Results 27,021-27,040 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of doubling capitation grants to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the minor works grant by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratios to 15:1, across primary and post primary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reinstating the numbers of assistant principals to the highest previous level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special education teachers by 500, 1,000, and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children enrolled in the school transport scheme in 2023 and 2024; the total cost of the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hectares of land zoned under the residential zoned land tax that is currently undeveloped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payment to €300 per week, excluding disability allowance, invalidity pension, partial capacity, disablement pension and blind person’s pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing disability, blind pensions and invalidity pension to €350 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the pension age to 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by 10% and extending payment to all children aged 18 years or under, including those in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing qualified child rates by €6 for children under 12 and €15 for children 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the means test for carer’s allowance and providing access to all who meet the other criteria for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners, to all in receipt of the working family payment and-or a medical card; the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for those on jobseeker’s allowance,; the cost of increasing the rate by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending parent’s benefit to 52 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing free school meals for all post-primary school pupils in public schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Middle East (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the level of public sympathy for Palestinians in Ireland whether he will expand the Community Sponsorship Programme to help settle Palestinian families in Ireland with community support. [36222/25]