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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the campaign of opposition to the exploratory hydraulic fracturing taking place at Woodburn Forest in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, and reports that the companies involved in hydraulic fracturing have expressed an interest in performing similar explorations in County Leitrim. [16115/16]

Priority Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: The report may state zero-hour contracts are not extensive, but tens of thousands of people are affected by zero-hour contracts alone, apart altogether from the if-and-when contracts and the other low-hour contracts the Minister of State mentioned. These people have enormous difficulty organising child care, credit, bank loans and mortgages and accessing benefits, including FIS. In addition...

Priority Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: It does not surprise me that employer organisations have come out against a ban on zero-hour contracts. It would not take a commission or a rocket scientist to work that out. Is the Minister of State aware that the New Zealand Parliament voted unanimously to ban zero-hour contracts and that became effective on 1 April? In New Zealand employers now must guarantee a minimum number of...

Priority Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her views on zero-hour contracts; if she will introduce legislation to outlaw this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16244/16]

Priority Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: What are the Minister's views on zero-hour contracts? Will she introduce legislation to outlaw this practice? Will the Minister make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with religious leaders since the general election. [15867/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the reform of Seanad Éireann. [15866/16]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: This annual motion to extend the draconian measures in the Offences Against the State Act (Amendment) 1998 have been consistently opposed through the years, first by Socialist Party Deputies and now by the Anti-Austerity Alliance. This year, we will oppose it again. The measures were introduced in the wake of the Omagh bombing, which saw widespread shock and revulsion on the part of people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform is due to next meet. [15865/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: The Deputy is running down the clock.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: Last night I attended a heartbreaking public meeting organised by the parents connected with Cara junior school on the Banduff Road, just outside Cork city. I was given to understand it was the only autism-specific primary school in Cork. They were the parents of 60 children, some of whom are autistic and some of whom have learning disabilities, allergies, epilepsy and sensory and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on health is due to next meet. [15864/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on housing is due to next meet. [15863/16]

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit wish to express their sorrow and anger at the horrific terrorist attack on the LGBT community in Orlando, Florida. We wish to show our solidarity with the LGBT community in the United States and internationally. We echo the view in the LGBT community that this should be an occasion on which to show unity and solidarity among ordinary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Relations (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the justification of the pay claim of Irish Rail workers, given the industrial norms and the pay freeze they have experienced in recent years. [15626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the settlement of the Luas dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15627/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the body which will assess the capacity of persons in receipt of payment under the illness benefit scheme and the disability allowance scheme to be selected for the proposed fit for work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit medical professionals to conduct assessments under the fit for work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15706/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the assessment process under the illness benefit scheme and the disability allowance scheme and to introduce one-on-one assessments with a medical professional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims submitted, accepted, rejected and accepted on appeal under the illness benefit scheme and the disability allowance scheme in each of years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15708/16]