Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

1545. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the options available to an Afghan refugee living in Ireland to expedite their family’s reunification application given that their family is in increased danger day-by-day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40157/22]

Citizenship Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

1581. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the current average processing time for a citizenship application; if her Department is still on course to achieve processing times of six to nine months by the end of 2022, as stated earlier in the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41007/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

1617. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the Office of Public Works, OPW, to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42027/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1619. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full cost of implementing the recommendations in the disability capacity review; and the estimated cost of same in year one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41498/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1620. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on personal assistants; the increase that would be needed in order for Ireland to fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41502/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1621. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on provision of respite for those with disabilities; the estimated increase that would be needed in order that Ireland would fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41503/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1676. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the special pandemic payment is to be given to a company (details supplied) who provide cleaning services in many hospitals around the country including St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; and if so, when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1738. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the nurses in a nursing home (details supplied) can be expected to receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment that they were promised at the start of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40196/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1966. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41505/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1967. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the new spending that would be available to mental health services if it was increased to 12% of the total budget for health in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional ICU beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/22]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

1969. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the maximum payment on the drug payment scheme to €40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1970. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free primary care, including general practitioners for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free dental care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41511/22]

Hospital Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all inpatient and emergency department charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41513/22]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41514/22]

Hospital Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all parking charges at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41515/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1976. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of mental health services; the percentage of the overall health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41516/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1977. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free contraception for all women and girls over the age of 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41517/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1978. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of staffing public health teams to the World Health Organisation-recommended levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1979. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the timelines for assessment of needs outlined in the Disability Act 2005 are adhered to for every child in need of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41519/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1980. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2023 of reinstating all the benefits that were available under the dental treatment services scheme before the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

2155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost to increase land under forestry or biodiversity regeneration by 25,000 hectares per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under his aegis; the list of all State bodies under his aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42019/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42029/22]

United Nations

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Food and Agriculture Organisation report on food security and nutrition and on its relationship with Ireland's current agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider revising the criteria in relation to access to the exceptional needs payments such as the time limits between applications and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/22]

Employment Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of her plans to provide alternative employment for the current providers of local employment services who have or may lose their positions as a result of the current tendering out process by her Department for such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38607/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if each local authority is required to have a complaints officer or department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38807/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United States congressional delegation. [36006/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister. [36007/22]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [26002/22]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [36008/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit and address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. [30838/22]

Foreshore Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is considering a request by a company (details supplied); and the legal basis to transfer from Foreshore Act 1933 to the Maritime Area Consent Regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38320/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

468. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of early intervention services available to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30840/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34038/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [34039/22]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issues in relation to a representative organisation (details supplied) that is seeking pay parity with similar workers in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31316/22]

Insurance Coverage

Richard Boyd Barrett

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise the home owners at a location (details supplied) which was previously owned by the National Asset Management Agency, given that the development has fire defects and none of the homeowners can get insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37443/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available for self-employed persons who become ill and cannot continue to work or claim illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37117/22]

Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

731. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amounts that have been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount that was received by each company. [37320/22]

Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

732. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amounts that have been accrued but are as yet unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service since its inception, from 2016 to date in 2022; the details of these liabilities; and the companies to whom they are owed. [37321/22]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

920. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the living alone allowance is reckonable for a means test for the medical card for persons aged over 70 years but not for persons under 70 years; if so, the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the annual afforestation target of 8,000 ha is consistent with the advice of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private meetings that he or his junior Minister with responsibility for forestry had with Coillte in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport, investing in ensuring student accommodation is affordable and subsidising IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the discussions that he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the student accommodation crisis that will hit in early September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/22]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport and investing in student accommodation to ensure that it is affordable; if he will subsidise IT facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36666/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views that the new places he has made available in higher education will be adequate to address the skills shortages right across the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36665/22]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

389. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a contributory or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35460/22]

Electricity Supply Board

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way a family (details supplied) that is waiting for an ESB connection in order to be able to move back into their home can have this procedure expedited on health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34705/22]

Departmental Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30724/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [30725/22]

Church-State Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30839/22]

Fire Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to develop a compensation package for homeowners affected by fire remediation issues as a result of the failure of builders and developers to put in adequate fire safety measure which require remediation at the cost of the homeowners given that the Government has agreed to compensate homeowners affected by mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33631/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

593. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the proposed move to a temporary site for a school (details supplied) while the permanent building is under construction; if there is an issue with the move; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33623/22]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the new HAP rates, the new uplifts and the new homeless HAP rates given his recent announcement to raise the rates by 35%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32942/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the cap of €30,000 on the Housing Adaptation Grants given of the increased costs in building and supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32939/22]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reinstate the eviction ban, given the month on month increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32940/22]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are able to buy homes with HAP tenants in situ in cases in which the tenant is threatened with eviction on grounds of sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32941/22]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any discussions with his Department and his counterpart in Colombia with regards to the operations of a company (details supplied) and the way that Ireland and Colombia work together to ensure the indigenous Misak people receive justice in their campaign to get their land back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32947/22]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any discussions that are taking place at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/22]

Water Quality

Richard Boyd Barrett

209. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the marine protection areas to 30% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28487/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will sanction all the vacant posts across local authorities and provide the necessary resources for these posts to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31317/22]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension given that they retired November 2022 and have been waiting for their pension papers to be processed since than; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33324/22]

Electricity Grid

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a household that does have an electricity account but has a sub-meter from the landlord's account should be entitled to the full grant towards their electricity bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32843/22]

Sports Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

28. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to increase investment in boxing and give further support to both grass roots boxing clubs and high performance boxers to further advance the potential of Irish boxing given the exceptional success of Irish boxing, both female and male; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33254/22]

Sports Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media If she will support a boxing club (details supplied), a hugely successful community boxing club with a person and Olympic hopefuls, that still does not have a permanent home and is operating in utterly inadequate facilities and to work with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to assist them as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32457/22]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures she intends to take to improve the conditions of employment of workers and performers in the Irish Film Industry; her views given the large subsidies going to the producers in that sector, that it is meeting the requirements for quality employment and training and the industry development test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32459/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider raising the maximum contribution of housing adaptation grants towards building costs given the huge rise in the cost of building works making it impossible for persons in need of these grants to make up the difference between the maximum grant and the cost of the adaptation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31792/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

270. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the reports in the media of a 35% increase in the discretionary housing assistance payment limit and changes to rules around local authorities ability to purchase homes with sitting HAP tenants who are in receipt of an NTQ on grounds of sale, if he will provide details regarding both these initiatives, including the new HAP limits across the country including uplifts and homeless rates and any rules around purchasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32526/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

271. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the numbers of those in need of housing across all local authorities; if these figures will include those that are on housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme transfer lists as these tenancies are not secure and permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32527/22]

Nursing Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

741. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the application for the fair deal scheme for a person (details supplied) is taking so long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

919. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to add a screening for spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test in order to aid early intervention which is key to the treatment of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32808/22]

European Union

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the assessments that are being carried out to establish whether the objectives for quality employment and training and the culture test are being met for the section 481 tax relief; if European Union conditions in relation to State aid for arts and culture state support are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31319/22]

Inflation Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the plans that he will put in place to ensure that the take-home pay of workers in the private sector is increased at least in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the assessments that are being carried out to establish whether the research and development tax credit is achieving its objective to stimulate same; if it is the most effective way to achieve this objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31320/22]

Inflation Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he is planning to put in place to address inflation and wealth inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/22]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the current public sector pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31318/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new public sector pay agreement will ensure that all public sector workers get a pay rise in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31314/22]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the recruitment and retention crisis across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/22]

Office of Public Works

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a complete list of all buildings that are being leased for use as public buildings; the rents that are being paid on these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31321/22]

European Union

Richard Boyd Barrett

193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent correspondence from EU Commissioner Vestager to the Irish Government in relation to State aid to the Irish film industry; if it is failing to meet the culture test for such State aid and his views on whether it may also not be meeting the industry development test similarly required for such State aid to the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22482/22]

Departmental Offices

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [26001/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, the agency under the aegis of his Department. [30723/22]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will grant a further extension to the vehicle registration licence time limit for the replacement of taxi vehicles given the lack of availability of electric vehicles currently and the substantial loss of earnings for taxi drivers over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30731/22]

Public Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider abolishing fares on buses, trains and the Luas given the recent moves by other governments across Europe to substantially decrease transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/22]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

929. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to reverse the decision to reduce the number of teachers as a result of special education teacher allocations and the number of incoming outgoing diagnosed children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28827/22]

Parental Leave

Richard Boyd Barrett

930. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if he will consider making the temporary changes to the way that parental leave will be taken as laid out in information note TC 0003/2022 permanent to allow more flexibility for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28852/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1829. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to remedy the lack of a diagnosis for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30487/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the lack of service provision by the disability network team for a child (details supplied) will be examined and remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30605/22]

International Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the contracts his Department has with a company (details supplied); if these were all open to a public tender process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28494/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to review the OREDP 1; his views that there will be a requirement for a new SEA for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [26000/22]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the programme for Government. [24773/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

700. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the removal of a person (details supplied) from services at the National Gender Service, Loughlinstown Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27567/22]