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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: As the Minister said, the community safety partnerships were to be restructured to replace the JPCs. They were much promised by the Minister's predecessor, Deputy McEntee, and much lauded. It is very worrying to hear the Minister still has not signed off on these community safety partnerships. There is a vacuum. The JPC is vital in holding the Garda to account. Can the Minister enact...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. The question related to Meath, so I wanted to focus on youth diversion in the Ashbourne area. The area has seen a significant increase in population and I welcome the recent funds that were allocated from the community safety fund for Ashbourne. This is money that was seized by CAB and put back into communities to help them build resilience to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I want to touch on the community safety fund again. This is money from organised crime that was seized by CAB and is meant to be invested in the communities most impacted by crime. These communities are in need of resources to strengthen their resilience against criminal activity. It is no coincidence that the majority of money seized by CAB...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: On behalf of my colleague Deputy Darren O'Rourke, I wish to ask about youth diversion programmes which offer huge benefits. They are aimed at preventing young people from becoming involved in the criminal justice system and at promoting positive development. These programmes can lead to reduced recidivism and can help young people to make a positive contribution to society. What plans does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant in situ scheme; to provide clarity to local authorities who have approved properties using the scheme but have not been allocated funding for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce recidivism among young offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the rationale for closing the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison; the action taken to accommodate the rehabilitation of prisoners who were resident in Mountjoy Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 306. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the situation where an individual is in the process of being registered with CORU as a social care worker, whether, if they were to take up part time employment in a different field of work, it would affect their registration with CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24899/25]

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Mark Ward: I want to talk about the scandalous waiting times at the driving test centre in Tallaght. The latest figures I have show that over 20,000 people in Tallaght are waiting for driving tests. This is a rise of 1,500 in the past six months. The only direction waiting lists go in this country is up. The statutory minimum time to sit the test is ten weeks. The waiting time in Tallaght is now a...

Withdrawal of Bills: Motion (13 May 2025)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to withdraw the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024, and, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 1st May, 2025, that Deputy Joanna Byrne be designated the member in charge of the Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the commitment given by the RSA to open a new driving test centre in south Dublin; if a location has been selected; the process for selecting a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to tackle the increase in driving test waiting lists in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and support provided by his Department for grassroot soccer clubs in the Dublin mid-west area; the new schemes he is proposing for clubs over the next term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22644/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the future plans for Baldonnel Aerodrome; the number of personnel stationed there; if there are plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department will take to improve pay and conditions of the Defence Forces over the term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing scheme available to single people who are over the threshold for social housing but not earning enough for affordable rental; his plans to assist single people in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 8 April 2025, if she will provide clarification on the four prefabs at a school (details supplied); when they will be replaced, as the school has informed me that they have not received any information from the Department regarding the replacement of prefabs, that they know nothing about any design...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau each year from 2020 to date in 2025; the amount returned by CAB to the Exchequer for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22444/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Mark Ward: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to comment on the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been rejected from 2023; to outline the appeal process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/25]

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2025: First Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate and licence the sale of nitrous oxide to exempted purchasers, to prohibit the sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide products to a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, and to provide for related matters. I welcome yesterday's comments by the Taoiseach that legislation was needed to tackle the...