Results 181-200 of 2,164 for speaker:Mick Barry in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (15 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline a timeline for the further progressing of the review to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to improve living conditions for international protection applicants at his Department’s Citywest facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who have not been provided with accommodation and have been directed to homeless services; if he will end this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for home economics teachers in secondary schools; if she will extend the financial supports for those upskilling in mathematics, physics and Spanish to home economics teachers; the criteria used to extend supports to mathematics, physics and Spanish and not to other subjects with large vacancies such as home economics;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if steps will be taken to ensure there is a qualified Spanish teacher provided for all years in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the shortage of language teachers in secondary schools; the number of unfilled vacancies for foreign language teachers; the number of students unable to avail of a foreign language class as a result of unfilled vacancies; the measures she intends to take to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve the learning of foreign languages in secondary school given Eurostat figures, which show Ireland to have the second lowest level of foreign language learning in the EU and a decline since 2013 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken by his Department to assist farmers with the transition to increased TB testing; if he will honour a 1990 agreement with farming organisations to fund increased mandatory testing for a period of two years as a transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given that a school (details supplied) will be relocated to the old horology site in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the capitation funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to allow for the creation of a walking deputy principal role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be given to a school (details supplied); if funding for food for pupils will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (26 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of a report from the Commission on Housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (26 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an extension of the eviction ban given the high levels of homelessness and the lack of availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (26 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take steps to ensure that additional funds are allocated to improve the pay and conditions of retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if tenants in the private rented sector and those renting under a rent-a-room scheme can claim the rent tax credit where their landlord is not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2749/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a review of the minimum requirement of a leaving certificate O4 grade in mathematics to enter primary teacher training colleges; if she will consider allowing for other methods to allow students to meet the level of mathematics required in tandem with studying primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is exploring the impact of implementing a policy of free public transport fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on any information that he has in relation to increased passenger numbers during the period of the reduced fares on public transport; the number of student Leap and young adult Leap cards that have been issued in the same timeframe; if he will consider the abolition of public transport fares given the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (19 Jan 2023)

Mick Barry: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay, given the real difficulties that are faced in staff retention issues, which is having an impact on public services, particularly in health and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/23]