Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will leave the IHRA given the organisation's hosting in recent days of Benjamin Netanyahu who is considered by the Government to be guilty of committing genocide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/25]

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it appropriate for Ireland's official definition of antisemitism to come from an organisation that in recent days hosted Benjamin Netanyahu, where he claimed that the position supported by the Government, that Israel is deliberately halting the entry of aid into Gaza, is antisemitic misinformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29713/25]

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis that exists for Ireland's policy of neutrality other than the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, otherwise known as the triple lock. [29714/25]

195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline in detail what the implications were to the change in the status of Palestine (details supplied); his views on the symbolic implications of this change in status and any practical consequences for Irish policy. [29823/25]

203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of the Global Guidelines Against Antisemitism considering the input of a government that the Irish Government considers to be guilty of the crime of genocide in the formulation of the guidelines via the EU-Israel Seminar (details supplied). [30481/25]

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of a definition of antisemitism formulated with the input of the Israeli state considering his own comments that the Israeli state instrumentalises accusations of antisemitism to undermine support for human rights (details supplied). [30482/25]

205. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 May 2025, wherein he claimed that it is not for him to make determinations about what qualifies as antisemitic and further to correspondences with the Minister for Justice (details supplied) wherein the Minister claimed that it is not for him to describe the details or status of the definition, how exactly the definition is to be applied, considering, separately, the ambiguity in official responsibility for the definition, and the textual ambiguity inherent in the definition; and his views on whether this ambiguity may have a “chilling effect” upon criticism of Israeli policy; notwithstanding that the definition is legally non-binding and that it notionally accepts particular kinds of criticism of the Israeli state. [30513/25]

206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 May 2025, wherein he claimed that it is not for him to make determinations about what qualifies as antisemitic under the IHRA definition of antisemitism, how he expects officials in public bodies and civil society to make determinations about what should be considered antisemitic under the definition given the evident interpretive ambiguity inherent to the definition. [30514/25]

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason excepting the example of the IHRA definition of antisemitism there are definitions, legally binding or otherwise, of discrimination are generally not officially adopted with respect to particular ethnic and religious groups; the reason, excepting the example of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, Irish law and policy documents concerned with discrimination and racism do not generally make reference to foreign policy or to attitudes to sovereign states; and the reason the IHRA definition of antisemitism was adopted during a period where the Minister claims that the Israeli state has used accusations of antisemitism instrumentally to undermine the case for human rights (details supplied). [30516/25]

247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the work of the Minister of State with Responsibility for the Marine in light of reports of frightening decline in Atlantic fish stocks and the contribution of commercial fishing to this decline (details supplied). [30103/25]

363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the impact that several recent bank holiday weekend DART closures have had on passengers visiting coastal areas and local businesses reliant on footfall for weekend trade; while it is understood that necessary works have to be carried out, if he will meet with Iarnród Eireann and other stakeholders to discuss a station-to-station replacement bus service, carrying out necessary engineering works at night as is common in other jurisdictions, engagement with local services and businesses in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/25]

389. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance whether an amendment is required to the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to allow him to exercise his powers under section 42 of the act to impose restrictive measures against Israeli settlers and any businesses that finance illegal settlements without the support of the Council of the European Union. [29065/25]

431. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of candidates the Public Appointments Service intends to interview as part of the open and interdepartmental competition for assistant principals before September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30118/25]

461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will confirm with his counterpart in the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications whether an individual’s complaint (details supplied) belongs with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission or with Coimisiún na Meán.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29671/25]

696. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware that many rural and urban postmasters are reporting that their post offices are under threat of closure due to inadequate funding (details supplied); if he will assure postmasters that he will agree to their union’s demands for increased funding to secure the future of post offices and the employees who work in them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30168/25]

719. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will work with the Minister for Social Protection, to consider the precarious nature of work in the film and television industry and find ways in which his Department and the Department of Social Protection can respond quickly and effectively to support freelance and creative workers who experience genuinely unexpected employment (details supplied) in order that a crew base can be retained and protected in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30177/25]

792. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most up-to-date resources with respect to design of social homes; and the guidelines in place at the national level for same. [29506/25]

880. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection when the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority will conclude an information-sharing agreement with Revenue under section 108 of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/25]

881. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if automatic enrolment will be made available to all eligible employers and employees immediately on 1 January 2026; if not, the specific timing of the phase roll-out of automatic enrolment, either by employer or employee characteristics or any other such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29059/25]

892. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection on what date will the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority come into existence as a legal entity. [29344/25]

897. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection when will the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority submit a business plan to him. [29404/25]

941. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the precarious nature of work in the film and television industry and find ways in which his Department can respond quickly and effectively to support freelance and creative workers who experience genuinely unexpected employment (details supplied) in order that a crew base can be retained and protected in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30176/25]

1059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to correspondences (details supplied) how the IHRA definition of antisemitism supports or complements the National Action Plan Against Racism per Government press releases, when the Minister responsible for the latter is not able to account for the status of the former. [30479/25]

1124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider transferring the forestry holdings of Coillte to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure that Ireland’s forestry will be preserved for non-commercial use and biodiversity will be conserved. [30102/25]

1148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade gave the foreign affairs perspective, and in light of the examples provided in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted by the government, if she could outline her views from an equality perspective how she will ensure that training or education courses procured by her Department will not give the impression that legitimate political views should be considered antisemitic, wherein taking a particular interest in human rights in Palestine may be read as applying a double standard against Israel, under the IHRA definition, and where individuals disagree with the description given in the definition that Israel is a democratic nation, owing to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population across the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29001/25]