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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Is the Minister saying she has never come across a case-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: ------of a worker being exploited on a Monaghan mushroom farm?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: That is incredible. It is an incredible statement.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: We need to look ahead a little as well.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she will take to ensure that refugees from Ukraine will be able to have access to social protection entitlements; if her Department will adapt the usual rules that would require furnishing of documentation to prove eligibility for certain payments such as medical records or training and employment records...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: What measures will the Minister take to ensure that refugees from Ukraine will be able to have access to social protection entitlements? Will the Department adapt the usual rules that would require the furnishing of documentation to prove eligibility for certain payments such as medical records or training and employment records given the difficulty of obtaining them from Ukraine? Will she...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: When Ukrainian refugees get work here, what happens if and when some of them lose their jobs and seek to make a regular claim for benefits and face understandable difficulties providing documentation etc.? Similarly, if they are around retirement age and wish to claim a pension, will the full State pension be provided or will their pension be based on their work record in the European Union,...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Centrica made profits of £948 million, which is more than €1 billion, last year. Centrica is the parent company of Bord Gáis Energy, which in turn made profits of €70 million between 2020 and 2021. This is the company that wants to hike people's gas bills by 39% and electricity bills by 27% from next month. Is the war on Ukraine to blame for energy price rises?...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister for Defence, Deputy Coveney, has stated there is a good chance Ireland will be involved in the European rapid reaction force due to be operational by 2025. I say to him and his Government colleagues that there is no chance this will happen without major opposition in Irish society. It will not be the fortunate sons and daughters of Ministers who will be sent out to die in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will prepare options to expand the eligibility and rates for the fuel allowance given the rapid increase in fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is preparing to make provision for the roll-back on the decision to increase the retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14202/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if fishing vessels above 15 m in length overall must not switch off their automatic identification system and thereby impair their ability to detect the presence of other vessels and, conversely, impair the capacity of those in other vessels to detect their presence under SI No. 640 of 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that she will put in place for children and their families coming from Ukraine who will be entering the education system here; if she will be providing training and supports to teachers; the provision that is being made for special language classes; the assistance that will be given to assist parents with their adaption to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be eligible to access payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that redundancy is paid to those who are being laid-off in relation to reforms to the local employment service; if she will report on the contact her Department has had with other Departments in relation to reform of the local employment service; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is taking measures to ensure that those who had started third-level education in Ukraine can complete their qualifications here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide mechanisms for those coming from Ukraine who were due to complete second level this academic year to access third level education in the next academic year here without having to sit examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he will take to ensure that those with Ukrainian qualifications will have those qualifications recognised in this State by employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but did so ahead of the EU Temporary Protection Directive will be able to access the enhanced status that those that come under the Directive will get; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14193/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those who have fled Ukraine to avoid the war but are not Ukrainian nationals will be able to access the rights and status that are in the EU Temporary Protection Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14194/22]