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Richard Boyd Barrett

Ireland · Official source

Memberships

  • · 34th Dáil · 29 November 2024 – present
  • · 33rd Dáil · 8 February 2020 – 8 November 2024
  • · 32nd Dáil · 10 March 2016 – 14 January 2020
  • · 31st Dáil · 9 March 2011 – 9 March 2016

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Question· writtenPQ 64asked

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given recent public sector pay strikes, if he will consider further increases to public sector pay to keep ahead of inflation. [73968/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2026

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation given recent public sector pay strikes, if he will consider further increases to public sector pay to keep ahead of inflation. [73968/26]

Question· writtenPQ 55asked

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will meet with unions and address public sector pay issues as a matter of urgency. [73969/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2026

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will meet with unions and address public sector pay issues as a matter of urgency. [73969/26]

Question· writtenPQ 104asked

104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) can expect permanent accommodation; and to provide clarity ahead of the new school year 2027-2028 regarding the number of classrooms in its temporary accommodation the school can expect to gain and to lose. [74917/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2026

104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) can expect permanent accommodation; and to provide clarity ahead of the new school year 2027-2028 regarding the number of classrooms in its temporary accommodation the school can expect to gain and to lose. [74917/26]

Question· writtenPQ 309asked

309. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to confirm the phase of the BusConnects Dublin network redesign that includes routes 86, 87, 88 and P13; whether it is the same phase as route L33, and what the target implementation date is; whether the funding allocation for 2027 will allow further phases of the network redesign to proceed, and in what order; what interim measures are planned to improve the frequency and reliability of route 47 given that Belarmine is a large and growing residential area currently relying mainly on the 47. [73873/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

309. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to confirm the phase of the BusConnects Dublin network redesign that includes routes 86, 87, 88 and P13; whether it is the same phase as route L33, and what the target implementation date is; whether the funding allocation for 2027 will allow further phases of the network redesign to proceed, and in what order; what interim measures are planned to improve the frequency and reliability of route 47 given that Belarmine is a large and growing residential area currently relying mainly on the 47. [73873/26]

Question· writtenPQ 147asked

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will withdraw or amend legislation which proposes that 25% of RTÉ's budget should be redirected to the independent sector, and provide that any policy of support for the latter sector should come from dedicated funding streams, rather than from the budgetary allocation for RTÉ as proposed. [73939/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will withdraw or amend legislation which proposes that 25% of RTÉ's budget should be redirected to the independent sector, and provide that any policy of support for the latter sector should come from dedicated funding streams, rather than from the budgetary allocation for RTÉ as proposed. [73939/26]

Question· writtenPQ 600asked

600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to correspondence his predecessor received (details supplied) the action he has taken in regard to the matters raised. [74455/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to correspondence his predecessor received (details supplied) the action he has taken in regard to the matters raised. [74455/26]

Question· writtenPQ 771asked

771. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a typographic error in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, where reference is made to a nonexistent "kingdom of animalae" instead of the recognised "animalia" (details supplied); and if he has taken legal advice as to the safety of convictions under the Act on account of this typographic error or any other imprecision in the scope of the legislation. [73532/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

771. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a typographic error in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, where reference is made to a nonexistent "kingdom of animalae" instead of the recognised "animalia" (details supplied); and if he has taken legal advice as to the safety of convictions under the Act on account of this typographic error or any other imprecision in the scope of the legislation. [73532/26]

Question· writtenPQ 813asked

813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department's budget allocation in 2027 is sufficient to implement the recommendations of a HSE report on disability service needs (details supplied), alongside other planned spending; and if not, the approximate size of the budgetary shortfall. [73662/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department's budget allocation in 2027 is sufficient to implement the recommendations of a HSE report on disability service needs (details supplied), alongside other planned spending; and if not, the approximate size of the budgetary shortfall. [73662/26]

Question· writtenPQ 173asked

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if, under legislation proposed by his Department, 25% of the funding for RTÉ is to be redirected to external producers, within an already reduced funding envelope. [73937/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2026

173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if, under legislation proposed by his Department, 25% of the funding for RTÉ is to be redirected to external producers, within an already reduced funding envelope. [73937/26]

Question· writtenPQ 497asked

497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has data available recording the amount of the new social housing delivery since 2023 that is wheelchair and disability accessible; the amount of next year's delivery and future years' delivery is projected to be wheelchair and disability accessible, in tabular form; if possible including data pertaining to social homes delivered by AHBs and acquired from private developers; and his plans to ensure that the social housing stock under construction currently has an adequate proportion of wheelchair and disability accessible social homes. [73121/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2026

497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has data available recording the amount of the new social housing delivery since 2023 that is wheelchair and disability accessible; the amount of next year's delivery and future years' delivery is projected to be wheelchair and disability accessible, in tabular form; if possible including data pertaining to social homes delivered by AHBs and acquired from private developers; and his plans to ensure that the social housing stock under construction currently has an adequate proportion of wheelchair and disability accessible social homes. [73121/26]

Question· writtenPQ 513asked

513. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. PQ70626/26, whether he intends that the prospective changes to social housing income limits will have retrospective effect, as was the case for previous changes in social housing income limits. [72721/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2026

513. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. PQ70626/26, whether he intends that the prospective changes to social housing income limits will have retrospective effect, as was the case for previous changes in social housing income limits. [72721/26]

Question· writtenPQ 433asked

433. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has not had an assigned NEPS psychologist for the past two years and that to date none have been assigned for the 2026/27 school year; will she comment on the fact that a major residential hub with 14 primary schools serving the Blackrock area has been completely without this service across multiple school years; will she agree that the structural freeze on educational assessments means that vulnerable children across every one of these schools are missing out and being left behind by the system. [73176/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2026

433. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has not had an assigned NEPS psychologist for the past two years and that to date none have been assigned for the 2026/27 school year; will she comment on the fact that a major residential hub with 14 primary schools serving the Blackrock area has been completely without this service across multiple school years; will she agree that the structural freeze on educational assessments means that vulnerable children across every one of these schools are missing out and being left behind by the system. [73176/26]

Question· writtenPQ 166asked

166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to therapists for children with disabilities and mental health difficulties; if she plans to work with her counterpart at the Department of Education and Youth regarding NEPS vacancies; and if NEPS vacancies are accounted for in the allocation of therapists to HSE-funded services in a given catchment. [73017/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2026

166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to therapists for children with disabilities and mental health difficulties; if she plans to work with her counterpart at the Department of Education and Youth regarding NEPS vacancies; and if NEPS vacancies are accounted for in the allocation of therapists to HSE-funded services in a given catchment. [73017/26]

Question· writtenPQ 222asked

222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her engagements with her counterparts at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding pay, recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in the public sector; and to detail the policies of her Department and agencies under her remit related to the same subject. [73014/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2026

222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her engagements with her counterparts at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding pay, recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in the public sector; and to detail the policies of her Department and agencies under her remit related to the same subject. [73014/26]

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