772. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance given that states generally have access to cheaper finance than the private sector, to outline the differences in financing costs for the delivery of large social housing projects compared to large private housing projects (details supplied). [44353/25]
847. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a list of units in his Department and the budget, including staffing budget for each. [44324/25]
1102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for delays to review of SNA allocation at a school (details supplied), where parents are concerned that there are not enough resources to support their children's needs. [42027/25]
1140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action she has taken to ensure that there will be an appropriate special class for a group of students (details supplied) in the Dún Laoghaire area. [42524/25]
1157. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 12 June 2025, if she will consider pausing the redesignation of mild general learning disability schools to reflect that they serve as centres of excellence for the management of subset of special education needs (details supplied) which will be less well met in mainstream schools even with additi…
1158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 12 June 2025, if she will consider pausing the redesignation of mild general learning disability schools to reflect that they serve as centres of excellence for the management of subset of special education needs (details supplied) which will be less well met in mainstream schools even with additi…
1564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the full year cost of the maintenance of local authority rented homes, broken down by local authority. [42731/25]
1589. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has made any funding available to local authorities to appoint vacancy officers to manage social housing voids; and if so, how much funding for each local authority. [42962/25]
1590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancy officers employed by local authorities nationwide, broken down by local authority. [42963/25]
1717. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of removing all income thresholds for social housing eligibility. [44343/25]
1718. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the potential for revenue raising through the application of differential rents to individuals on high incomes were the income thresholds for social housing eligibility removed. [44344/25]
1719. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of adding all social welfare payments to the income disregards for social housing eligibility. [44345/25]
1720. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of establishing a monitoring body which will conduct regular inspections of private rental units to ensure compliance with local and national standards; and further to the costs of establishing this body, the potential costs of running it for one year. [44347/25]
1721. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of establishing an independent Traveller-specific housing agency to oversee the delivery of culturally appropriate Traveller accommodation nationwide; and the estimated costs of delivering housing for all Travellers who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. [44348/25]
1722. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of building 66,910 homes on the 83 parcels of disused and underused land in public ownership identified by the Land Development Agency; and to provide an update on the status of these parcels (details supplied). [44350/25]
1723. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is consistent with national policy that a local authority in Dublin has voted to reduce the density of zoned housing on a vacant parcel of land (details supplied). [44352/25]
1800. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if employers will be allowed to enrol higher rate taxpayers in a company pension scheme and other employees in My Future Fund; if so, if employees who move from My Future Fund to a company pension scheme (or vice versa) on a change in tax status, be allowed to transfer accrued funds to the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
1801. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 127 of 19 June 2025, the number of the estimated 200,000 higher rate taxpayers eligible for enrolment into My Future Fund that are projected to join the scheme when it goes live on 1 January 2026, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/25]
1895. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the fuel allowance. [44325/25]
1896. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to estimate the cost of expanding the fuel allowance to all people on a disability-related social protection payment; and of extending the heating season to 32 weeks. [44337/25]
1897. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated costs of linking the wage subsidy scheme to the national minimum wage; and the estimated costs of restoring the wage subsidy scheme to 70% of the national minimum wage. [44341/25]
1898. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reconfiguring disability allowance payments such that only the receiving individual’s personal income is assessable, and not their household’s and where “welfare cliffs” in the payment are designed such that no recipient will receive less income in aggregate if they take up work or take a promotion. [44342/25]
1921. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene urgently to assist with an individual (details supplied) who has been displaced from Gaza alongside his family who are seeking to exit Gaza and come to Ireland. [40860/25]
1957. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to concerns raised in relation to conditions for residents at a location (details supplied). [41232/25]
1958. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to engage with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a humanitarian worker (details supplied) is evacuated from Gaza. [41236/25]