Richard Boyd Barrett

840. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice for details of engagements between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) or other anti-racist groups ahead of the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. [24472/25]

847. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is no refugee programme in place for Palestinians, equivalent to the Afghan admission programme, considering the acute humanitarian crisis in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/25]

915. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 8 April 2025, whether it remains his Department’s position that wool is a low-carbon textile (details supplied); and whether he will offer any clarity on the relative carbon impact of wool compared with other textiles. [23203/25]

1000. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the primary and secondary legislation regulating medical advertising and labelling, in particular the legislation regulating what health and medical claims sellers can make about their products. [23187/25]

1001. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to clarify the innovation and economic growth section of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland; whether she views the “diverse range of clinical disease characteristics” in Ireland as an opportunity for private profit-making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/25]

1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of reports that individuals’ genomic data may be at risk when private companies responsible for generating and storing the data are in distress (details supplied), the reason the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland makes no reference to either retaining genomic services in public ownership or bringing private services into public ownership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23198/25]

1003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine’s commitment to building the genetics and genomics workforce for the future, for details of engagements with the Department of Further Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding raising PhD stipends in the life sciences to the living wage and granting PhD students employee status. [23199/25]

1193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that there is no national skin cancer screening programme in Ireland at present; if there are any plans to establish such a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24377/25]

1194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the costs of establishing a national skin cancer screening programme. [24378/25]

1195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the current annual costs to the Exchequer of treating skin cancer and related conditions. [24379/25]

1196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted any research or analysis on the cost to the Exchequer of delayed detection of skin cancers, in particular, any research or analysis which considers the contribution of the costs to patients of private screening to the delayed detection of skin cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/25]

1219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the dispute between the HSE and healthcare workers in relation to the pay and numbers strategy; the discussions she has had regarding the planned industrial action by healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16064/25]

1223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an overview of the primary and secondary legislation governing school matriculation and university entry in Ireland. [23165/25]

1259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is considering any policy measures to remedy the "replication crisis" in the life sciences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23992/25]

1260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details of any policies in place, or in development, to mitigate "p-hacking" and other forms of scientific malpractice in research and publishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23993/25]

1261. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an overview of the primary and secondary legislation regulating the rights and entitlements of third level students in respect of the institutions they attend, in particular any recourse against exclusion from an institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23994/25]

1267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to offering teaching or research posts in Ireland to academics in the US who have experienced or are at risk of facing political discrimination by the Trump Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/25]

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23742/25]

243. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23717/25]

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23720/25]

301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23736/25]

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23079/25]

305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of people previously earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies who are now in receipt of a public sector pension as a consequence of this previous employment, broken down by the value of their pension. [23080/25]

315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23741/25]

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23753/25]