Results 2,061-2,080 of 27,016 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person or body that can make a formal request for assistance on the DG ECHO platform; how they would go about it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is required to complete another on-line e-vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8840/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how long the e-vetting process takes in the naturalisation process; the length of time for which e-vetting is valid; if she is aware of the issue with inputting the county on the on-line form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8843/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in processing times for naturalisation applications and in the sending of certificates to those who have attended naturalisation ceremonies; the current expected processing times and times to allocate certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8841/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of applicants awaiting naturalisation applications to be processed; the number pending from 2021, 2022 and 2023; the estimated timeline for clearing the backlog and the percentage of rejected candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8842/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information (details supplied) for the CDNTs in CHO 6 for each month from January 2022 to April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9144/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme only includes mental health conditions for persons under 16 years of age; his plans to extend this beyond 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8798/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [6662/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do they relate to transport?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have ten minutes for these questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we going on to another group of questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask for a bit more latitude, given that no one else is here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will raise two issues. First, and as the Taoiseach will be aware, I have raised the issue of taxi drivers many times. There is deep concern among taxi drivers about a campaign that seems to involve some of the ride-hailing apps, including Uber and others, suggesting that we are chronically short of taxis and implying we need to deregulate the taxi industry and develop the Uber model that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and they are not taking on enough full-time staff. The union has raised the matter. I ask the Taoiseach to look at that as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am very critical of China.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am, actually.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is nobody knocking on my door.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Long before the current escalation of violence that we have seen, the genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel and the events of 7 October, I pointed out to the Government, and to Ursula von der Leyen when she was here, something that was not lost on the people of Palestine or the Middle East, which was the shocking double standards in EU policy when we contrast Europe's attitude towards Russia's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: An issue we should bring into the shared island considerations is that of water safety. We have a lot to learn from what is happening in the North and in the UK. It may be of interest to Members to know that 102 people drowned in 2021 in the Republic of Ireland. This is one of the worst rates of drowning in western Europe and three times the rate of drowning in the UK and the North of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget. [7882/24]