Results 21-40 of 282 for speaker:Charles Ward

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — chartered engineers employed or contracted by the Housing Agency act as agents of the State, exercising statutory functions that determine the rights of homeowners, and that the Government remains legally and constitutionally accountable for their decisions, including unlawful downgrades from full to partial remediation; —...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank all the witnesses for attending and apologise for running late. I was preparing some notes yesterday. We have 12% of EU waters, which we are currently fishing. The number of people we have in Europe is alarming for the size of our country. Somebody said that other countries would have 12 or 13 people representing the fishing industry directly in Brussels and we had very few in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: Why did the Irish producer organisations not make a submission to the call by the European Parliament for evidence to shape a new strategy on fisheries external actions in the summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: This is devastating for the communities, as the Minister of State well knows. I will get straight into it. Does he intend to continue to engage with the communities regarding this? I refer to the fishing communities especially but also the public. There is a massive service industry that relies on the fishing industry. I understand the Minister of State referred to short cuts and all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child with autism (details supplied) will obtain an urgent NEPS report;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55093/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: I am glad Charlie McConalogue is here in the Chamber because he is the man I want to talk to. Today across the country, particularly in Donegal, we have got a budget that is an absolute insult to working people - a nothing budget for people. What kind of message does it send out to working people when we have given them absolutely nothing? There are no measures to prevent homelessness in...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: The Government must abolish the concrete levy for families rebuilding their homes. This is a priority. Homeowners cannot be punished because it is not their fault. The level of injustice cannot be ignored, especially when we are faced with so many examples of Government overspend. The Government has handled this crisis in a completely fiscally irresponsible way. Despite overwhelming...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: When the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, presented this budget, he said we were "making the best possible use of the resources available to invest in our future and to strengthen our foundations." I did not know whether to laugh or cry at that. As the House can imagine, coming from Donegal, we are living with foundations and houses that are crumbling down around us. We are totally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank the witnesses for coming before us today. I recognise the importance of and the way of life brought by island fisheries. I grew up in Aphort in Arranmore and have seen the decline in fishing with Muireann's family probably the only ones fishing out of it. We have seen it keep on declining. If social welfare had been in place back when it was meant to come in, we would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: The organisation has worked with past committees and others, which has resulted in multiple publications, none of which have been realised. Why do the witnesses think this is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: Is there any reason why the organisation has decided against joining the Seafood Ireland Alliance and what is its relationship with that organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: Could Mr. Bonner talk to us about the ABALOBI app, what it does and whether it has had any impact? Does the organisation use it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: I am conscious of the time if anyone else wished to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE qualified structural engineers employed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of clubs within Donegal that have been included in the scope of all-island sports club EV charging project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a 2024 end-of-year report on the Connecting Ireland plan for County Donegal; the funding that was allocated and spent; the services that have been delivered; the funding that was allocated in 2025; the services that will be delivered in 2025 in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53683/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of HGVs, coaches and buses that were inspected by the Road Safety Authority in 2024, and for the first seven months of 2025; the number of those vehicles inspected that were found to have major or dangerous defects in 2024, and for the first seven months of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (7 Oct 2025)

Charles Ward: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for May, June and July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53685/25]