The Government may need to come to us again next week or the week after with another new Minister, perhaps one with responsibility for foreign affairs this time. Never before in the history of the State has this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: I have some questions for Mr. Reid. I would like to ask about the situation concerning schools, but first I will ask some questions about quarantine. The European Commissioner travelled to this State from a non-green list country. He has justified breaking the 14-day quarantine on the ground of having received a negative Covid-19 test result. I think the answer to this question is probably...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: My other point on that, before I get to my main points on the schools, is that The Irish Timesthis morning reports comments from two women who were in the K Club between-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: Let me put it this way. If someone were to be staying in a hotel complex with apartments within the timeframe of a 14-day quarantine, and they were to stay in that complex but to dine in a public restaurant and other public places within that complex, would that constitute a breach of the 14-day quarantine?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: I would like an answer to the question. I am not naming any individual. I am saying that if someone were to be within a hotel complex or an apartment within a 14-day quarantine-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: On the “Six One" news last night, there was a news item about the return to school which featured a school in County Carlow. It showed an assembly where, I think, prayers were being conducted, with more than 150 students spaced about 1 m apart. Would the witnesses be prepared to comment on that situation, not with regard to that specific school, but in a general sense. Do they think...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Mick Barry: The new president of the ASTI went public the other day and said there was an issue which she described as an issue of life or death for some of her members, namely, people who are categorised according to the guidelines as high risk, including people who have had cancer, heart conditions, diabetes and so on, being denied the right to work from home and being asked to report for duty in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Did I hear the Minister correctly that she hopes to have everyone moved out by the end of the year? Is that correct?