Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. [22414/26]

76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cork city taskforce will be established. [42787/26]

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the implementation of the Dublin City Taskforce report. [45339/26]

123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings in June in Hungary with the Prime Minister of Hungary. [45340/26]

223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether current immigration and employment permissions adequately account for the unique nature of elected student representative roles, which are both employment positions and democratic mandates. [48008/26]

328. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department has considered the position of international students elected to full-time sabbatical officer roles within recognised students' unions, particularly in relation to immigration permissions and employment eligibility. [48005/26]

329. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether it is the Government's position that all registered students, including international students, should have an unrestricted right to seek election to represent their peers in students' union structures, subject only to institutional democratic rules. [48006/26]

330. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether the Department recognises the significant role played by the international student cohort in Irish higher education, including their participation in institutional governance and representative structures. [48007/26]

331. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether consideration has been given to issuing specific guidance or policy clarification for higher education institutions and students' unions in respect of elected student officers whose ability to serve may be affected by changes in immigration status during their term of office. [48009/26]

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he is aware of a specific date that either his Department or SETU formally advised the senior management a college (details supplied) that its staff and programs would not be transferring into SETU. [48010/26]

333. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when and the way in which the Minister notify a college (details supplied) following the due diligence process; and at what point was senior management advised to engage with staff. [48011/26]

334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether formal notice given to the CAO that a college (details supplied) would not be in a position to accept students for the coming academic year (2026/27); and if so, when. [48012/26]

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an independent valuation was conducted on a college's (details supplied) land and buildings; and the exact terms of the agreement transferring this multi-million-euro asset to SETU [48013/26]

336. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason and when did his Department decide that Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) did not apply to a college (details supplied) given that prior press releases strongly implied employees would transfer. [48014/26]

337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his exact understanding was of the original merger plan between SETU and a college (details supplied); and the reason he permitted a total pivot from an active integration to an outright asset liquidation. [48015/26]

338. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a college (details supplied) senior management actively requested that students and staff transfer directly to SETU for the duration of the two-year teach-out phase to guarantee employment and academic security. [48016/26]

339. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department will commit to full transparency and cooperation with the Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted by union representatives regarding the undisclosed MOU (details supplied) [48017/26]

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered the role of housing insecurity on child welfare; the additional supports she is proposing to improve child welfare in precarious housing situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47497/26]

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his plans to fully implement the promise made in the Programme for Government of a €200 per month childcare and to provide a timeframe for implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47498/26]

228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether revenue collected through the newly announced vacant site levy, which will be administered by the Revenue Commissioners, will go to local authorities or to the central fund. [46843/26]

536. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the delays in processing applications for visa renewals and IRP cards (details supplied); his plans to address the backlog issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47615/26]

537. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the delays in processing IRP renewal applications, for example for Russian nationals who are legally living and working here; if he will clarify the steps he is taking to address these serious matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47616/26]

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline any additional disability-related supports he is planning to introduce in the upcoming budget to help disabled people with the increasing costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/26]

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering the introduction of a universal cost of disability payment that is not means-tested and not taxed, to help people with disabilities pay for additional costs associated with living with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46364/26]

542. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the buildings and lands associated with St. Patrick's Carlow College have been valued; and if so, the estimated value. [46729/26]