Results 1-20 of 109 for speaker:Charles Ward

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Reunification (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the review of the family reunification process that his Department recently undertook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25027/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Reunification (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: When does the Minister of State plan to publish the review the Department undertook on the family reunification process? I understand the review was completed months ago but still has not been published. I would be grateful if he could give an exact timeline as there are many people waiting on its publication.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Reunification (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: Before I became a TD five months ago, I was a healthcare worker in a dementia unit. I had the privilege of working with healthcare workers from many different countries. Unfortunately, many of them are undergoing an horrific experience of being separated from their families, sometimes for years, because of the unfair family reunification system in this country. There are people who are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Reunification (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: I have been in touch with the Department about a healthcare worker whose family reunification application was refused because she took a brief drop in income last year due to her pregnancy. She should not be penalised for that or anything like that. It is a time when she should be able to access that family support. I ask the Minister of State to look into this woman’s appeal and to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures she will take to ensure assessments of needs are completed within the statutory timeline to reduce the waiting lists across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25044/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the health system continues to operate on paper records rather than digital records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25043/25]

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank Deputies Murphy and Coppinger and their staff for bringing this very important legislation forward. I support the Bill and its intention to provide mandatory union recognition where 20% or more of the workforce are members of a union. Union representation is extremely important to ensure that union reps have access to their members' places of work. This is vital. It is also...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion on housing infrastructure, which I support. I thank the Minister for housing, Deputy James Browne, for taking the time to visit Donegal. He had positive engagement with the 100% Redress Party and the homeowners impacted by defective concrete. It is important for the Minister to see at first-hand the crumbling homes across the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (8 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 457. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will make additional funding available in 2025 for additional roads in Donegal to be resurfaced on the local improvement scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (8 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 458. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a list of the number of roads in each municipal district in Donegal waiting for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (8 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 459. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a list of all funding for Donegal to spend on the local improvement scheme in each municipal district in Donegal over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Charles Ward: I support the Sinn Féin motion on childcare. There is a serious crisis of childcare in this country that has been ongoing for years, yet the Government continuously failed to address it. Parents not only struggle to afford childcare, but also to access it. Accessing childcare is an enormous challenge facing many families across the country but particularly in Donegal. A recent survey...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Charles Ward: When visiting Letterkenny University Hospital last week, the Minister’s colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, said the location of the new surgical hub has not been decided yet. Donegal is in desperate need of a surgical hub. Patients across the county are forced to travel very long distances to access essential and life-saving care. Letterkenny University...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 May 2025)

Charles Ward: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position of the letter of assurance/ guarantee for those who have completed works under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: The revised national planning framework includes many great suggestions, such as improving local connectivity to broadband, energy, transport and water networks, recognising Letterkenny as an important cross-border network for regional development and addressing the town and village rural population decline by encouraging new roles and functions for buildings, streets and sites. However, it...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: We welcome this motion from Labour. There has been a complete failure on the part of the Government to adequately plan for school places for children with special and additional educational needs. This comes up every year without fail. It is across the whole country and yet the Government fails to plan for it. Every year, there is no change. Parents should not be forced to try to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (29 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: 1332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position of the technical review of the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme announced on 6 November 2024; if the scheme will not provide a mechanism to bypass the statutory right to appeal as set out in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: 1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason as of April 2025, none of the six appeals that were confirmed to be in progress as of early December 2024 under the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme have been heard; the status and expected timelines for the resolution of these appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20696/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that were carried out at Finner Camp in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; if each of those refurbishment works project are completed or still ongoing at present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Parking Provision (9 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the car park at Glenveagh National Park, Donegal was last resurfaced or remarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/25]