Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to release all files relating to the bombings, including the reports furnished by the officers of the special detective unit which was tasked with monitoring those campaigners for justice and truth in relation to the bombings, most particularly, such reports for the year 1993; to disclose the orders issued to the Special Detective Unit sanctioning this surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release the files which were created on foot of the surveillance of Dublin and Monaghan bombing campaigners; to explain the justification for the deployment of State resources to undertake surveillance of the families and campaigners; to provide the identities of those who ordered the surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all Garda files furnished to her Department and the relevant Government subcommittee that dealt with security matters relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974. [25817/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in light of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings taking place within 14 months of the closure of the investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973, the reason the Garda investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973 were closed down after seven weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25819/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all the Garda files and all files relating to the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973. [25820/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason the investigative files related to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that were provided to the McEntee report were never released to the families of the victims of the bombings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25821/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [23881/24]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent phone conversation with the Israeli President. [23882/24]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the recently published national reform programme 2024. [23996/24]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to sign a proposal (details supplied); if so, when he plans on signing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24741/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

236. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to update legislation and policy governing the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to self-employment status given the recent Supreme Court case (details supplied); whether this ruling will impact Workplace Relations Commission decisions on employer PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24863/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections the Workplace Relations Commission carried out in 2023, broken down by month; the number of these inspections resulted in a contravention notice; the number that resulted in a fixed payment notice and/or a compliance notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24864/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a sectoral breakdown of workplace inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2023, broken down by month; the number of these inspections that resulted in a contravention notice, by sector; how many resulted in a fixed payment notice and/or a compliance notice, by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to make employees aware of their recourse to anonymous complaints through the Workplace Relations Commission inspection service; whether any plans are in place to make employees who do not speak English as a first language aware of their recourse to anonymous complaints through the Workplace Relations Commission inspection service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24866/24]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the funds disbursed through the school transport scheme in 2023 for transport of children with special needs, not including children in mainstream education, including the proportion spent on taxi services compared to bus services, in tabular form. [24933/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

352. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education what avenues are available for a pupil diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25638/24]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households currently renting a house or flat from a local authority. [24724/24]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

375. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority homes that have been sold to tenants in the past ten, twenty and thirty years. [24725/24]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

376. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of those currently renting a house or apartment from the local authority, the number that have Irish citizenship. [24726/24]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of those renting a house or apartment from local authority, the number that have non-EU citizenship; and of these, the number that have British citizenship. [24727/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

592. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when applicants to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme can expect to receive the payment;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24583/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

593. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24584/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

594. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications that are projected to be received to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24585/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

620. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if those in receipt of redress through the mother and baby homes redress scheme will have their associated medical cards be assured for the recipients’ lifetime, or be subject to intermittent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/24]

Addiction Treatment Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

673. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, he is aware of reports that the hospital’s MRI machine has broken and has not yet been replaced; when he expects the machine to be replaced so the hospital can resume its full suite of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/24]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

675. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to a non-habitual Irish citizen who has returned to Ireland for health reasons in order to avail of their family’s support, considering the habitual residence requirement for the medical card and supports where the individual is seriously ill, unable to work, and does not have savings, he will outline what payments, grants, supports and loans are available for application for non-habitual citizens in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24590/24]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

885. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent each year, and in total, for the last ten years, by the HSE in paying out legal claims or defending legal claims by patients or other claims against the HSE and provide as much detail as available on the type/category and costs of these claims and defending them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/24]

Asylum Seekers

Richard Boyd Barrett

918. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his department has been made aware of any Palestinian students who have been evacuated from Gaza by the Department of Foreign Affairs and wish to continue their education in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Ireland; and what steps has he taken to support such students to enrol in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25566/24]

Asylum Seekers

Richard Boyd Barrett

919. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what support will his department provide Irish-Palestinian third-level students that have been evacuated from Gaza and are seeking to continue their education in Ireland given they might not satisfy the residency requirement for the ‘free-fees initiative’ which also applies for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25567/24]

Third Level Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

920. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what state supports are provided for Ukrainian students, and how such supports compare to those offered to those fleeing other conflict zones, seeking refuge in Ireland, and are wishing to continue their education in Ireland and; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25568/24]

Sports Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether the National Development Plan has sufficiently taken into account and is adequately resourced to meet the growing demand for sports facilities, particularly with the very considerable and welcome growth of women’s sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17859/24]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his plans to further strengthen the capacity of local authorities to increase delivery of social housing, as stated in the strategic investment priorities of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/24]

