Results 661-680 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: A constituent of mine recently received correspondence from Cork University Hospital informing him that he had been placed on a waiting list for cataract surgery. He rang the eye department at the hospital to ask what date he had been given for this surgery. The lady on the other end of the line gave him the date. She said it will be in July 2031. My constituent is 82 years of age. He...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many three-yearly inspections of ships have taken place under section 5(3) of SI 376/2014 since that Instrument came into force; how many non-compliances were detected; and to provide these inspections and detected non-compliances, by category, in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Ireland's progress towards ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention ILO 188; whether it is intended to make the Marine Survey Office the sole agency for the enforcement of the provisions of the Convention on Foreign Flagged Fishing Vessels in operating in Irish territorial waters or whether the WRC inspectorate is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will sanction a cost-of-living increase in the CIÉ pension; when that increase will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support changes to regulations in relation to travel insurance to ensure that children who were born with congenital heart defects can obtain cover; his views as to whether he will contact a company (details supplied) who despite sponsoring charities that aid children with congenital heart defects, reject their applications for travel insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he envisages his Department will make a decision on permitting the owners of Irish flagged fishing vessels to employ non-EEA fishers under one of its work permit schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline how much in IDA grants and supports have been awarded to a company (details supplied) since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if given the biodiversity crisis, the pressure on the Irish hare and due to animal welfare issues if he will refuse to issue 2023-2024 hare coursing licences and a remove of the species from the Open Season Order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and breakdown by sex of all non-coursing greyhound deaths registered on Greyhound Racing Ireland Traceability System per year between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Greyhound Racing Ireland's Drug Sampling Metrics has not been published since December 2022, their Control Committee Reports have not been published since August 2022 and the National Greyhound Laboratory (NGL) accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) under ISO 17025 was shut down in January...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unnamed non-coursing greyhounds born in 2021 registered as dead in Greyhound Racing Ireland's traceability system to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures will be taken to better protect young people in State care from sexual exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32631/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (4 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures his Department will take to better resource the State care system to protect minors in State care from sexual exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32632/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I understand that the European Council will again be discussing migration and there are some points on this subject I want to bring to the attention of the House. Some residents of the direct provision centre at the Kinsale Road in Cork have recently received correspondence from International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS, stating that they are to be transferred to a disused Army...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I would have liked Deputy O'Reilly to have kept her amendment down because I would have voted for it. I will take this opportunity to register some issues and concerns about the Bill. I noted the comments of Jan Pie, head of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, who last November stated, "I would like to congratulate Ireland for the increased interest on the defence...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: On that, I would support the implementation of regulations on dual-use items. The problem I am highlighting here is that the Government and the State plan not just to increase exports of dual-use items but see that as a growth industry and something to be promoted in a serious way. Because of precisely the points that have been highlighted by Deputy O'Reilly in her original amendments, I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy of offering alternative accommodation to those who have a right to reside in the State after having been through the international protection process but are still living in the direct provision system that is far from their current residence (details supplied); if he will ensure...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I will speak to one issue only in the time available to me, namely, the crisis at Beaumont Residential Care in Cork. As has been said, we have 56 people who are residents of Beaumont Residential Care, who are there on the fair deal scheme and who are facing, to put it mildly, an uncertain and precarious situation. Not all of these residents, although many of them, are people who are frail,...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I know why Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are voting to renew the Offences against the State Act. Both parties are long-time supporters of non-jury courts and a range of other repressive measures. The Green Party is voting against its declared principles. Nothing new there. What about Sinn Féin, though? The Sinn Féin justice spokesperson was, I believe, silent in his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher banned teaching about gay relationships in schools. Thatcher's section 28 laws are infamous today, a symbol of darker times. However, is Rishi Sunak about to turn back the clock? According to The Observer, Sunak is now considering instructing teachers not to use a new name or pronoun at a pupil's request until parental consent has been obtained; instructing...