Richard Boyd Barrett

466. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any plans to change or modify the current driving test to accommodate those who due to examination anxiety and nerves are not progressing to passing the driving test; if there are proposals to design a driving test more suitable for those with medical evidence of anxiety in examination situations, bearing in mind the requirement that people must be deemed qualified to drive safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/25]

577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19172/25]

625. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a list of value-for-money reports commenced or completed by his Department in the past five years, including those undertaken by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/25]

633. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19178/25]

707. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19170/25]

842. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19169/25]

906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if Ireland will take part in the next TIMSS Advanced study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19555/25]

907. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her views on the length of initial teacher training programme; if there are plans to make changes to the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19556/25]

1088. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19182/25]

1172. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if inspections were conducted prior to the acquisition by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of 12 homes at Holly Park estate, Shankill; if any structural defects, dampness, ventilation issues or other safety concerns were identified; whether any remedial works were required or carried out either before or after the acquisition; the total cost to the council for the acquisition; if he is aware that many of the tenants allocated these homes were HAP tenants previously living in overcrowded private accommodation; if the council was aware of this when allocating the properties; if these tenants can now be required to accept allocations that would lock them into overcrowded conditions in the long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18874/25]

1195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19176/25]

1201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he plans to safeguard crucial programmes like Housing First while several of such organisations are in crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/25]

1221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the justification in the Programme for Government commitment to continue to support one-off, rural housing (details supplied). [19395/25]

1223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider advocating for a ban on data centre construction in areas of high housing need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/25]

1230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason emergency accommodation services are regulated by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive rather than HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19545/25]

1411. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19180/25]

1549. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19177/25]

1695. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19166/25]

1804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants are currently reliant on emergency accommodation or are homeless due to lack of capacity in IPAS centres. [18857/25]

1811. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ask the HSE for updates on objective 5 of the HSE Corporate Plan 2021-2025, namely work undertaken to date by the HSE to reimagine disability services to be the most responsive, person-centred model achievable with greater flexibility and choice for the service user. [19033/25]

1812. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists between HSE-funded disability services and HSE-funded genetic services, including cooperation between disability services and genetic counselling services, cooperation between disability services and genetic and genomic clinical services, any data sharing between disability services and genetic services and including any use of information from one service for service planning in the other (details supplied). [19035/25]

1813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the actions undertaken or planned by the HSE to ensure that genetic counselling services and early intervention disability services support one another (details supplied). [19036/25]

1814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists for the purpose of drafting service plans, corporate plans, and similar operational documents between HSE disability services and the National Test Directory for Rare and Inherited Diseases, the HSE disability services and the National Genetics and Genomics Office; and the cooperation that exists between HSE disability services and the HSE National Rare Diseases Office (details supplied). [19037/25]

1817. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE early intervention team and the school-age team (details supplied) still exists; the way in which it engages with the wider disability sector; if it has expanded or will expand coverage outside of Ballymun, Larkhill, Santry, Whitehall, Clontarf, Killester, Marino, Drumcondra, parts of Glasnevin and the north inner city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19053/25]

1828. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment, where applicable. [19167/25]