2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following the reduction to higher education student fees, if he will provide assurance that student fees will not rise again in the future; if he is considering fully abolishing further and higher education student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/25]
22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following the recommendations in the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers, the plans to ensure that all PhD researchers, regardless of their funding source, receive at least €25,000 per annum stipend; his views on the issue of giving PhD researchers a worker status; and if he will mak…
52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional measures he is planning to introduce to make apprenticeship programmes more attractive given the urgent need to increase the number of people qualified in the trades to address capacity issues; the plans to remove financial barriers to increase take-up of apprenticeships; and if he will…
359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education for details of her engagements with a school (details supplied) regarding their proposal to temporarily house a proposed special school in “Phase 2” of their new premises, rather than in prefabricated units on land designated for use as the school’s outdoor space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13598/25]
904. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of policy initiatives, funding schemes and interventions intended to improve the economic and social development of rural and urban communities funded or administered by his Department. [13969/25]
905. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of projects funded by his Department in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area. [13970/25]
101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to update the National Development Plan to ensure adequate water and other infrastructure to facilitate the construction new homes are built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/25]
3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [9489/25]
18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders' retreat on 3 February 2025. [9490/25]
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the commemoration for the liberation of Auschwitz. [9491/25]
550. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will review and advise on the case of a child (details supplied) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and a moderate to severe intellectual disability who consultants state needs a special school place as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12481/25]
553. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10630/25]
696. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the number of sráith pictiúir that will be included in the 2026 Leaving Certificate oral Irish examination; if she will recognise that current fifth year students are anxious to have this clarified; if the current number of ten will be maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11912/25]
882. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement mobile homes or caravans that have been received by his Department; the number that have been approved and or are still under consideration and or have been rejected, by local authority; the estimated number of applications his Department expects to receive; the anticipat…
883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the delay in appointing a Minister of State for Traveller Accommodation is adding to delays in administering this emergency funding to Traveller families rendered homeless after storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11450/25]
1079. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is planning to introduce legislation to include non-binary people in the already-established Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12886/25]
1080. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the work that has been done by his Department to examine legal recognition of non-binary and non-gendered people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12887/25]
1081. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to ensure that non-binary people can have their gender correctly recognised on official forms and documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12888/25]
1092. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who died in custody in Mountjoy Prison on 3 January 2022 and establish when the required inquest into their death will take place; the reason the inquest has been delayed for such a long period since the person’s death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10629/25]
1301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of how she will progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month through the national childcare scheme (NCS), as promised in the Programme for Government, and also provide a timeframe; provide core funding documentation for 2025/26; explain why the core funding document does no…
69. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she plans to meet the demands for pay restoration and pay parity for section 39 workers given the ballot for industrial action by section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10164/25]
97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately lift the pay and numbers strategy to ensure that all health services can be staffed to safe and adequate levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10163/25]
43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing individuals whose medical conditions require the use of extensive medical equipment to claim flat-rate relief for electricity, as those who use kidney dialysis machines currently do. [9957/25]
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6429/25]
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will meet [6430/25]