Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

357. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the treatment available in Ireland to a patient who is suffering from stage four oesophageal cancer which has spread; if no treatment is available, what options are available to the patient to have treatment outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [15155/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [15432/23]

Public Sector Reform Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the strategic foresight and strengthening policy development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [15430/23]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on when the BusConnects phase for the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/23]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

298. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport why taxi drivers legally have to offer card paying facilities, while this method of payment is optional for all other members of the business community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17321/23]

Gender Equality

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his plans for improving gender equality. [12862/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Department of Justice regarding the national review of State supports for PhD researchers in relation to visa and immigration status of non-EEA PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on departmental plans to address inequities that may emerge between State-funded PhD researchers and other PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/23]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will commit to the abolition of all third-level and postgraduate fees in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/23]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to allocate the necessary funds in budget 2024 to meet the demands of an organisation (details supplied) for a living wage for all PhD researchers, regardless of funding source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [11605/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to publish a Housing for All report with the final figures of housing delivered for the whole of 2022; and when he expects to do this. [15431/23]

Departmental Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [15153/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. [15154/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [12864/23]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the international division of his Department. [11604/23]

School Meals Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the school meals programme to all schools by 2023; and if she will ensure that these meals are of a high standard and offer both hot and cold school meals. [14163/23]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

316. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regards to those families and individuals who were removed from the council housing lists as a result of income limits but who found themselves back under the limits in January when the limits were increased; the exact dates that apply for applicants getting their time back when they are put back on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15306/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

323. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline how the tenant-in-situ scheme will work when a tenant’s home is in a different local authority area to where they are on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15364/23]