876. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making the drug Omaveloxolone available to the approximately 200 people in Ireland currently living with Friedreich's Ataxia, given the life-changing impact this drug can have; if she will reconsider her position that the drug is not ‘economically viable’, in light of the relatively small number of people whose lives can be changed by…
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to report on all meetings he has held with taxi representative groups, other stakeholders in the taxi industry, and meetings with any other groups related to the taxi industry; his views on the proposal of taxi representative groups for an NTA Taxi booking app to ensure protections of both taxi driver livelihoods and passenger interests; and if he will…
115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to engage with Iarnród Éireann on the reason on a regular basis, DARTS do not have the maximum number of possible carriages at peak times, resulting in excessive over-crowding and the inability of passengers to board the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15293/26]
32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken to address on-going concerns about ghost buses, bus delays, and the press-it box system; and the negative impacts these are having on passengers and bus drivers. [15255/26]
85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is aware that the Bank of England is considering introducing price controls to control the cost of living (details supplied) and whether he would consider the same here. [15380/26]
155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if considering his recent media comments about getting families out of homeless accommodation and preventing families from entering homelessness, the measures he is taking to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15378/26]
159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm if Wicklow County Council have been given a budget for tenant-in-situ applications and if it is available for new applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15392/26]
170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to intervene to ensure that no individuals are penalised as a result of a partner being granted the basic income for the artists (details supplied) for instance by causing a disqualification for disability allowance [15372/26]
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [10452/26]
26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at a meeting of the British-Irish Council. [70963/25]
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Cross-Departmental International Sanctions Committee, chaired by her Department, discussed imposing sanctions on Israel; and to summarise any outcome of that discussion. [14479/26]
222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the National Committee on International Humanitarian Law, chaired by her Department, discussed International Humanitarian Law in Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14480/26]
223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Government Trade Forum, chaired by her Department, discussed trade with Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14481/26]
240. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether defined monitoring methodologies and emergency activation protocols for acute wildfire smoke exposure have been established; the criteria under which such protocols are activated; and whether these arrangements have been reviewed or revised since the August 2025 wildfire in Ticknick Park in view of Directive 2008/50/EC…
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 11 February 2026, the estimated annual proceeds from the sale of recyclable plastics by Re-Turn for 2024 and 2025; and to outline where these proceeds go. [14843/26]
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the communications he has had with other Departments about the possibility of missing EU climate and energy targets that would result in large fines, and the additional measures he is considering to achieve those targets and avoid future fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14975/26]
260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to achieve climate objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14976/26]
526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will approve and release funding for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and the steps her Department is taking to address the substandard temporary accommodation currently housing the school. [14499/26]
972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms which ensure that the Health Service Executive is informed promptly of prolonged or recurring wildfire or smouldering smoke incidents affecting residential communities; whether formal information-sharing protocols exist between the HSE, the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities and emergency services; whether any review was und…
991. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the HPV vaccine available free regardless of age, gender, or student status. [14482/26]
1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for IADT as the only remaining Institute of Technology to remain following the announcement of the partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast, with the intention of the former eventually becoming a university college of the latter. [14576/26]
1130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plans for IADT to achieve university designation will be through the Technological Universities Act 2018, or an amendment to that act, thereby preserving the alignment with other Technological Universities in terms of contracts and terms and conditions of both existing and future academic staff. …
1131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a guarantee will be provided that academic staff and their representative trade union (details supplied) will be consulted at all stages and on all plans relating to IADT achieving university designation; and whether he will additionally guarantee that the May 2017 collective bargaining agre…
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he will increase the minimum wage for apprentices to address the construction sector skills gap. [13853/26]
33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he intends to progress with legislation to restrict short-term lets in towns with more than 10,000 people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/26]