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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is an Aircoach route.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, get rid of your phone and computer. I wish I could.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Absolutely.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Adam Smith knew.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Most technology can be used either to benefit human beings or for malign purposes. I do not trust the people who control this technology, or the people who dominate the political scene in most of the world, to use this technology to the benefit of society. One of the best films ever made in my opinion - if you have not watched it, you should - is Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times", in which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene to protect employment rights and jobs in an institution (details supplied), which provides courses for TU Dublin and refuses to engage with the WRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7039/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week in the Dáil I raised the plight of teachers in the British and Irish Modern Music Institute, which provides degree courses for TUD in commercial modern music. At that point, 53 of them had been threatened with redundancy and were told they would have to reapply for their own jobs and would be facing big cuts in their pay and conditions. Their union and their strike action...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is very interesting. I was not aware the Minister of State was notified. Due to the three days of strike action and the representations of IFUT, the workers' union, it looks as if BIMM has made concessions which it is hoped are satisfactory to the workers. The context here is that 53 workers were told they were going to be made redundant but not because their jobs were gone. They...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us be clear, their strike action, the actions of their union and the fact the matter was raised in this House all put pressure on BIMM to come to the table. It had previously refused to go to the WRC. There is a serious issue here, especially as the workers were working under the auspices of TUD. Essentially, TUD had outsourced this degree to a private company. That contract will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what avenues are available for a pupil diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia, currently attending a primary school that is not a feeder school for the desired secondary school, which is within walking distance from the pupil's home and is known to have the necessary facilities and expertise to cater to the pupil's educational need; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any assistance is available to individuals who are frequently blocked from obtaining tourist visas due to sharing a name with an individual in another jurisdiction who has a criminal record even though the original person has received letters from An Garda Síochána and the Met Police confirming they have no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to residents on a stamp 1G visa to legally remain in Ireland when their graduate work contracts fall short of the minimum two-year period to apply for a stamp 4. [6110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if enquiries will be made in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) whose operation was cancelled due to the fact that they were placed on the wrong list and will now have to wait a further nine months for the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 812. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the chronic illnesses that provide people with a medical card and a GP visit card to include those suffering from chronic heart failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the means test limits for a full medical card for those under 70 years and for those over 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if the companies from which the HSE buy services are obliged to be audited even if they are not-for-profit companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6509/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations and scenario planning he is undertaking to deal with the possible implications for the Irish economy of the policies of the new Trump administration in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to amend employment legislation to improve employment rights and job security of film workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Exchequer Payments (20 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual funding from the State to organisations (details supplied); and the way it has been broken down or ringfenced over the past five years. [6860/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is trying to undermine democracy by insisting that the Lowry and Healy-Rae groups can be part of the Government and simultaneously be part of the Opposition-----