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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review and extension of the first homes scheme, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the expansion of the first homes scheme to first time buyers of second-hand homes, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of foot care for the elderly (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54202/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the retail crime strategy; the timeline for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 17 September 2025, if her attention has been drawn to the net shortfall in ancillary grant funding experienced by a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to address this shortfall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the proposed planning exemption for small bike sheds in gardens; the work ongoing in his Department into this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding the enforcement of nitrate pollution related to farming; if his attention has been drawn to algal blooms, related to the overuse of nitrates, causing discoloration and other issues to the water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54254/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether existing regulations are adequate to prevent the excessive use of nitrates leading to potential run off into the water system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the action she will take to address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2025 (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the total funding requested by HSE for breastfeeding related supports for Budget 2025; the percentage of the total amount requested that was granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 322. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of spending by her Department on breastfeeding supports, in tabular form, by year, since 2022; how this funding was distributed by CHO and maternity hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 323. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on development of the national breastfeeding strategy, the progress and plans for the launch of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (9 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if following the publication of the "Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) on the Island of Ireland: A Guidance Document for Creating an All-Island Preparedness Plan" publication on 28 March 2025, work has commenced of development of an IYCF-E plan, or when work will commence on the development of such a plan; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of providing multi-annual funding for men’s and women’s sheds to allow them to plan longer term projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: Tá ceist agam ná faoi na men's sheds agus an t-airgead atá curtha ar fáil dóibh. I ask about the value of multi-annual funding for men's sheds to give them certainty with regard to what they can do year on year, rather than depending on budget-to-budget and year-to-year decisions on funding. It would give them much greater certainty regarding what they can and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I acknowledge the work being done and the funding that has been made available. I agree with what the Minister said about the value of men's sheds and women's sheds. I do not really understand why we cannot put a multi-annual framework in place for funding for them. It would give them huge assistance in delivering and providing the services they do, which, we can all agree, are really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I appreciate what the Minister has said. I understand the importance of making sure the money is spent correctly and appropriately. Nobody has any difficulty with that. I also appreciate what he said about the value of the associations and the value of an association that can act as an umbrella body. My suggestion is that where we provide multi-annual funding for various organisations in...

National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I very much welcome the presence of the National Training Fund. It is important. In the aftermath of the Cassells review in 2016, the identification of the need for an extra billion euro per annum in funding for higher education by 2030 is laudable and something we should strive for. I will be honest with the Minister of State. I am a little bit disappointed by the Bill. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cycling Facilities (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I wish to raise the S2S, which is a coastal promenade and cycleway around Dublin Bay, from Sutton to Sandycove, which is where the name comes from. I am particularly concerned about the bit between Merrion Gates and Dún Laoghaire Harbour. I was first elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2009, but before I was ever elected I was in favour of this plan. It existed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cycling Facilities (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: In the Minister of State's response, he said the "Sutton to Sandycove cycleway, also commonly referred to as the east cost trail". It is not. They are different things. This is the frustrating thing I am dealing with in regard to management at local level, this notion that they are the same thing. They are not. The east coast trail, as the Minister of State has just described, comes...