Results 81-100 of 27,061 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 13 May 2025, if he will follow up with the National Transport Authority given that this Deputy has not received a reply from the authority as of 11 June 2025; his views on whether it is acceptable for public passengers to have a time between E2 busses in rush hours of between 20–35...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the local property tax and introducing a tax on non-principal private residences (NPPR) as follows: single NPPR– €1,000, ten or less NPPRs–€1,500 per property, and 11 or more NPPRs– €2,500 per property, excluding properties owned by local authorities and approved housing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of jet fuel VAT and excise exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from cutting pension relief threshold from €115,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32671/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the special assignment relief programme in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of historic losses forwarded by companies that earned over €750 million per year as corporate tax deductions in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32673/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 305. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing USC for all earners and replacing it with a higher income social charge of 10% on all earnings over €100,000 per year; the revenue that would be generated by the introduction of this new higher income social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32674/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update on the status of PPP bundles 4,5,6 and 7, given the withdrawal of funding for bundle 3; and whether there is a risk that costs will limit delivery of any projects in future, as happened with bundle 3. [32296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the impact of delays to delivery of PPP bundle 3 on social housing delivery in Dublin northwest, where 183 social homes are now delayed, representing a significant proportion of projected delivery over the next two years. [32297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update on discussions between the LDA and Dublin City Council in relation to the Ballymun LAP site 1, a former shopping centre. [32298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, given that rents in Ireland are extremely high by European standards, how the Government expects a loosening of rent pressure zone rules to contribute to the lowering of rents given that the proposed reforms facilitate an increase in rents. [32530/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the third draft of the byelaws given to him in September 2024 by Waterways Ireland officials, without being reviewed with stakeholders, without restarting the 90 days of consultation period and effectively not complying with the recommendation of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing (details supplied). [32693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 941 and 719 of 10 June 2025, to clarify with his counterpart at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport which Minister and Department has overall responsibility for protecting artists from sudden income shocks due to sudden or unexpected loss of income; and whether there is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene to ensure that a Palestinian asylum seeker (details supplied) is appropriately housed in line with the Government's obligations as clarified by a judge in April 2023, including the requirement to provide basic hygiene conditions, and in light of the individual's particular health needs with respect to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy, if Ireland will implement policy similar to that which exists in Germany, where legitimate and peaceful civil society groups have been placed under police observation on the grounds that under the IHRA definition of antisemitism their political opinions are considered...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to disallowed Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 1170 of 10 June 2025, if he will be providing or commissioning any advice to staff and agencies under his remit concerning any legal risks involved in applying a non-statutory definition of discrimination in decision-making processes for the purposes of distinguishing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason responsibility for anti-racist policy transferred to his remit alongside migration when anti-racism concerns ethnic minority citizens as much as it does migrants. [32770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will increase staffing at visa offices so that those who have submitted applications for critical skills visas and join family visas can see them processed on reasonable timelines. [32676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has begun to issue shorter visas than it had previously; and whether this has any consequences for the capacity at visa offices, on account of repeat visitors being required to submit fresh applications more frequently. [32810/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 733. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff employed in her Department's equality division and at which grades. [32769/25]