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 i…
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 perspe…
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 liber…
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 Governme…
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…
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 a…
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 inclu…
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 b…
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]