2023. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any agencies or other bodies under her remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2258/26]
2497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if her Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2249/26]
2498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether any agencies or other bodies under her remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2267/26]
2624. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2248/26]
2625. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2266/26]
2634. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he is aware of agencies under his remit using artificial intelligence tools in place of artists and graphic designers (details supplied); and whether he will intervene to prevent this in future. [2238/26]
2663. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2253/26]
2664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2271/26]
132. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in light of persistently high household energy costs nationwide, whether he will bring any privately owned energy infrastructure into public ownership and thereby prevent profiteering in the sector. [73225/25]
156. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he will introduce legislation creating a not-for-profit mandate for the Electricity Supply Board. [73224/25]
175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that film producer companies in receipt of the section 481 film tax credit or meeting the test for quality employment and fully vindicating the employment and copyright rights of those working in the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69915/25]
191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he satisfied that his Departments current analysis of corporate tax expenditures is adequate to assess the benefit of those expenditures as against potential benefit of using those monies for more direct Government investment and expenditure to improve public services, infrastructure or achieve economic and social goals; and if he will ma…
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which he is planning to evaluate the effectiveness of the VAT cut on sale of apartments to build more homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69918/25]
238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering more aggressive tax measures to address the problem of land hoarding and property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69914/25]
248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide all available information on the distribution of residential property held by the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of local property tax (details supplied); his views on the matter of wealth and property distribution, particularly after recent reports on the dramatic growth in household wealth, in tabular form; and i…
359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the assessments he has made in relation to the costs of tax expenditure comparing the way in which the same funds for direct investment will be more effective in achieving social and economic goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70408/25]
360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the assessments he has made in relation to the costs of tax expenditure, comparing the way in which the same funds for direct investment will be more effective in achieving social and economic goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70408/25]
242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will expedite an incremental credit for a post-primary school teacher (details supplied) in recognition of earlier experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72902/25]
137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence if she plans to introduce legislation on the triple lock; if so, when she intends to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71836/25]
145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence in the context of Government plans to introduce legislation on the triple lock; the particular deployments or type of deployments of the Defence Forces that she believes she is precluded from making under the current legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71837/25]
174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagements with the government of Burma/Myanmar and its embassy regarding reported election irregularities in the country (details supplied). [72177/25]
241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence her plans to introduce legislation on the triple lock before the end of 2025; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66249/25]
283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that public transport employers, such as Dublin Bus, provide a full occupational sickness and long-term illness benefit to its drivers, which is to replace private income protection schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71819/25]
284. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only income protection provider in Ireland (details supplied) to bus drivers is ceasing its income protection schemes to public transport drivers; if he is planning to intervene to provide full income protection to drivers through their employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182…
401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the possibility that the legislation governing redundancy entitlements can disadvantage pregnant women (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71310/25]