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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics rostered to provide advanced life support on the road/operational across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3927/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the amount currently spent on private ambulances annually by the HSE and the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the fact that section 39 workers are now balloting for industrial action, she will mandate her officials to allow them to fully implement the WRC agreement of October 2023, to provide for the resolution of outstanding issues on pay; if it is her intention to fully restore the link between section 39 workers and the public sector; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the overwhelming votes by multiple grades of workers in the health service for industrial action over the issue of the pay and numbers strategy, it is her intention to scrap this strategy and instead base recruitment and staffing levels on ensuring patient safety and patient need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3932/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programs or Department operations, if any, are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Artificial Intelligence (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 273. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a statement on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is planning to further expand the gravy train of ministerial jobs and allowances and it is doing it with a guillotine to suppress proper debate and discussion of the expanded gravy train it is planning. This is completely unacceptable. There should not be a guillotine. Additionally, we have had very alarming pronouncements made by the Taoiseach that he is planning to,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have still not had a discussion on the Housing Commission report that we have been asking for a debate on since it was published seven or eight months ago.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As was requested at the Business Committee, we are looking for a discussion on the housing crisis and the announcements the Government is making and an opportunity to question the new Minister about the Government's crazy housing proposals.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We want to question the Minister.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is new in the job at the Department and I ask him to intervene on behalf of lecturers in the British and Irish Modern Music, BIMM, institute. Four of those lecturers are here in the Public Gallery. They were all on the picket lines earlier. I was with them today on Thomas Street. They have been forced to take strike action and mount protests because of absolutely shameful...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: TUD is publicly funded. Some 80% of the students at BIMM are on courses provided by TUD. It gives €3 million in direct funding to BIMM and the SUSI grants and other moneys the students receive go to BIMM. It is public money. The Minister does have responsibility. He cannot wash his hands of this. Given his responsibility for higher education, the Minister has an interest in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a TUD course.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister could crack the whip with TUD as well.

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The simple reason we have a housing disaster in this country is that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have danced to the tune of greedy, profit-driven speculators, vulture funds and corporate landlords. The response to the resulting crisis, which has left us with 100,000 families waiting for more than a decade on housing lists, unaffordable rents and unaffordable house prices, is for the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It will be a three-state solution-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach can just say "Yes" or "No".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Palestinians are the victims; they are not the aggressors.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I bet you I have been on more protests outside the Russian embassy than you have.