Results 21-40 of 27,080 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of abolishing the M50 and East Link tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100 thousand receives a pay increase of 10% in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/25]

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of making primary- and post-primary education totally free, i.e., abolishing all charges (including voluntary contributions), providing free school uniforms, books and all other required equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35648/25]

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...