Official portrait of Richard Boyd Barrett

Richard Boyd Barrett

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People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dún Laoghaire · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2026-05-21 · to Rural
141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to ensure that every community has appropriate amenities to support community development and living standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/26]
written 2026-05-20 · to Justice
193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review an immigration case (details supplied) which is currently being appealed with a view to overturning the decision given the information provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/26]
oral 2026-05-19 · to Taoiseach
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [34872/26]
oral 2026-05-19 · to Taoiseach
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [34875/26]
written 2026-05-19 · to Housing
196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it will be ensured that the current rezoning project being carried out by local authorities will result in the social and affordable housing that is needed across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37550/26]
written 2026-05-19 · to Education
505. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a proposal from a school (details supplied) which would create extra recreational space for the schoolchildren and free up land in the existing boundary for the creation of a number of special classes; if she will commit to exploring the proposal with the principal and engage in talks with the landowner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37138/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Justice
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to ensure that all asylum seekers in State-contracted accommodation will have appropriate, safe, secure, and State-provided accommodation prior to the planned withdrawal of the current accommodation service in August 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Justice
53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is concerned that the recent International Protection Act’s two-year waiting period, and financial restrictions for family reunification, may be in breach of the Refugee Convention and of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the right to family life; if he is planning any additional legislative measures to expedite family reunification requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35602/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Agriculture
89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering any emergency measures to significantly increase plantation of forests to achieve his own forestation targets and to expand plantation of native trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Agriculture
103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering any restrictions on commercial forests to plant diverse species and introduce selective tree-felling to maintain forests rather than to allow them to be fully cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35627/26]
oral 2026-05-12 · to Taoiseach
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [32454/26]
oral 2026-05-12 · to Taoiseach
34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [32455/26]
written 2026-05-12 · to Culture
648. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the way in which he will ensure that applications for the basic income for artists are not prejudiced by a change to the application rules that were implemented after some applications had been submitted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33995/26]
written 2026-05-12 · to Agriculture
867. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether there is any public information available regarding the level of EU agricultural funding going to large farmers in Ireland. [34002/26]
written 2026-05-12 · to Health
1010. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a couple (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35161/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Culture
34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will respond to the call of theatre practitioners for multi-annual funding of theatre companies, to sustain and encourage the growth of smaller theatre companies. [33420/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Culture
36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any section of his Department has received any applications for funding for an ice hockey arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33159/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Culture
45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a report was ever written on the Section 481 Film Tax Credit stakeholder forum for the film industry held in Dublin in February 2024, in line with commitments at the time; and if so, if it has been published and where it can be accessed. [28776/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Culture
63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will extend the basic income for artists scheme to all eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33160/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Defence
110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide necessary benefits and improve the quality of work for Defence Forces personnel in accordance with the European Social Charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33102/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Defence
119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence her views on whether sending Irish troops on military missions without the safeguards of the triple lock system would jeopardise Ireland’s military neutrality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33101/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Transport
220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans for the abandoned theatre (details supplied) in Busáras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34200/26]
written 2026-05-07 · to Health
520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person with diabetes (details supplied) is given access to appropriate tools to manage glucose levels. [33698/26]
written 2026-05-06 · to Foreign
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement applies to first-time applicants resident in the State, renewal applicants resident in the State and applicants resident in Northern Ireland or overseas (both renewal and first-time applicants. [31839/26]
written 2026-05-06 · to Foreign
8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if proof of usage is required to apply a name change to passports, given that section 11(2a)(b) of the passports act 2008, as amended by section 38 of the gender recognition act 2015, provides that where an applicant produces a gender recognition certificate they may issue a passport in the new name and gender and does not reference any additional requirement; and whether the proof of name use requirement is consistent with the purpose and effect of that provision. [31841/26]
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