TDs / Richard Boyd Barrett
Richard Boyd Barrett
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1,583
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
153,844
words spoken in the chamber
Across 941 contributions
216
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
278
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.
Who they ask
The departments their questions were addressed to.
Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 1,583 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 941 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 65 | 141 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 67 |
| April 2025 | 100 | 31 |
| May 2025 | 109 | 2 |
| June 2025 | 97 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 127 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 56 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 50 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 82 | 62 |
| December 2025 | 71 | 54 |
| January 2026 | 107 | 95 |
| February 2026 | 125 | 83 |
| March 2026 | 98 | 48 |
| April 2026 | 57 | 62 |
| May 2026 | 58 | 114 |
| June 2026 | 73 | 53 |
| July 2026 | 131 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 97 | 62 |
| October 2026 | 37 | 41 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 666 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.
Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Dún Laoghaire 29 November 2024 to now
- party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 …
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 disabilit…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 an…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 v…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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,…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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; an…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 r…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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,…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Oral
24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [12376/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 m…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 t…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 legi…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 imp…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 impli…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 Departm…
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
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 inve…