Results 1-20 of 15,024 for and speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...to be honest. That is a shocking response. It is a case of "Pass the buck; it has nothing to do with us." It is a pity the senior Minister is not here. As I said, this is also about arts and culture and the commitment of the Government to ensure access for young people to those things. The Minister said the school is a private entity. It is a not-for-profit registered charity that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 22 May, the 40 or so staff of the Newpark Academy of Music, in which there are approximately 600 students, were informed in a shock and unexpected notification that the school was to close. Those staff will lose their jobs and those 600 music students will no longer have a school. The Newpark Academy of Music has been operating for 45 years serving the community and doing outreach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...for 35 years in the navy. He had a conduct rating that was exemplary. He had an active service record: 1986 in Lebanon; 1993, Somalia; 2004, Liberia; 2005, Liberia; 2006, Liberia; 2008, Chad; and 2010, Chad. He is therefore someone who served for a very long time this country on those missions, and he tells me that he was denied what is called a presentation when one retires. I was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...are second-guessing specialists, whether they are consultants, OTs, psychologists or psychiatrists. They are often people who do not have these specialties but they are second-guessing them and putting families where there are often very severe, extreme medical conditions through the ringer. It has to stop and a circular needs to be issued. This is a health issue but it intersects with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week, 40 workers in the Newpark School of Music received the shock announcement that the school, which has 600 students and has been located on Newpark school grounds for 40 years, was to shut down with a week's notice. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving us an opportunity for a Topical Issue debate on this tomorrow, but I want to flag this issue now because these workers' jobs are...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...crank up inter-imperialist rivalry to the terrifying level that at one point we were on the brink of a nuclear war over Cuba. Those are the stakes. The Government should be honest on where it stands in that very frightening new international security framework, to use the Minister of State's phrase. Let me be clear about our position because it is crystal clear and consistent. We...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All of us will be very familiar with people coming into our constituency office to show us photographs, as Deputy Gould did earlier. I thank him and Sinn Féin for this important motion. There is damp rolling down the walls and the windows. There is black mould in the bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. Clothes and bedclothes are made damp as a result. There is a prevalence of...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also welcome the Palestinian ambassador, other members of the Palestinian community and activists to the Gallery. I welcome, in particular, Zak Hania, his wife Batoul and their children. I am delighted Zak escaped the horror of what Israel has been inflicting on the people of Gaza, which continues as we speak, as men, women and children are slaughtered by this genocidal regime. This day...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A number of weeks ago, the Housing Commission the Taoiseach set up issued a damning report about the failure of Government policy to address the absolutely dire housing and homelessness crisis. We have been asking since then for a debate on that report. We were led to understand last week that such a debate would take place, yet it is not on the schedule for this week. Given the absolute...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revise the new way of calculating special education resources to ensure that no school has a reduction in resources next year compared to this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports that planes associated with the flight school, charter flights and flight clubs at Weston Airport are operating outside of designated flight paths; if there are records monitoring the adherence of pilots to their designated flights; to supply any available records; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what grants or supports are available to a person with intellectual disabilities owing to an injury (details supplied), where the individual received a substantial compensation award on foot of this injury and whose assessed income therefore disqualifies them for social housing; whether this award can be excluded for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recourse a person (details supplied) has in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23534/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 2 February 2024, by what criteria schools that are expressing interest in the hot school meals programme are appraised in order to be granted provision of meals under the scheme; if she will provide the appropriate guidelines for schools expressing interest; when her Department...

Business Support Package: Statements (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no doubt that some small businesses in particular sectors like hospitality, small cafés, some retail and so on are struggling. We all come across them. There are certainly plenty of businesses in Dún Laoghaire town that are struggling and deserve and need assistance. However, I warn strongly against any idea that the way to help those struggling businesses is to attack,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (23 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...children with special needs, the costs down the line for the rest of society will be huge. There has to be holistic thinking. If we get people trained in areas like the allied health professions and as nurses, doctors, teachers and so on, we will save society a lot of money down the line and we will be helping our young people to get qualified, thereby helping our society and economy....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (23 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering further funding to abolish higher education tuition fees and move to a fully free public education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/24]