Richard Boyd Barrett

2083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health 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. [19175/25]

2317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the HPV vaccine is not offered for free outside the HSE School Vaccination Programme and the Laura Brennan HPV Catch-up Vaccination Programme for under-21s; her plans to expand access to the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20214/25]

2509. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [19174/25]

2596. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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, loan or payment, where applicable. [19179/25]

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to respond and agree to the request by the National Private Hire and Taxi Association for a meeting as soon as possible to discuss ongoing concerns in the taxi industry; to similarly respond positively and promptly to any other meeting similar requests by taxi representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17798/25]

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [12375/25]

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [12376/25]

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to outline the remit of the disability unit at his Department, including whether it will be responsible for specialist community-based disability services; what responsibility it will have for implementation of "mainstream first" disability policy; whether it will be a policy-development unit; whether it will be responsible for driving disability accessibility in mainstream services; what responsibility it will have for managing or monitoring disability service costs; and how it will engage with service provider organisations, including statutory, section 38, section 39, tendered and for-profit. [17273/25]

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the German government and the German embassy in Ireland regarding the issuing of deportation orders to two Irish citizens in Berlin for legally protected speech (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17294/25]

234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17540/25]

259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has been in communication with the Department of Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department of Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/25]

273. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17535/25]

327. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/25]

374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17539/25]

398. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17543/25]

428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/25]

480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education why reading programmes such as Reading Recovery and Edmark are promoted by her Department in place of science of reading approaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16716/25]

502. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to reports that the Reading Recovery Programme promoted by her Department has a weaker basis in evidence than science of reading-based approaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16969/25]

563. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when she is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17536/25]

590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17546/25]

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17542/25]

688. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation has been established (details supplied); if not, when is he planning for this interdepartmental group to start the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17532/25]

729. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice whether the confidentiality provisions of the International Protection Act 2015 allow individual international protection applicants to grant public representatives formal permission to submit queries related to their applications for international protection; whether the Act allows any Department services to answer queries related to individual applications for international protection where such permission is granted; and what forms or templates exist to grant such permissions. [17240/25]

740. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will provide advice and information to two elderly Palestinians (details supplied) who arrived in Ireland in March 2025 and who are currently temporarily accommodated in a hotel; if they will be granted residency status and access to healthcare given their age and medical conditions; the next steps in their immigration and residency process; if there are health services they can access during any transitional period; the person or body they should contact for updates or further assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17395/25]

782. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to media reports (details supplied), whether it remains his Department’s position that wool is a “low carbon” product; the scientific basis there is for such a position; the professional scientific expertise his Department uses to assess claims about the environmental impact of different agricultural products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17435/25]