Results 341-360 of 27,251 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, given that social housing is a key part of the architecture of social protection in Ireland, his views on whether his Department’s approach to social housing income limits is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy; namely, that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any research, completed or ongoing, concerning the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; whether, in particular, the limits disincentivise taking up employment or applying for payments to which an individual may...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether legislation will be progressed indexing income limits for social housing eligibility to either inflation, the minimum wage, the median wage, average industrial wage, or lower quartile wage to reflect the decline in purchasing power over time of incomes that were previously considered to be too high for a person to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that there are income gaps in the available housing schemes operated by his Department and by local authorities whereby a person’s income may be too high for social housing eligibility and at the same time too low for any available cost rental options or to take advantage of schemes for first-time...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider abolishing the income limits for social housing eligibility and fund a universally accessible social housing system through a scheme of differential rents. [26729/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the charges that will be levied against members of the auto-enrolment scheme, split between different categories (details supplied); if there will be any other charges either on members or on their employers; if charge levels have yet to be decided, to indicate when prospective members will be informed of charge levels...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 585. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a recent no confidence vote by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 586. To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that ineffective leadership and governance presents risks to the governance of service delivery to patients, the management of staff wellbeing and the potential for psychosocial harm in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Properties (27 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 757. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider purchasing a site that is for sale (details supplied) in order to preserve access to St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire from Crofton Road and to expand hospital operations; and if not, the justification for not purchasing the site. [27498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (22 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish language was excluded from consideration by the cross-Government working group on the EU Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers; her views on whether this represents a failure to uphold the State’s duty to promote Irish in public life; if she will commit to introducing clear policy measures, including...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Anti-Racism Measures (20 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of his responsibility for equality policy, his views on the way in which it is possible for persons to be clear that they are not applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation, which is described as a form of antisemitism in the IHRA working definition...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (20 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of what policies, schemes and employment or training opportunities are in place to support and promote the development of a non-commercially oriented artistic skills base in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (20 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of his responsibility for equality policy the details of engagements between his Department and the ICCL and other civil liberties groups ahead of the Government's adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the adoption of the definition. [25426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (20 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of his responsibility for equality policy the reason there was no public consultation ahead of the Government's adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as there was ahead of the adoption of the National Action Plan Against Racism. [25427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (15 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with European counterparts regarding the potential activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to relieve humanitarian disaster in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [17099/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (13 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [17098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (13 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scientific expertise his Department has access to for assessing environmental and climate claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23206/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the work of his Department’s exploration and mining division; the way in which he ensures that exploration and mining projects in Ireland are consistent with climate and environmental goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 May 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 299. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide and update on the work of his Department’s petroleum affairs division; the way in which he ensures that oil and gas exploitation in Ireland is consistent with climate and environmental goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/25]