Results 881-900 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (22 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to reinstate CSPE as a subject that could be taken as an exam subject for the junior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person for the purposes of qualifying for the 'free fees' scheme who is not a EEA/UK/Swiss citizen but has a stamp 4 visa and is under 21 years of age and a dependent child of a spouse of an Irish citizen satisfies the nationality condition, if that person would satisfy the nationality condition if the EU citizen spouse of their parent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (22 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to improve the diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis; if he will consider the proposal for the establishment of a dedicated multidisciplinary centre to improve diagnosis, better coordinate care, develop expertise and to improve outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: From time to time, a Government will make a decision so cruel and wrong that it will be remembered for many years to come. The decision of the Cumann na nGaedheal Government and its Minister for Finance, Ernest Blythe, to cut a shilling from the old age pension in the 1920s was one such decision. Another was the attempt by a Fine Gael-led Government and its Minister for Finance, John...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework. [12650/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12649/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 1039. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing times for citizenship applications are; the measures that are being taken to bring this time below nine months; to confirm if applications are processed in chronological order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 1058. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times checkpoints were carried out to check the immigration status of people in 2022; the number of persons that were asked for identification under which legislation these checkpoints were carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/23]

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: To be able to use Irish is a gift coveted by many and possessed by few. Rather than apologise for my own lack of Irish, I would express a degree of regret. It is a feeling shared by many but something for which they should not apologise. The century-old State and the one that preceded it bear the greater responsibility in this regard. The State has failed on two accounts. It has failed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine noting the deadline for decommissioning of the vessels under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara decommissioning scheme expires in April 2023, and the entitlement of crew to avail of a share of compensation if they have worked 90 days on the vessel that is due to be decommissioned in the course of 2020 and 2021, if that entitlement is lost if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her indulgence this morning, and the indulgence of her staff. At the time when I was meant to be walking here to ask this question I ended up on the phone with Áine Lawlor. That does not happen very often. My question is, noting that the deadline for decommissioning of the vessels under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara decommissioning scheme begins in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: Since last year the International Transport Workers Federation has been trying, unsuccessfully, to obtain answers from BIM on behalf of migrant crew members who are unsure of their entitlements under this provision. For example if crew members served those minimum 90 days in 2020 and 2021 and perhaps years before but left the boat post-2021, are they included or excluded from a share in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: There are significant questions outstanding in regard to migrant fishers. The fact we still do not have clear answers either from the Department or from BIM is incredible, given how far advanced we are in this process. To describe the provision for crew who worked on these vessels to be decommissioned as an afterthought on the part of BIM would not be inaccurate. The International...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: I send International Women's Day greetings to all who are struggling for women's rights worldwide, including those who are putting their lives on the line in doing so in places such as Iran. Here in this county the Government is heralding a constitutional referendum on women in the home in the same week it decides to lift the eviction ban, thus ensuring thousands of women will not have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: Hundreds of Northern Ireland Housing Executive workers have been out on a pay strike for more than seven months. These are essential workers who continued to serve the public during Covid. Workers have joined with tenants to share their concerns about the shocking intransigence and inaction by the Housing Executive and the Northern Ireland Department for Communities. Workers and tenants...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative. [11397/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: Trans rights are human rights. Both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have rightly opposed sentiments expressed by the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association concerning teaching about transgender identities on the curriculum. The letter that body sent stated that any education relating to transgender identity in primary schools would be "counterproductive, generating unnecessary...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: 30. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. [11396/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: I hope Deputy Mattie McGrath will pass on the information he got about repressive regimes to his constituents. Communities across the State will be welcoming refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere in the coming months. Two things need to be done to help make the changes involved a success. First, there needs to be genuine consultation with community organisations. Suggestions from people...