Richard Boyd Barrett

1149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 20 May 2025, and the clarification therein from the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration that matters relating to equality policy fall under the remit of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality; the details of engagements between her Department and civil liberties groups (details supplied) ahead of the Government's adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the adoption of the definition.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29002/25]

1150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 20 May 2025, and the clarification therein from the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration that matters relating to equality policy fall under the remit of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, the reason there was no public consultation ahead of the Government's adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as there was ahead of the adoption of the National Action Plan Against Racism. [29003/25]

1245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to correspondences with the Minister for Justice (details supplied), to clarify exactly the scope of her Department’s remit with respect to equality policy. [30448/25]

1335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the health research board does not routinely conduct or commission market surveillance to test illicit cannabis products for synthetic contaminants, despite evidence from other jurisdictions of such adulteration. [29262/25]

1336. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether the health research board’s attribution of harms, such as those in a report (details supplied), to cannabis itself without distinguishing between natural cannabis and synthetic cannabinoid adulterants reflects a deliberate policy to generalize risks, potentially skewing public health data and perceptions. [29263/25]

1337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the steps the Government will take to ensure that public health messaging and research accurately differentiate between harms caused by cannabis and those caused by unregulated synthetic contaminants, particularly in the context of ongoing debates about cannabis legalization, to protect consumers and inform evidence-based policy. [29264/25]

1414. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed; if so, if she publish the recommendations of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29565/25]

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for a list of all thematic units and programme offices administered by the Department of the Taoiseach (details supplied). [27826/25]

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, the specific individuals or organisations that raised concerns with his Department or the Government ahead of the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [27887/25]

340. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 13 May 2025, to confirm that notwithstanding expertise available in agencies under his remit than there are no technical and scientific units directly within his Department specifically tasked with assessing environmental and climate claims for the development of departmental and inter-departmental policy. [27846/25]

388. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the position of a person (details provided) that needs a revision hip surgery following an unsuccessful surgery in 2019; if she will take steps to ensure that this is carried out as soon as possible to relieve the huge pain the person continues to experience six years later; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27890/25]

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is accommodation in the Irish-Palestinian scholarship programme (IPSP) for individuals, who have been unable to complete their secondary education in Palestine owing to genocide and humanitarian disaster but wish to apply for a scholarship in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26736/25]

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, whether through the IHRA working definition of antisemitism the State has endorsed the position that criticism of Israel is only legitimate when it concerns actions of the government of Israel and that therefore endorsed that criticism of the State's constitutional arrangements and its overall legitimacy are antisemitic. [27241/25]

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade notwithstanding any letters, speeches or communications expressing support for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whether the Government has brought any formal proposals to meetings of any EU institutions equivalent to those formally tabled by the Dutch government, or formally requested such proposals be included as an agenda item at meetings of any EU institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27527/25]

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to reports (details supplied) that the government of Hungary has vetoed sanctions against extremist settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the European Union level, and therefore that these sanctions, and any further sanctions in relation to Israel that are supported by the Government, are unlikely to be agreed at the EU level, whether there are any plans to take action to impose sanctions of any kind without the endorsement of the European Union or the institutions thereof. [27533/25]

169. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce legislation regarding safety issues around e-bikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/25]

356. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 25 February 2025, his views on whether it is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy, namely that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of both, a person can be assured of a minimum basic income and a person in employment will always receive more than they would if reliant on welfare alone (details supplied), given that individuals can be rendered ineligible for social housing on the basis of employment or on the basis of hardship payments, and consequently see a substantial fall in disposable income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/25]

359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered that income limits for social housing eligibility act as a “welfare cliff” (details supplied) that disincentivise eligible individuals from taking up employment or applying for promotion. [26723/25]

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any engagements with his colleagues in the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; if, in particular, the limits disincentivise taking up employment or applying for payments to which an individual may otherwise be entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/25]

361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, given that social housing is a key part of the architecture of social protection in Ireland, his views on whether his Department’s approach to social housing income limits is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy; namely, that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of both a person can be assured of a minimum basic income and that a person in employment will always receive more than they would if reliant on welfare alone (details supplied). [26725/25]

362. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any research, completed or ongoing, concerning the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; whether, in particular, the limits disincentivise taking up employment or applying for payments to which an individual may otherwise be entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26726/25]

363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether legislation will be progressed indexing income limits for social housing eligibility to either inflation, the minimum wage, the median wage, average industrial wage, or lower quartile wage to reflect the decline in purchasing power over time of incomes that were previously considered to be too high for a person to be eligible. [26727/25]

364. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that there are income gaps in the available housing schemes operated by his Department and by local authorities whereby a person’s income may be too high for social housing eligibility and at the same time too low for any available cost rental options or to take advantage of schemes for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/25]

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider abolishing the income limits for social housing eligibility and fund a universally accessible social housing system through a scheme of differential rents. [26729/25]

436. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the charges that will be levied against members of the auto-enrolment scheme, split between different categories (details supplied); if there will be any other charges either on members or on their employers; if charge levels have yet to be decided, to indicate when prospective members will be informed of charge levels under the various headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/25]