Richard Boyd Barrett

2064. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide information on how best to evacuate to Ireland a sick Palestinian woman who needs specialist treatment that is available here; if he will advise what visa she should apply for in these circumstances and if there are any special humanitarian visas that can be arranged given her serious health issues; to confirm what documentation etc., will be needed to accompany her application; if allowances are made for people who have lost everything including official documents during the ongoing genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/25]

2097. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to coordinate with his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a family connected with Irish citizens are evacuated from Gaza (details supplied). [43283/25]

2098. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to work with his counterparts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that the family of a Palestinian individual living in Ireland (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [43286/25]

2195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the absence of figures for the number of euthanisations carried out at a dog pounds (details supplied), from February 2025 to date; and whether there is there a legal obligation to publish euthanisation numbers. [42028/25]

2522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total recurring and accumulated funding deficits reported by State-funded service providers across the childcare and disability sectors. [44326/25]

2523. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total cost of aligning section 39 provider pay scales with pay scales in the statutory disability services sector. [44327/25]

2524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total cost of aligning section 39 pay scales with pay scales in the statutory health sector. [44328/25]

2525. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of increasing personal assistance hours by at least 270,000. [44329/25]

2526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of increasing home support by 40,000 hours; and her views on the differences in unit costs between personal assistance and home support hours. [44330/25]

2527. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of prioritising 460 people under 65 with a disability to move from family homes, congregated settings and nursing homes into the community. [44331/25]

2528. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of transitioning all under 65s with a disability residential services need out of nursing homes and into community-based residential services. [44332/25]

2529. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability residential service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44333/25]

2530. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability respite service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44334/25]

2531. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability day service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44335/25]

2532. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability children’s services places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44336/25]

2681. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if they will ask the HSE and disability services to review the case of a disabled person (details supplied) who is not receiving the level of support and services they require to live independently, with a view to establishing a new care plan and providing the support and services they need, with a recurring 3-6 month review to ensure that the care plan is effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41406/25]

3047. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the Health Service Executive of treating chronic diet related illnesses such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; and if he will provide a breakdown of cost estimates by illness type. [42957/25]

3427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year costs of doubling the number of third level places available for therapeutic courses (details supplied). [44354/25]

3443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department intends to carry out a feasibility study or impact assessment on a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging, as committed to in the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010–2030; if a lead official has been appointed to oversee this work; and whether the Minister will now initiate this process in light of the Department of Health’s confirmation that it would be happy to support and assist such an initiative in relation to food information for consumers in response to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); and if he accepts that, with only five years remaining in the Strategy, no meaningful progress has been made on this commitment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41273/25]

3444. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of whole-time equivalent staff in his Department, and at what grade, which have been dedicated to overseeing the roll out of bilingual labelling and packaging, as committed to in the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010–2030. [41281/25]

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there remains an Israeli ambassador accredited in Ireland. [40080/25]

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 883 of 8 July 2025, if she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [39910/25]

306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether a prolonged release melatonin drug (details supplied) will be made available in Ireland and covered by the medical card. [40169/25]

469. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will clarify what stage the much-needed schools for the burgeoning population of Cherrywood are at; if she acknowledges the need for primary and secondary schools in this area; if she will clearly outline what the delays are in providing these schools and give a definitive date for the commencement of construction and proposed completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39036/25]

669. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address concerns regarding the handling of visa applications (details supplied). [39473/25]