TDs / Richard Boyd Barrett
Richard Boyd Barrett
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1,583
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
153,844
words spoken in the chamber
Across 941 contributions
216
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
278
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.
Who they ask
The departments their questions were addressed to.
Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 1,583 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 941 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 65 | 141 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 67 |
| April 2025 | 100 | 31 |
| May 2025 | 109 | 2 |
| June 2025 | 97 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 127 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 56 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 50 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 82 | 62 |
| December 2025 | 71 | 54 |
| January 2026 | 107 | 95 |
| February 2026 | 125 | 83 |
| March 2026 | 98 | 48 |
| April 2026 | 57 | 62 |
| May 2026 | 58 | 114 |
| June 2026 | 73 | 53 |
| July 2026 | 131 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 97 | 62 |
| October 2026 | 37 | 41 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 666 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.
Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Dún Laoghaire 29 November 2024 to now
- party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1887. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will increase the supports for those in need of hearing aids in line with increased cost of those aids (details supplied). [19428/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that every public hospital across the country has the appropriate number of staff and spaces in emergency departments to assess mental health emergencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17635/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address staffing shortages in child and adolescent mental health services and eliminate lengthy waiting lists in the provision of vital care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17636/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reduce unaffordable rents in the private sector. [17818/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
192. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will allocate funding to councils to improve the state of repair of social homes. [17822/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to raise the income limits for social housing eligibility. [17821/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes his Department expects to deliver over the next five years. [17820/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of any analysis undertaken by his Department on the ‘viability’ of housing developments; and whether this includes raising rents in new tenancies. [17819/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
474. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total funding allocated by her Department towards the decongregation of disability service settings for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [179…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
475. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability residential services for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated S…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
476. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total number of individual service users who have been relocated from congregated settings to community settings for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabul…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
477. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of places in congregated settings which have been suppressed following the death of a service user, or for any reason other than relocation to a community setting, for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on fro…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of total service users which have been in place in congregated disability service settings, for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [18197/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
481. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding allocated by her Department towards the decongregation of disability service settings for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17974/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
482. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability residential services for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17975/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
483. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of individual service users who have been relocated from congregated settings to community settings for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17976/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
484. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of places in congregated settings which have been suppressed following the death of a service user, or for any reason other than relocation to a community setting, for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17977/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of total service users which have been in place in congregated disability service settings, for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17978/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the nature of the exceptional and compelling circumstances that a letter issued by his Department (details supplied) requires in order to waive the five-year reckonable residence requirement for refugee applicants for Irish citizenship. [17282/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
354. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that students at TU Dublin have not yet received their results this semester, when they are typically released by the second week of February; if he will investigate the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17391/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first meeting of the delivery and monitoring committee for the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030. [14447/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework published by his Department. [14448/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has received any applications or requests to any section of his Department, or State body under his aegis, for funding or financial collaboration from private investors with regard to an ice hockey arena in Cherrywood, County Dublin; if so, to provide full details, including amount of public funds being sought; whether the…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
172. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is planning to call for the Irish football team to boycott matches with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16776/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
747. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the profound worry parents of children with intellectual and other disabilities face when they consider the future and what may happen to their children and who will care for them when they cannot, especially disabled children with no siblings or wider support network; the key aspects of the Di…