Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committee that oversees agriculture. [8094/26]
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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.
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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 |
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| 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.
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- constituency Dún Laoghaire 29 November 2024 to now
- party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committee on children and education. [8095/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering including a specific test for quality employment, which is developed in cooperation with workers in the film industry in addition to all other relevant employment legislation, for producer and qualifying companies applying for section 481 film tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10091/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of current financial disincentives to stop land hoarding and property speculation; if he is planning any other radical measures to end land hoarding and property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10092/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
240. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10163/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise the case of a political prisoner in Iran with the Government and embassy of that country, or with his international counterparts (details supplied). [9810/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
265. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10155/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
308. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10149/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10151/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10164/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10154/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to end the Central Bank’s facilitation of the sale of Israeli bonds in the EU, given that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach, in its report on the Israeli bonds programme, published on 5 August 2025, unanimously found that these bonds assist the f…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10160/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
496. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10153/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
623. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10152/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
680. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10150/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
721. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the cost ceilings provided to each local authority by his Department around the country for the tenant-in-situ scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10116/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
722. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10158/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
761. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10162/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
774. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will guarantee that Irish data will never be shared with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials (details supplied). [9797/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10159/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
894. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10147/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
914. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9222/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
952. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10148/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10157/26]