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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foreign Conflicts (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given that Ireland currently does not have an agreement to internationally adopt children from Palestine, if he has any plans to change that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update from the HSE as to how much longer a person (details supplied) will be waiting for an appointment with the ENT consultant in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1552. To ask the Minister for Health to give a clear outline of when the free HRT scheme will be implemented, as promised in Budget 2025; to commit to reimbursing patients who have had to purchase the medication after 1 January 2025 when the scheme was supposed to be introduced; to ensure that any GP fees incurred during the prescribing process are waived to ensure ‘free’ HRT as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1431. To ask the Minister for Health what Teva pharmaceutical products, if any, are being used in Irish hospitals; if he has plans to use substitute products from other companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1491. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the recognition payment for health care workers, agency workers in Covid testing laboratories and many others working throughout the pandemic will be paid especially workers in a facility (details supplied) which was contracted by the HSE to conduct PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jan 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the scholarships available for a prospective university student who experienced homelessness as an adolescent and was not under the care of Tusla, therefore making him ineligible for the 1916 bursary and the student assistance fund, as he was neither under Tusla’s care nor in receipt of social welfare payments. [46521/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We are objecting to the Order of Business. The Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and so-called Independents gravy train has arrived, in the form of the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025, to give more jobs, allowances and Ministries to spread out the spoils of an election. It is really blatant and outrageous and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: But you do not want a debate.

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last night, in the latest ravings of Donald Trump, we got a threat by the US President on television to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, namely, the crime of ethnic cleansing. Donald Trump should now be indicted by the International Criminal Court for saying what Netanyahu told the world he was going to do before he started the Gaza genocide when his Government threatened...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delays in driver testing centres across the country; the measures being taken to address these delays; the budgetary measures being taken in this regard; to further explain the reasons there are no job vacancies for RSA driving instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the delays for first tests and for retests at the Dún Laoghaire test centre; the reasons for the delays; the measures being taken locally to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he will take to address the exclusion of coeliac children from hot school meals, to ensure their dietary needs are met in a fair and equitable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2481/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include the medication lumateperone (which is for the treatment of bipolar depression) onto the drugs repayment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2482/25]

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thankfully, much of Dublin escaped the worst ravages of Storm Éowyn but I know that, across the country, tens of thousands of people suffered extreme hardship as a result of water and power outages. The lack of resilience of our key infrastructure in those areas of water and power exposed extreme vulnerabilities in our ability to respond to emergency situations. Some, including some in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He was their chief negotiator.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Since I met them during the general election campaign I have been advocating on behalf of four families, three with young children and infants, who are living in council maisonettes in my area in Sallynoggin. They are living in absolutely deplorable conditions. There is rodent infestation, black mould and damp running down the walls. One of the tenants told me this morning that there was...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Lies, lies, lies. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael won the election based on a pack of lies about some of the most serious issues facing the country, whether that is housing, the crisis in the health service, looking after the disabled and those who need care-----

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and the issue of Palestine.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know what you are going to say; we will call it misleading, then.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They deliberately misled the public about the reasons for the housing crisis and not just about the numbers or targets. They misled the public by saying 40,000 were built when only 30,000 were built. They also misled the public as to why, after more than a decade, they have not solved the housing crisis. The reason is that they are dancing to the tune of people who are making money from...