Results 1-20 of 11,896 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (5 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the reasons for the delay in obtaining a first-time registration appointment for a Stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied), given the requirement to complete a first-time registration within 90-days of arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for multiple failures on the rail network on 28 October 2025; and the reason contingency plans failed with full buses leaving passengers behind. [59843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant delays in a school's (details supplied) electrical installation emergency works, which was approved by her Department on 15 July 2025 but stalled as a result of ongoing delays within the Emergency Works section; if she will investigate and clarify the reasons for these delays, especially given the critical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 14 October 2025, whether she will provide funding for specific Leaving Cycle Coordinator roles, in addition to other supports. [59078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has met with or engaged directly with the management and board of management of a school (details supplied) regarding their serious concerns in relation to a lack of appropriate supports and the unsafe conditions they face; and if not, whether she will agree to a formal meeting to discuss these concerns. [59835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to introduce in-school multi-disciplinary teams, including psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and behaviour support workers, in SEBD schools (details supplied), where the need is particularly acute and the current reliance on external CDNT services is proving insufficient and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review pay and allowance structures for teachers and SNAs in SEBD-designated schools, in light of the fact that staff in such settings face significantly higher-risk working conditions than those in mainstream schools but do not receive any additional allowance, unlike teachers in secure units or detention centres. [59840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in SEBD-designated schools, particularly given the absence of structured mental health supports, salary differentials, and growing levels of burnout and staff turnover. [59841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered establishing a dedicated staff support framework for those working in SEBD-designated schools, similar to that available in secure or custodial education settings, to ensure adequate protection, supervision, and wellbeing supports. [59842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the exclusion of SEBD special schools from DEIS supports, particularly in cases where pupils have been transferred from DEIS-designated mainstream schools, thereby losing access to essential wraparound supports like HSCL officers and School Completion Programmes (details supplied). [59834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will commit to a full audit of the current building housing a school (details supplied), with a view to securing significant refurbishment funding or facilitating a move to a new fit-for-purpose building, given ongoing safety concerns raised by the school's management. [59837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures her Department will introduce to ensure that staff working in social, emotional and behavioural difficulties designated schools have access to appropriate, on-site mental health supports, given the high-risk and high-stress nature of their work. [59839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 949. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to intervene urgently to prevent the collapse of a women’s sporting organisation (details supplied). [58527/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 950. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the basic income for artists, the measures he will take to ensure that there is no gap between the end of the pilot basic income for artists scheme and the new, permanent scheme, so that artists can continue working in their profession without their eligibility for the basic income for artists scheme lapsing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1035. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the way in which the funding for housing programmes is made to local authorities as programmes and projects advance and relevant claims fall due for payment. [58573/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1036. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the details of any data collected in relation to funding for any social or affordable housing programme that is unspent by local authorities, or which has not been drawn down, after it has been approved. [58574/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1037. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the regional breakdown, by local authority, of spending on social and affordable housing by the Land Development Agency, Housing Finance Agency, or any other agency under his remit for 2025. [58575/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of any legislation, circular or regulation limiting the approval of the exceptional needs payment for household goods to entry-level items in terms of cost (details supplied); whether his Department considers the life cycle costs, for instance the savings arising from the durability or energy efficiency of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the data that is recorded on household goods purchased using the exceptional needs payment; and the estimated total annual value of these goods, by region and category. [57918/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (4 Nov 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the trainings and assessments members of An Garda Síochána receive for unconscious bias and anti-racism, including both during their training and on an ongoing basis through their active duty. [57726/25]