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 i…
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 …
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 t…
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 applicat…
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 pro…
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 w…
787. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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…
844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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 he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Soc…
1019. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health 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 he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative impl…
1083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 Departmen…
1085. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development noting that his Department is listed as a co-lead for Action 4.1 of the 2019-2024 Department of Rural and Community Development five-year strategy (details supplied), to provide updates on this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/25]
1096. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on Action 4.1 of the 2019-2024 Department's five-year strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/25]
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of Israeli bonds that have been sold in Ireland since 2023 and the value of these and if he will introduce legislation to forbid the Central Bank of Ireland from facilitating the sale of bonds for countries that are in breach of human rights law and the Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/25]
86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address potential economic and financial issues due to US multinationals and FDI leaving Ireland as a result of transatlantic trade war; and if he is considering any emergency measures to minimise the impact of US policy and multinational corporation influence on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16063/25]
150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he played any role in the negotiations between section 39 workers and the government in the Workplace Relations Commission; if he engaged in any discussions with the Department for Health or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to approve expenditure for pay a…
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients currently in receipt of both the one parent family payment and the half rate carer’s allowance; the number of these recipients who will lose their entitlement to these payments in 2025 due to their child turning 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16328/25]
12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is it his intention to diversify Ireland’s forest estate away from the monocultural Sitka plantations towards the restoration of native and broadleaf forests, and how he intends to do that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13809/25]
15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what annual afforestation targets he is intending for each year over the next five years; if these targets net afforestation targets; how he intends to ensure such targets are met; the additional funding and supports he is intending for farmers to meet afforestation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13810/25…
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, the cooperation that exists between her Department and HSE-funded genetic services, including data sharing arrangements, genetic and genomic clinical services and genetic counselling services; and if she will make…
254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth recognising her Department’s commitment to early intervention to maximise disabled citizens’ capacity and recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, to outline her views on how genetic counselling could support disability services; and if she will make a statement on …
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any cooperation between her Department and the Department of Health National Genetics and Genomics Strategy Steering Group in the development of policy and strategy in either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15930/25]
291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024; what steps are being taken to deal with the delay; if she can give a date for the commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15995/25]