Results 41-60 of 27,247 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be approved for the treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau disease in view of the fact that this medication has EU approval. [53172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 607. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure an individual seeking medical evacuation from Gaza (details supplied) is given a specific medical offer from CHI Crumlin, as all other prerequisites for medical evacuation have been met. [53179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (7 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 759. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any funding streams appropriate for a residents’ group to apply for funding roof repairs and large-scale building upgrades for a community centre (details supplied). [53294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) from Saudi Arabia who is in currently detained in Bulgaria, with his counterparts in Bulgaria and with the Bulgarian Embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in the Irish embassy in Sofia will advocate for a person (details supplied) to prevent the person from being returned to Saudi Arabia, where they are at risk of torture and inhumane treatment. [52705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to raise the case of a person detained in Bulgaria (detailed supplied) at the European Commission or other appropriate forum. [52706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request a monitoring visit to the Busmantsi Detention Centre in Bulgaria to assess detention conditions, and in particular the detention conditions for a person (details supplied) who is in custody at the centre. [52707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will review a decision not to include a glucose monitoring system (details supplied) for persons with type two diabetes for reimbursement under either the DPS or the long-term illness scheme; if she will explain the rationale for excluding it; her views on the prohibitive costs, especially in the case of older persons in receipt of a State...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Oct 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 June 2025, his views on whether the principle lesson of the Good Friday Agreement applies equally to Palestine as to Ireland, namely, that militant and paramilitary groups can come to form part of a civilian administration provided they mostly, or partially, decommission their arms, or come to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis of the Government's policy not to issue travel documents to non-nationals experiencing grave humanitarian disasters whose passports have been lost, damaged or destroyed as a consequence of the conditions they are seeking to be removed from (details supplied); and whether he will consider legislation which will allow...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of historical precedent for issuing travel documents to non-nationals outside of normal procedures during conditions of genocide (details supplied); and his plans to follow the precedent to enable the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza where they are seeking to come to Ireland.; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland's 1980 position endorsing Palestinian statehood, and resolving not to make comment "good bad or indifferent" as to the political beliefs of organisations that are "in a position to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people," still applies (details supplied); in particular noting that the relevant beliefs included...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated completion date for new special classes at schools (details supplied); and when the school will commence for children with additional needs who were due to start in these classes [51241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level special class and special school places available in Dublin 9, 11 and 17 in 2025; and the projection for September 2026. [51242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on proposals to review planning laws in relation to permitting the installation of cabin-type accommodation in back gardens to temporarily house family members who cannot source housing elsewhere in view of the current housing crisis; if he will confirm that permissions will be granted solely to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting an audit to date of a public project's (details supplied) financial, physical, social, and economic aspects following the closure of multiple organisations tasked with delivering the project and the previous publication of a Comptroller and Auditor General Report identifying large cost...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appropriate routes for Palestinians in Gaza to acquire employment permits in Ireland, which might enable the granting of a visa and subsequent evacuation from the region (details supplied); for details of any efforts his Department is making to connect Palestinians in Gaza with potential employers in Ireland; and for any...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, despite reports to the contrary, waits for driving test appointments appear to be increasing; to address a person’s experience of wait times (details supplied) for both a first-time appointment and a subsequent retest appointment; the most recent steps to address the issue of waiting times; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to communications from the National Transport Authority (details supplied) the estimated cost of ensuring that all out of order lifts in Irish Rail and DART stations are fully repaired on the day that they are reported. [50285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2032 of 8 September 2025, wherein he indicated that the Section 38 and HSE disability workforce grew by over 20% between 2019 and 2025, for any data regarding the number of new HSE and Section 38 disability employees were recruited from Section 39 disability providers, or who worked in the...