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 i…
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 completi…
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]
736. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene as a matter of urgency to ensure that a Palestinian GAA team (details supplied) are issued visas on time to attend an upcoming tournament. [39444/25]
968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of patients occupying a hospital bed who cannot be discharged due to the fact they do not have a home to go to; the breakdown of this number, by the number of patients and the name of the hospital and county with patients in this category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39450/25]
272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how it was possible that an individual (details supplied) was deported from Ireland before he had received a response to his application for revocation of deportation. [38384/25]
274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reverse the deportation of an individual (details supplied) who has been unjustly separated from his family through deportation, before deportation proceedings had fully concluded, and despite the support of the elected members of his local authority for his remaining in Ireland. [38429/25]
94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will legislate to ensure that there is an obligation on landlords and letting agents to inform tenants of any overpayments they may have made. [38047/25]
133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a decision-making representation order is required for a relative of a person in residential services to request a second opinion from a medical professional where there are concerns that the service user is receiving improper medical care, or whether the service provider should facilitate this upon request. [37995/25]
263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider legislating to ensure that examiners and invigilators in the further education sector are put on the same tax footing as those in the compulsory education sector (details supplied). [38123/25]
684. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will intervene to reverse the deportation of a man who is facing grave danger since his deportation to Nigeria (details supplied). [37914/25]
686. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene to reverse the eviction of an individual resident (details supplied) at an IPAS centre. [37929/25]
818. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will update the assisted human reproduction legislation to reflect the concerns raised by an individual (details supplied). [37446/25]
833. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the schemes that exist for recognising the progress made by communities in relation to recovery from addiction, mental health difficulties and related issues; and whether there are there any public initiatives to recognise recovery at the level of villages, towns and other settlements (details supplied). [37500/25]
883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [37830/25]
323. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to intervene in a case where there are major safeguarding concerns in a disability services centre (details supplied). [36680/25]
228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason she continues to deflect responsibility for bilingual food and drink labelling to the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht which has publicly confirmed it has no role in this area rather than using her own Department’s legislative authority over the Food Information to consumers regulation to act; if she accepts that …
229. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which she can justify excluding any consideration of the Irish language from the Inter-Departmental Group on the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation, despite her Department having full legislative responsibility for food labelling in Ireland; if she accepts that refusing to even allow discussion of Ireland’s constitutional and legal obl…
226. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of making all public transport, including both public service obligation services and private commercial services, free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35679/25]