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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Friday is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I want to express solidarity with all who suffer violence because of their gender or sexual orientation. In particular, I express solidarity with the women of Iran and all participating in the uprising against the regime that murdered Mahsa Amini. I also want to express solidarity with the LGBTQ+...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: A few minutes ago, the Taoiseach told Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan there would be a memo before the Cabinet next week on the issue of a new elective hospital for Cork. The Irish Examinerhas reported this morning that the hospital will be sited in Glanmire. Will the Taoiseach confirm that or does he wish to comment on it? Does he expect the Cabinet not just to receive a memo next week,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [57750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (23 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has taken steps to ensure that households that have pay-as-you-go gas and electricity meters which are debt-flagged will be able to switch to other suppliers and bill pay options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58205/22]

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Rents are up 14% in the three months to September compared to last year, the highest increase ever recorded in the State. Average rents are €1,700. Apartment building is down 29% and housing builds are down 23% in the three months to the end of October. There are 11,000 people living in emergency accommodation. Tens of thousands more are homeless, couch surfing, etc., and are not...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: European Council (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Putin's bombing of Ukraine is despicable. A little desperation is beginning to creep in. As we know, Putin is on the defensive against Ukrainian advances, in addition to the home front, which is an issue that is underreported. In recent weeks, many ordinary Russians have defied conscription, relatives of conscripts have held protests in at least six cities, some troops have refused to...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: European Council (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting held on 20 and 21 October 2022. [57749/22]

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: It is not often I quote a British Tory but I will do it today. Alok Sharma, the president of COP26, said with regard to COP27: Emissions peaking before 2025, as the science tells us is necessary. Not in this text. Clear follow-through on the phase down of coal. Not in this text. A commitment to phase out all fossil fuels. Not in this text. And the energy text, weakened in the final...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I asked whether there was any update whatsoever on the position.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the climate action unit in his Department. [57748/22]

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: In July, The Irish Timeswrote, in reference to the European Court of Justice hearings on the Apple tax case, that a spokesman for the Department of Finance said it was expected that the hearings in Luxembourg would be held in the autumn and it was anticipated that the court would provide between four and six weeks' notice once it had decided on a date to hear the case. This month, the...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. [56450/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe last met. [56704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will now accept applications for the re-activation employment permit from migrant fishers who were formerly enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers but who, for reasons covered by the re-activation employment permit system, ceased to be enrolled (details supplied); if such applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57338/22]

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

Mick Barry: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary details of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers process to an organisation (details supplied) in order that a submission can be made on behalf of the migrant fishers on whose behalf this organisation has advocated and represented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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

Mick Barry: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a work permit can be obtained on the basis of a sponsoring employer outside of the fishing sector (details supplied), in light of the recent review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers and the facility, as set out on pages 3 and 59 of the review, for those currently enrolled in the scheme to have their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57337/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: When the moratorium on gas and electricity disconnections was announced for the winter, pay-as-you-go customers were excluded. There are 340,000 such electricity meters in the State and 117,000 such gas customers. If we exclude a certain crossover and perhaps some holiday homes, we are safe to say the households excluded from the moratorium probably comprise more than 500,000 people. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Why is the State continuing to use non-disclosure agreements against women in the Defence Forces who take court action on the issues of sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual violence within those forces? The Defence Forces have had a culture of sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual violence which has thrived on secrecy. That culture of secrecy is now being bolstered and...