Vacant Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering additional funding to the Land Development Agency for a specific purpose of funding acquisition of long-term vacant and derelict buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19524/24]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education in relation to an urban DEIS band 1 primary school in circumstances (details supplied), what recourse is available to the school; how the school might be allocated an additional teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24477/24]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

189. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is planning any further spending on capacity and resources for local authorities to tackle vacancy and dereliction of properties and to increase the stock of social and affordable housing as indicated in the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16221/24]

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she is considering or working on introducing any similar approach for dependant spouses of PhDs as has been introduced for stamp 1 general work permit employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24501/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [21327/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23880/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23890/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will revise the new way of calculating special education resources to ensure that no school has a reduction in resources next year compared to this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/24]

Air Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of reports that planes associated with the flight school, charter flights and flight clubs at Weston Airport are operating outside of designated flight paths; if there are records monitoring the adherence of pilots to their designated flights; to supply any available records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23940/24]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what grants or supports are available to a person with intellectual disabilities owing to an injury (details supplied), where the individual received a substantial compensation award on foot of this injury and whose assessed income therefore disqualifies them for social housing; whether this award can be excluded for the purposes of income assessment; what non-means tested housing supports are available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the recourse a person (details supplied) has in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23534/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 2 February 2024, by what criteria schools that are expressing interest in the hot school meals programme are appraised in order to be granted provision of meals under the scheme; if she will provide the appropriate guidelines for schools expressing interest; when her Department projects achieving universal school cover by this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23675/24]

Education Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is considering further funding to abolish higher education tuition fees and move to a fully free public education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [21751/24]

Climate Change Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the final Climate Action Plan 2023 progress report, published by his Department in March 2024. [22691/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions he has had with other world leaders in connection with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [22692/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21326/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21749/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21750/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering further taxation measures to address the issues of long-term vacancy, dereliction, land hoarding and property speculation in light of the severe housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if, given the urgency of boosting housing supply, he is considering further changes to the residential zoned land tax to accelerate activation of residential zoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning further taxation measures to address property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering additional taxation measures in budget 2025 to address dereliction and long-term vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his plans to reinstate higher excise on fuel in August; if he will outline, given the increased costs of living on ordinary people, what the cost impact will be on households and business from increasing taxes on fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/24]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering in budget 2025 introducing a wealth tax on the top 5% of wealthiest households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/24]

State Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

244. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to sell the former Dalkey Garda station site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/24]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

353. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, given that applicants for social housing require a demonstrated connection to the area in which they are applying, how somebody (details supplied) who has recently received a stamp 4 visa, despite having lived without documentation in Dublin city for the past 12 years in various hostels, demonstrated eligibility; and what documentation will be required for them to establish eligibility for social housing in order that they can find housing. [22613/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in relation to the Housing Agency’s Housing First policy, acknowledging that hostel accommodation is unsuitable for some individuals recovering from substance addictions, how an individual who is receiving residential treatment for addiction, but who is not approaching housing through the housing list, can find accommodation suitable to their addiction journey after their time in residential treatment comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22833/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if allowances such as domiciliary care allowance can be backdated prior to the date of application, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22176/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether she has reviewed the Scottish Government’s benefit uptake campaigns as a model for matching individuals to their benefit entitlements; whether she intends to implement any similar campaigns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22177/24]

Passport Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure passport applicants are informed immediately if there is a problem with their application (details supplied) to allow applicants to rectify the problem earlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21983/24]

European Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent special meeting of the European Council. [20459/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the Spanish Prime Minister. [21325/24]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to extend the end of life for taxi saloon cars to 13 years, as has been done with 2014 cabs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/24]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

676. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be taken to improve the protection of students' and postgraduate researchers' right and freedom to protest in a peaceful manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21590/24]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

677. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be taken to condemn Trinity College Dublin's threats of disciplinary hearings, fines and expulsion to individual members of the democratically elected TCD Students' Union and Postgraduate Workers' Organisation, and a €214,000 fine issued to the TCD Students' Union, in response to peaceful student protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/24]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

678. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the future measures that will be taken to protect individuals within a students' or researchers' union from being singled out or targeted by senior staff with disciplinary threats in response to action taken by the union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/24]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his most recent communications with his European counterparts in relation to imposing sanctions on Israel in light of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that there is a plausible case that Israel may be committing genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20911/24]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in contact with the German government about the suppression of the Irish language and other forms of censorship in relation to protests in Germany against genocide and Israel’s actions in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the new committee in his Department to deal with special education. [17962/24]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20457/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [20458/24]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

511. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether injections for osteoporosis with the medication festeo are still reimbursable for medical card holders; to provide a rationale for their removal if these injections are no longer available for medical card holders; what recourse medical card holders who have previously required such injections have if they have been removed from the list of reimbursable medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20232/24]

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is considering implementing pay caps for civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19522/24]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is considering further funding for local authorities to support maintenance and repairs of council provided services, such as housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19520/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the former Taoiseach's visit to Washington on St. Patrick’s Day. [17961/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [10626/24]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what statistics are recorded regarding the recipients of the solar electricity grant, individual home energy upgrade grants (better energy homes), grants for a home energy upgrade, free energy upgrades (warmer homes scheme), with respect to the value of the grant; the number of grants availed of by the recipient (details supplied); the income of the recipient household; the value of the property; and the location of the property or any other details relating to the recipient household or property. [19675/24]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance what statistics are recorded regarding the recipients of the home renovation incentive, and the help-to-buy scheme with respect to the value of the relief; the number of reliefs availed of by the recipient (details supplied); the income of the recipient household; the value of the property; and the location of the property or any other details relating to the recipient household or property. [19675/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the frequent assaults on special education teachers; if she will ensure that assault leave is increased to cover the duration of assault injuries; if she will ensure her Department meets the costs of medical bills and counselling for employees arising from assaults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19660/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent visit to Paris. [15146/24]

Constitutional Amendments

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [17960/24]

Bus Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to ensure that each bus operator is updating the Transport for Ireland real-time applications where a service has been cancelled to ensure that customers are aware of service cancellations; the steps being taken to prevent cancellations from happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18995/24]

Departmental Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

205. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the length of time a contract with a company (details supplied) lasts; when it was last renewed; the reason it was renewed, given that the service has been poor; how many times the company has been fined; the amount; when the contract will be put out to tender again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/24]

Local Elections

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to clearly outline which grades of employment are allowed to run in local government elections and which grades are prohibited from running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

492. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis that the construction of settlements seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine (details supplied); if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis of their connection with reported violence against Palestinian civilians that seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine; if the State is considering imposing any sanctions on such organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19020/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the measures the Government is taking to monitor financial support for Israeli West Bank settler organisations, considering that it is an offence under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (details supplied) to collect or receive funds intending or knowing that they be used for the benefit of a terrorist group or in order to carry out terrorist activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/24]

Local Elections

Richard Boyd Barrett

610. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a general dental surgeon on grade H of employment is eligible to run in local government elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18959/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

692. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extensive waiting lists to receive gender-affirming healthcare at the gender clinic in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown (details supplied); if there are plans to employ more gender-affirming healthcare professionals in this facility or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19073/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

180. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm the timeline for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18527/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the number of years a school (details supplied) will remain at another location; if the specialist rooms, for example, the science lab, will be in place and ready for use when the new school year begins in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18526/24]

School Enrolments

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the latest updates on provision of new school places in the Dún Laoghaire area at primary and post-primary level; the latest population projections for the area; whether planned school place expansion is consistent with those projections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is planning further updates to the national development plan in light of the growing consensus that Ireland’s housing demand will significantly exceed current projections and plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the Government has adequately considered the growing problem of labour and skills shortages in multiple sectors of the society and economy, including construction, healthcare, education, childcare and more, in the context of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the issues raised by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, in respect of the national development plan (details supplied), particularly in terms of capacity and resource constraints to deliver public housing, elder-care facilities and childcare and increase the number of hospital beds; his plans to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the national development plan has sufficiently considered and is adequately resourced to deliver community and cultural amenities and services needed to accompany increased residential construction and housing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/24]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policies and supports in place for individuals who previously met the threshold for a cost-rental property and who are permanently housed in a cost-rental unit, if the person’s income falls significantly due to illness or injury; the procedures in place to convert a cost-rental property into a social home where this is necessary due to a change in the ability of the occupant to pay for cost-rental tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/24]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Boyd Barrett

424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice , further to Parliamentary Question No. 921 of 9 April, if further clarification will be provided on what specifically the figures for offences and convictions are in respect of the second table; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17318/24]