Richard Boyd Barrett

193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the human rights record of the Qatari government; and whether an event organised by the Irish embassy in Abu Dhabi with the Qatari Director of Human Rights is consistent with national policy (details supplied). [63083/25]

500. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the trainings that are in place for bus drivers in State-funded bus services for disabled children, including privately contracted bus services, in particular school transport for special schools and special classes contracted through Bus Éireann, with respect to behaviours of concern and the needs of disabled passengers. [63700/25]

501. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to honour all commitments made to a group of hunger strikers who have recently concluded their strike following agreement with her Department. [63738/25]

558. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any funding that is made available for retrofitting local authority housing is intended for tenanted social homes; and if not, if it is exclusively for vacant social homes (details supplied). [62918/25]

712. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that while the Government has spoken about sustainable increases and restraint, the reality is that disabled persons are facing a real and substantial loss of income compared with 2025 (details supplied); if he will commit to introducing an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability, and bring forward a cost of disability payment without further delay; if he will ensure the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance deliver fair, adequate supports that reflect the real costs people with disabilities face; and if his Department will conduct a review of how Budget 2026 will impact disabled households over the winter months, when fuel and living costs peak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63133/25]

713. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is consistent with national policy to cut off disability allowance payments to persons on the basis of their partners' income, given this has the result of creating a state of poverty for the household (details supplied). [63197/25]

714. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether State and employer contributions towards the My Future Fund pension savings scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for any other public services or schemes. [63244/25]

715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his views that it is appropriate that officials in his Department infer lack of qualifying disability from blank sections of disability allowance paperwork; and if he has satisfied himself that the systems in place to determine eligibility for the allowance are sufficiently accommodating of transient and conditional manifestations of disability, which are medically well-recognised. [63267/25]

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) deported from Ireland and subsequently killed; and the steps he will take to reverse the deportation of another individual deported to the same location under similar conditions. [63712/25]

1120. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including all forms of diabetes on the long-term illness scheme, including the cost of issuing the associated medical cards. [63697/25]

1121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing glucose monitoring devices to all individuals with diabetes in the State. [63698/25]

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making the disability allowance into a non-means tested benefit rather than an allowance. [61674/25]

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider excluding the working family payment from being reckonable for all means tested payments and services. [61673/25]

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if in view of her reply (details supplied) her Department will cover the costs of the re-tendering process for the school in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62352/25]

301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to protect renters who are subletting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62309/25]

302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation to protect renters who are in a subletting arrangement and not covered under the Tendencies Residence Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62310/25]

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation to protect renters in digs accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62311/25]

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the failure of timely housing delivery at an affordable purchase housing project (details supplied); and the measures he will implement to ensure that applicants do not suffer hardship as a consequence of these delays. [62375/25]

307. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of the legislation governing medical priority in allocation of social homes and supported tenancies. [62420/25]

308. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline any role for agencies and departments outside of his remit in determining eligibility for medical priority in allocation of social homes and supported tenancies. [62421/25]

349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1151 and 1152 of 4 November 2025, to confirm that there is no strategic policy in place at Departmental level to bring down household costs and environmental impact of households benefitting from the additional needs payment for the purchase of white goods, by promoting the purchase of goods with better energy ratings, and approving additional needs payments in respect of those goods, given that they may have a higher upfront cost. [62357/25]

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to concerns that IPAS is providing an unsafe environment for residents at a centre (details supplied). [62380/25]

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [61675/25]

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [61676/25]

212. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the ambassador and government of Tanzania in relation to recent reports that authorities have killed unarmed citizens in that country (details supplied). [61695/25]