Results 121-140 of 26,831 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the potential fraud involved in the use of used cooking oil and palm oil effluent as products in renewable fuels, and the concerns of many involved in the renewable fuels industry that the large increase in the use of these products is having a detrimental impact on renewable fuel producers in Ireland, and may also be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plan to ensure that the EU maximum of 1.7% inclusion of Annex B products under the renewable fuels targets is adhered to; what actions his Department will take to insure that the current volumes of palm oil mill effluent and used cooking oils are examined and compliant with EU regulations, and also correctly audited and certified;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 25 March 2025, and respecting that existing accommodation must be used to meet the demand for special school places in north Dublin, the reason her Department is seeking to use prefabricated buildings on outdoor space belonging to an existing school rather housing the new school in "phase 2" of that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection which Departments are involved in the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing legislative impacts of non-binary gender marker inclusion on official documents, and what have been the findings from these working group meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gender Recognition (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what happens to non-binary gender recognition on legal documents in Ireland if individuals have been legally recognised as non-binary and received an appropriate gender marker on other EU legal documents, such as passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is involved in the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing legislative impacts of non-binary gender marker inclusion on official documents; what are the key legal considerations for including non-binary gender markers on legal documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the redress, supports or services available to individuals who spent time in a mother and baby home, but fell short of the six-month threshold by a small number of days or weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15282/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will investigate the case of a child (details supplied) with significant additional needs, who has been in the system since the age of three, and has had to have a private assessment of needs given the delay in State provision of AON, but who has now been informed that they will not be seen by the CDNT...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the national LGBTQI+ inclusion strategy II expected to be available to the public, and what her role is in the strategy development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Reunification (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 796. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the fact that they had to leave with no possessions...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 814. To ask the Minister for Health for her plans to outline her plans to reduce excessive waiting times for accessing genetic counselling services for individuals discharged from hospital care with a genetic diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15747/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 815. To ask the Minister for Health for what supports exist post-discharge for families dealing with complex medical conditions, particularly regarding feeding difficulties and early intervention; what plans there are to improve post-discharge services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Apr 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that in some cases, apprenticeships that would ordinarily take four years to complete, are taking seven years to finish; if he will investigate a case of a person (details supplied) with a view to providing more classes to facilitate the completion of apprenticeships in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the...

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will throw in an extra issue because I am talking to the Minister. I do not know the next time I will get to. It is slightly off topic but it is under the Minister’s brief. It is another great unfairness that needs to be addressed and probably is between the Minister and the Minister for housing. It is about people who go over eligibility thresholds for social housing support....

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to access housing to get out of homelessness.

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would be a contribution to addressing the housing crisis were the Minister to look at it-----

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I took advantage and I am sorry.

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise that I was not here for the earlier discussions. I was tied up at another meeting. I will follow on from Deputy Coppinger's contribution. I will premise my remarks by noting that there is a pretty awful history in this country of people who did not fit into the conventional idea of the Catholic family, marriage and so on being treated in a lesser way, not accommodated at all or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (27 Mar 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yeah, right. Is the Minister considering getting rid of the temporary reduction in fees or not? He should just tell us straight. He should not get rid of it. Doing so is outrageous and he should be going in the opposite direction. Why? There is now a 15% dropout rate among undergraduates. Five thousand drop out in first year, representing an increase in recent times up to 12% from 9%....