Richard Boyd Barrett

585. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her views on a recent no confidence vote by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26783/25]

586. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her views on reports that ineffective leadership and governance presents risks to the governance of service delivery to patients, the management of staff wellbeing and the potential for psychosocial harm in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26784/25]

757. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider purchasing a site that is for sale (details supplied) in order to preserve access to St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire from Crofton Road and to expand hospital operations; and if not, the justification for not purchasing the site. [27498/25]

253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the rationale for the removal of a person from the housing waiting list and all the years they have accrued as a result of being temporarily over the income threshold limit (details supplied); his views on whether this is a very harsh penalty for those who remain in housing need and who, upon being assessed as eligible to reapply, have to begin a long process of waiting again, despite having had significant prior years on the waiting list; if he will examine a case for reinstating the lost years minus the one year of being over the threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26391/25]

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail all recourse, including legal recourse, available to individuals who have been removed from local authority housing waiting lists (details supplied). [26392/25]

367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the Irish language was excluded from consideration by the cross-Government working group on the EU Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers; her views on whether this represents a failure to uphold the State’s duty to promote Irish in public life; if she will commit to introducing clear policy measures, including legislation if required to mandate bilingual packaging in order to protect and enhance the visibility of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26500/25]

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of his responsibility for equality policy, his views on the way in which it is possible for persons to be clear that they are not applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation, which is described as a form of antisemitism in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism; in cases in which a person believes that due to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population it governs that Israel is not a democratic nation or in cases in which a person takes a particular interest in human rights in the region, and therefore may be seen to be applying double standards by discussing a consistent standard in a single, particular context; the way in which he will ensure that no training or education courses procured by his Department will give the impression that such individuals are antisemitic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25425/25]

519. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for details of what policies, schemes and employment or training opportunities are in place to support and promote the development of a non-commercially oriented artistic skills base in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25514/25]

670. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice in respect of his responsibility for equality policy the details of engagements between his Department and the ICCL and other civil liberties groups ahead of the Government's adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the adoption of the definition. [25426/25]

671. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice in respect of his responsibility for equality policy 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. [25427/25]

182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with European counterparts regarding the potential activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to relieve humanitarian disaster in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/25]

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [17098/25]

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [17099/25]

297. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the scientific expertise his Department has access to for assessing environmental and climate claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23206/25]

298. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the work of his Department’s exploration and mining division; the way in which he ensures that exploration and mining projects in Ireland are consistent with climate and environmental goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/25]

299. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide and update on the work of his Department’s petroleum affairs division; the way in which he ensures that oil and gas exploitation in Ireland is consistent with climate and environmental goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/25]

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider capping standing charges for electricity at a rate consistent with European averages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/25]

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether legislation will be progressed to move towards a consumption-based energy billing model and away from reliance on standing charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/25]

334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether legislation will be progressed to mandate that energy providers provide a specific breakdown and justification for any standing charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/25]

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he believes it is appropriate that individuals who are low energy users, in particular those who are low energy users because they are on low incomes, pay a disproportionate amount for their energy usage through high standing charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/25]

336. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has investigated whether standing charges paid by households for energy contribute to lower bills for commercial energy consumers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24269/25]

370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his views on expanding sail and rail connectivity with cities in the UK; to provide details of engagements with UK counterparts about same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23274/25]

371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of any consideration given to supporting the reopening of Dún Laoghaire ferry port for passenger transport; details of any consideration given to public investment in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23275/25]

411. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport in light of the substantially higher carbon footprint per passenger kilometre associated with first class and business class flights compared with economy class flights (details supplied), for any plans to reduce the number of premium flights from Ireland, including any prospective regulations related to advertising such flights or excluding them from rewards programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23991/25]

424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport given that when the E2 bus route in Dublin was launched it was accompanied by a booklet outlining the expected time between buses would be every eight minutes during peak times and ten minutes for most of the rest of the day, his views on whether it is acceptable that in fact during the a.m. rush hour passengers heading towards Dún Laoghaire (around 8am) to link up with DART and trains have a wait time of between 20–35 minutes for a bus and in the evening on their return often see wait times of between 17 and 25 minutes displayed; if he will instruct the NTA in light of its responsibilities of drafting timetables to ensure an E2 bus service to passengers of eight minutes between buses and instruct them to have at least two more buses leave Harristown between 7.51 and 8.16 a.m. weekdays which is currently displayed on bus stop timetable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24294/25]