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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the stipulation in the guidelines for SUSI grants to ensure that the “first point of entry” requirement for assessment is changed to ensure that if an applicant’s circumstances change over their years in college, they can be reassessed to take into account new circumstances, including details of a change...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow SUSI to have a discretionary role in assessing applications as not all circumstances fit easily into criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43926/24]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People Before Profit will be supporting the nomination of Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, not because we agree with Sinn Féin - we disagree with it on many things, not least its refusal to rule out coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael - but because we believe parties on the left have an obligation to end 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and put together the first left-wing...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not agreed.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are off to a farcical start in the new Dáil. To my mind, the last contribution really sums it up.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Tóibín is in a technical group with people who are actually in the Government and have undoubtedly gone along with this charade, which is going to mean that, effectively, we have had no Dáil for three months. This is at a time when hundreds of thousands of people out there need answers and action from the Government to address their housing situation and issues like...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a question - a short one liner.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just one question. We asked for the OPLA's advice and the legal advice you were given. You committed to doing that. Can you tell us when the Opposition and the Business Committee will see the legal advice that led you to make your provisional decision?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A Cheann Comhairle, I thank you for your efforts overnight to try to resolve this issue. We want to state for the record that we were not in any way trying to obstruct the nomination of the Taoiseach or the establishment of the Government. Our concern, and we are glad that the Government has now finally acknowledged it, is that there has to be a clear distinction between those TDs who are...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: However, we continue our opposition to the decision to suspend the Dáil for another two weeks. There are too many pressing issues for people in this country and we will be opposing the Order of Business on that specific basis.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (23 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will not support the nomination of any Fianna Fáil or, for that matter, Fine Gael Taoiseach. There are many reasons for that but we saw one of them this week when Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were implicated in an attempt by so-called Independents, the Healy-Raes and the Regional Independent Group to insult the intelligence of the people of this country and to undermine our...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (23 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will speak again if you want.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the requirements for having a passport issued with the name in Irish when a person had previously used their English name; if these requirements are discordant with State efforts to facilitate increased use of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that DART services have been delayed by operational difficulties since July 2024; a breakdown of what these difficulties were, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46760/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the wheelchair-accessible taxi grant scheme portal’s technical failure which left many applicants unable to apply for the grant; if he will ensure that drivers who were unable to access the scheme this time are prioritised in the next round of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are in place to prevent potential exploitation of the wheelchair-accessible taxi grant scheme by rental firms, which would prevent other drivers from owning their own taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the requirements for having State identification documents, for example, passport, public services card, driver's licence and so on, issued with names in Irish, should the applicant choose to use the language; if these requirements are discordant with State efforts to facilitate increased use of the language; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is on Stamp 1G critical skills permit is allowed a grace period if made redundant or dismissed after six months' employment; the length of time that is the applicable grace period for the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2084/25]