Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. [6014/26]

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet offshore wind energy clearing house. [29036/26]

153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage for workers under the age of 20 and for apprentices in their first two years so that they will be at parity with other workers. [30429/26]

158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has had, or if he is planning to have, discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the planned industrial action by workers in the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/26]

402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport further to correspondence (details supplied) the way in which vehicles are passing the NCT that appear to have DPF's removed or disabled; and whether he is satisfied that the NCT test fit for purpose in this regard. [30876/26]

455. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has reached a decision on the approval and progression of EirGrid's proposal concerning pension increases for retired and deferred members of EirGrid (details supplied); if he accepts that progressing this proposal would represent an important step toward fairness and would help ensure that these individuals are not disproportionately disadvantaged; when a decision will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30030/26]

623. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the process whereby a returning emigrant family can access school spaces for their child, due to start in second class in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30878/26]

683. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if he has received an application for the interim remediation scheme by an owners' management company of apartments and duplexes (details supplied); if so, the works that are planned and/or the works that have been carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/26]

744. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are obliged to participate in inter-county/council tenant-in-situ agreements/arrangements; whether they decide that they will only consider the scheme for families/individuals on their own housing waiting lists; if he will provide the guidelines or circular addressing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/26]

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will implement the alternative circular drafted by the Save our SNAs campaign group (details supplied) to ensure that all school students have supports appropriate to their needs. [29532/26]

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views that all the special classes sanctioned for September 2026 will be delivered; if lessons have been learned from the failure to deliver same for the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29167/26]

76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who are in need of a place in a special classroom and have not had an offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29168/26]

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering additional funding for disability organisations, particularly those in the voluntary sector, to help them cope with increasing costs of operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29004/26]

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is satisfied with the delivery of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026, considering significantly lower levels of delivery to date; the additional measures she will take to achieve proposed targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29005/26]

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the draft legislation to amend the Technological Universities Act 2018 to facilitate a partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast; the timeline for when a draft Bill will be presented; if IADT is the only other remaining institute of technology, being actively considered within the scope of any proposed legislative amendments to the Act; if any proposed amendments will also provide a pathway for IADT to achieve university designation within the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29169/26]

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to restore funding for the postgraduate and graduate scholarship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29176/26]

179. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that PET-CT scanners are available in every public hospital providing cancer treatment services and reduce reliance on private healthcare providers for this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28467/26]

225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address infrastructure and capacity deficits for cancer services as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28468/26]

495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the current release of the primary school survey results appears to exclude significant data cohorts, specifically parents of children in multi-denominational schools and the early years/preschool sectors (details supplied); if she will clarify when the full data will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28194/26]

556. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a report was ever written on the 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. [28523/26]

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the delays in Garda vetting; if he will examine ways in which the backlog can be reduced, and review the delays in the system and work with AGS to introduce a faster process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/26]

707. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage for the take up of applicants for Protestant as compared to Catholic institutions, for those institutions currently eligible, for the mother and baby institutional redress scheme. [28578/26]

708. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Government will review the exclusion of those children who spent less than 180 days in institutions for the mother and baby institutional redress scheme. [28579/26]

709. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Government will introduce a financial redress scheme for children boarded out via all institutional settings. [28581/26]

715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the Government will set up the patient liaison service (health supports) for survivors of institutional abuse as committed to in the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby County Home Institutions Third Implementation Report (details supplied). [28582/26]