Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent EU Council meeting. [22415/26]

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the informal meeting of EU member state leaders in Cyprus on 23 April 2026. [31137/26]

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the revised national digital and AI strategy. [41561/26]

164. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to protect workers against job losses from AI and to ensure that worker rights are protected, in terms of redundancies and trade union protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45623/26]

208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is planning to abolish sub-minimum wages and increase the national minimum wage to a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45622/26]

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 9 June 2026, notwithstanding her Department’s support for sanctions against individual settlers, NGOs and others directly involved in illegal colonisation of the West Bank discussed therein, specifically whether the Irish Government supports sanctions against Israel akin to those against Russia (details supplied); if this is not the case, to state clearly that this is not the intention of the sanctions against Israel supported by the Government; and to clarify exactly the purpose of the proposed and actual sanctions against Israel supported by the Government. [45706/26]

459. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 28 May 2026, wherein a detailed breakdown of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026 was requested, to provide the requested data alongside an overview of all data held by her Department and the NCSE as regards unmet need for special education places for September 2026. [45259/26]

518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the recent Leaving Certificate honours maths papers; if she acknowledges that the 25% uplift was introduced to encourage more students to choose honours maths but if papers are exceptionally difficult as reported this year, this will run counter to the reason the uplift was introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45830/26]

519. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that in the recent Leaving Certificate biology examination, the exam booklet credits a website (details supplied) for making diagrams for the exam and that this is an AI generation tool for biology questions; her views on students’ assertion that some of the diagrams, notably the one on meiosis and mitosis, were incorrect; if she will clarify the decision to include AI generated images in examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45831/26]

1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's legislative and policy reform agenda as regards medicinal cannabis. [45783/26]

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is considering further investment in renationalisation of key sectors such as energy to reduce household costs and reliance on private profit-driven companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27665/26]

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38897/26]

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [38898/26]

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence the discussions and communications she has had with her counterparts across Europe in relation to the potential of Ireland’s departure from the triple lock mechanism, and possible new military deployments or actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43667/26]

171. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence in the event that the Government removes the triple lock, the new military deployments that are planned that the Government believe would not receive approval from the UN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43668/26]

200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an overview of dates, times and venues of meetings scheduled associated with Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. [43836/26]

208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 26 May 2026, whether the Government supports sanctions against Israel with the aim of weakening Israel's economic base, depriving it of critical technologies and markets and significantly curtailing its ability to wage war, as it does in the case of sanctions against Russia; or whether the sanctions against Israel supported by the Government have other aims short of this. [41969/26]

863. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure that there is an appropriate school place for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/26]

976. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 715 of 17 February 2026, the amount sought by the developer of an ice hockey arena in Cherrywood; the amount granted by his Department and any agencies under his remit; and the reason no number was provided in the previous response. [41494/26]

1051. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data that is available regarding households removed from social housing lists nationally; and to provide a breakdown, by year and by local authority of the number of people removed from the lists; and the reason, since the income thresholds for eligibility were last revised, in tabular form. [42101/26]

1089. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if a “qualified child increase” is taken into account in the assessment of means for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42767/26]

1204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm if a “qualified child increase” is taken into account in means tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42766/26]

1361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a life-threatening illness, whose medics strongly support their remaining in the State, with a view to the revocation of a deportation order on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42534/26]

1535. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of parental leave for same-sex parents of children conceived abroad through non-commercial surrogacy, whether the non-natal parent can avail of parental leave notwithstanding that, as yet, they are not registered as the child’s parent on their birth certificate. [41490/26]

1616. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the options available for parents who have place(s) in a creche that opts out of core funding; if it is possible to ensure that proper notice is given to parents about increases in fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42739/26]