55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will meet with unions and address public sector pay issues as a matter of urgency. [73969/26]
64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given recent public sector pay strikes, if he will consider further increases to public sector pay to keep ahead of inflation. [73968/26]
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) can expect permanent accommodation; and to provide clarity ahead of the new school year 2027-2028 regarding the number of classrooms in its temporary accommodation the school can expect to gain and to lose. [74917/26]
128. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason two schools (details supplied) with significant disadvantage have been excluded from the DEIS Plus scheme. [74955/26]
264. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options open to a person (details supplied) to ensure an appropriate school place for their child for September 2027;. [75072/26]
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will meet next. [66938/26]
41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [65174/26]
147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will withdraw or amend legislation which proposes that 25% of RTÉ's budget should be redirected to the independent sector, and provide that any policy of support for the latter sector should come from dedicated funding streams, rather than from the budgetary allocation for RTÉ as proposed. [73939/26]
173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if, under legislation proposed by his Department, 25% of the funding for RTÉ is to be redirected to external producers, within an already reduced funding envelope. [73937/26]
309. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to confirm the phase of the BusConnects Dublin network redesign that includes routes 86, 87, 88 and P13; whether it is the same phase as route L33, and what the target implementation date is; whether the funding allocation for 2027 will allow further phases of the network redesign to proceed, and in what order; what interim measures are planned to impr…
600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to correspondence his predecessor received (details supplied) the action he has taken in regard to the matters raised. [74455/26]
771. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a typographic error in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, where reference is made to a nonexistent "kingdom of animalae" instead of the recognised "animalia" (details supplied); and if he has taken legal advice as to the safety of convictions under the Act on account of this typographic error or any other i…
813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department's budget allocation in 2027 is sufficient to implement the recommendations of a HSE report on disability service needs (details supplied), alongside other planned spending; and if not, the approximate size of the budgetary shortfall. [73662/26]
14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the proportion of his Department's funding allocation for 2027 that will go to community development for the Traveller community. [72951/26]
166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to therapists for children with disabilities and mental health difficulties; if she plans to work with her counterpart at the Department of Education and Youth regarding NEPS vacancies; and if NEPS vacancies are accounted for in the allocation of therapists to HSE-funded services in a given catchment. [73017/26]
203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure the timely replacement of linear accelerator machines for radiotherapy. [73018/26]
222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her engagements with her counterparts at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding pay, recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in the public sector; and to detail the policies of her Department and agencies under her remit related to the same subject. [73014/26]
228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her most recent engagements with trade unions representing public sector healthcare workers, in particular the engagements she has had within the past month. [73015/26]
187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in relation to all fuel cost measures in 2026, to estimate the portion tax measures accruing to the benefit of commercial and for-profit fuel users, compared to the cost of the portion of the same tax measures accruing to the benefit of households and private citizens, accounting for overall fuel use in the sector, as well as any commercial …
194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the full-year cost of the Diesel Rebate Scheme in 2026, 2025, 2024 and 2023, including the portion of the cost which consists of the enhancement of the scheme in 2026; and the projected cost of the same for 2027. [71769/26]
252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he is considering measures to ban a product associated with ineradicable and significant occupational safety risks (details supplied) with regard to his responsibility for workplace safety legislation and in line with a proposal under consideration in California. [72178/26]
350. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the data collected through the 2025-26 primary annual census on the estimated number of pupils withdrawn from religious instruction in each school will be published; whether this data will be broken down by school patronage type and county; and the actions her Department intends to take on foot of these findings, including the developmen…
362. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has issued, or plans to issue, guidance to primary schools on the educational provision and supervision of pupils withdrawn from religious instruction, including during sacramental preparation and school-time religious ceremonies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72070/26]
363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that the primary annual census 2026-27 is the first time the State has tried to count the number of children withdrawn from religious instruction, whether the Minister will commit to publishing this data by a set date, and to issuing guidance to schools within this school year in order that these children are no longer left without mean…
660. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the portion of her Department's budget for 2027 which is intended for disability residential services, and in particular residential services for disabled people currently in the care of older family members. [72210/26]