TDs / Richard Boyd Barrett
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.
What they ask about
The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.
Who they ask
The departments their questions were addressed to.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Asked about similar topics
Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.
Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Dún Laoghaire 29 November 2024 to now
- party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1959. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If he will work with his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that an individual and his family (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [41242/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1966. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has been accepted for a place in UCD is granted a student visa to exit Gaza and take up their studies in Ireland. [41327/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to work which his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a person (details supplied) is granted a student visa for Ireland in order to take up their studies, with a clear pathway to being added to the exit lists from Gaza. [41332/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider extending document submission deadlines for visas in light of confusion over whether the INIS online portal is accepting document uploads. [41490/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required, without specifying what information is required. [41491/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required for an application, without specifying what information is required, considering that applications may be closed if the information is not received before a defined deadline, if he will consider reopening a…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider issuing confirmation emails after documents have been successfully received through the INIS online portal. [41493/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that many applicants for visas and citizenship through the online INIS portal are experiencing stress as due to technical issues with the portal given it is unclear whether their documents have successfully been uploaded. [41494/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
2059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that the Government considers conditions in Gaza to constitute a genocide, whether any senior official in his Department has been appointed to co-ordinate immigration permissions for Palestinians who might seek refuge in Ireland. [42409/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 conf…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 …