Results 901-920 of 26,831 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1188.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to estimate the total cost and the per-annum cost of increasing the number of social homes to 20% of the total number of all homes over the next five years (allowing for overall housing output to increase to 56,000 units per annum, as per the Housing Commission recommended targets); the estimated full-year cost in year one...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1189.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year additional cost in 2025 and each of the following four years (2026, 2027, 2028, 2029) of doubling the existing Housing for All targets for social, cost rental and affordable purchase homes respectively, setting out the Government’s own projected estimates for the costs of delivering on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1190.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full details of the different streams of funding for local authorities and the areas in which this money can be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33425/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1191.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full total of the spend by each local authority on housing maintenance; if all of this funding comes from rent collected in each local authority; if they have latitude to increase this figure or seek additional funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33426/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1192.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to estimate the full-year cost or savings from using direct labour for housing maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1194.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has carried out any cost-benefit analyses of in-house maintenance versus outsourcing across all local authorities. [33429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1226.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to allow part-time workers and learners to avail of the back-to-education payments. [33273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1343.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of expanding the free travel scheme to include people in receipt of domiciliary care allowance and those on carer’s allowance. [32604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1344.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase the domiciliary care allowance by €100 per month. [32607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1345.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the under-25 rates of social welfare in line with the standard rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32608/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2344.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists. [32606/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2490.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost for enabling student health facilities to prescribe hormones and offer blood tests to trans and non-binary students. [33288/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2586.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of a new staff member in each education and training board to promote disabled students’ participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2645.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to introduce a living wage for all apprentices. [33272/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2646.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make available emergency accommodation at the beginning of each academic year for students who are due to commence their education without securing accommodation for the first six-weeks of term. [33274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2647.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to pay a living wage to all students engaging with mandatory placement as part of their study. [33276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2648.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide students on SUSI who partake in mandatory placement an additional maintenance grant of €250 a month like Erasmus. [33277/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2649.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to fully fund the provision of 30,000 student beds to bridge the gap in student accommodation. [33278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2650.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to with abolishing the holiday earnings for SUSI. [33279/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (23 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 2651.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for SUSI grant support be extended beyond the list of approved institutions and courses for example, there are currently nine higher education institutes offering courses through the CAO system that are not eligible for SUSI grants. [33280/24]