Results 1-20 of 2,164 for speaker:Mick Barry in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the controversy surrounding the recent Belly Wien circus, which has been banned in a number of other jurisdictions, and recently toured here, if he will introduce legislation to effect a ban on the use of animals in circuses, and in any other performance capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8466/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (26 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: 346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider its decision to transfer the Mallow intermediate care vehicle to Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (26 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the reports of delays in payments and poor treatment, in respect of the Caranua redress scheme, experienced by survivors of abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (26 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: 421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if she will effect a policy change to permit local partnerships to provide course funding assistance in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8465/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (26 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: 490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to complete the repairs on the Fota Road, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision following the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. [10142/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a permanent school building available for Abacas in Kilbarrack, in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a school bus system to pupils, particularly at emergency accommodation locations where there is no alternative public bus route, for example, at the Clayton Hotel on the R139, given disruption many homeless children face in their schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider a waiver system for those with illnesses that give rise to above average household waste, for example incontinence, given the introduction of compulsory pay-by-weight refuse collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalties in place for landlords who refuse to accept rent supplement or the housing assistance payment as a form of payment. [10772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 152. To ask the Minister for Health to make special arrangements to permit persons committed to mental health institutions not to be prohibited from leaving the building to smoke. [10774/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (24 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to request Irish Water to publicise its payment figures for water charges for the past two billing periods. [11570/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to direct local authorities to accept social housing applications from victims of domestic violence who have fled their homes but who are ineligible if they retain joint ownership of the home occupied by their abusive partners. [11571/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (25 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has carried out research on schemes similar to the fit-for-work programme operating in other countries, particularly in Britain. [11842/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (25 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of places which he will provide on the fit-for-work programme and the criteria for eligibility. [11843/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Reports (26 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing from the Irish ambassador in France on the Nuit Debout movement of young persons and trade unionists which has emerged in response to the attempt by the President of France, Mr François Hollande, to change the country's labour laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Reports (26 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing from his ambassador in Brazil regarding the suspension of the President of Brazil, Ms Dilma Rousseff, and the subsequent withdrawal of a number of Latin American ambassadors from Brazil. [11950/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 17 May 2016, to provide the paragraph numbers and text of the 90 recommendations of the McMahon report which have been implemented fully and of the 26 recommendations which are in the process of being implemented, and the status of the remaining 57 recommendations in tabular form; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the order of his predecessor, which expired in April 2016, to the four Dublin local authorities that half of all housing units that become available to them to house social housing applicants be made available to those on the various priority lists, including homeless priority [12449/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (26 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fill on schedule the posts of two senior dieticians and one diabetes nurse specialist to support the diabetes community in counties Cork and Kerry, given that the 2016 Health Service Executive plan sanctioned 36 posts nationally to support the implementation of the type-2 diabetes cycle of care initiative, which commenced in October 2015. [12495/16]