Results 561-580 of 27,016 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: TUD is publicly funded. Some 80% of the students at BIMM are on courses provided by TUD. It gives €3 million in direct funding to BIMM and the SUSI grants and other moneys the students receive go to BIMM. It is public money. The Minister does have responsibility. He cannot wash his hands of this. Given his responsibility for higher education, the Minister has an interest in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We have still not had a discussion on the Housing Commission report that we have been asking for a debate on since it was published seven or eight months ago.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As was requested at the Business Committee, we are looking for a discussion on the housing crisis and the announcements the Government is making and an opportunity to question the new Minister about the Government's crazy housing proposals.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We want to question the Minister.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government is planning to further expand the gravy train of ministerial jobs and allowances and it is doing it with a guillotine to suppress proper debate and discussion of the expanded gravy train it is planning. This is completely unacceptable. There should not be a guillotine. Additionally, we have had very alarming pronouncements made by the Taoiseach that he is planning to,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is planning any engagements with his counterparts in the USA or the EU administrations in relation to Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in discussions with international counterparts in relation to the definition of antisemitism by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4491/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 46. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; and what programmes or Department operations, if any, are conducted using artificial intelligence tools. [3870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Sales (11 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes that went sale agreed in 2024; how many of these were apartments and how many were houses; the number bought by individuals; the number bought by institutions; the number bought by local authorities; how many of the individuals that bought these homes were first-time buyers; and if he will make a...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Lies, lies, lies. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael won the election based on a pack of lies about some of the most serious issues facing the country, whether that is housing, the crisis in the health service, looking after the disabled and those who need care-----

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and the issue of Palestine.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know what you are going to say; we will call it misleading, then.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They deliberately misled the public about the reasons for the housing crisis and not just about the numbers or targets. They misled the public by saying 40,000 were built when only 30,000 were built. They also misled the public as to why, after more than a decade, they have not solved the housing crisis. The reason is that they are dancing to the tune of people who are making money from...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Israeli state project is a racist, apartheid project.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not an antisemite.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Since I met them during the general election campaign I have been advocating on behalf of four families, three with young children and infants, who are living in council maisonettes in my area in Sallynoggin. They are living in absolutely deplorable conditions. There is rodent infestation, black mould and damp running down the walls. One of the tenants told me this morning that there was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He was their chief negotiator.

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Thankfully, much of Dublin escaped the worst ravages of Storm Éowyn but I know that, across the country, tens of thousands of people suffered extreme hardship as a result of water and power outages. The lack of resilience of our key infrastructure in those areas of water and power exposed extreme vulnerabilities in our ability to respond to emergency situations. Some, including some in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Artificial Intelligence (6 Feb 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3708/25]