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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Mitchell Scholarship and the funding for it; if he is supportive of the aims and continuation of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54868/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extensive waiting lists for mental health supports in third level institutions; the actions he will take to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54867/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Welfare Services (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding supports provided at a local level in community centres targeted at addressing social exclusion; if he will consider increasing funding in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to carers who did not benefit from changes to income thresholds in Budget 2026; the actions he will take to support this cohort with the increased costs that they are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider including verified disability-related expenses and private care costs as allowable deductions when assessing means for carer’s allowance; given the reality of many families not being able to access public healthcare supports due to significant delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the income thresholds for carers allowance; if will he consider introducing a model similar to the Disability Tax Credit approach, where disability-related costs are acknowledged as reducing disposable income, thereby adjusting eligibility thresholds accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the phasing out of the carers allowance means test, as committed to in the Programme for Government; if there is a timeline for this commitment to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any research or consideration given into the payment of a universal or partially universal carer support payment to replace or supplement the means-tested system, ensuring equity across income brackets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that he has had with advocacy groups (details supplied) regarding the practical impact of the income disregard limits and proposed reforms, in relation to the income thresholds for carers allowance, the feedback he received, the way in which it is being incorporated into policy development; and if he will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Presidency (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations that are ongoing in relation to Ireland's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57156/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Presidency (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: Will the Tánaiste give us an update on the preparations for the Irish Presidency of the EU Council next year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Presidency (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: We have a very good history of having strong, well-organised and productive Presidencies in this country, and I look forward to the same thing next year. I particularly welcome what the Tánaiste has said about the public consultation around the priorities for the Presidency. That is very welcome and very important. Could he give us details of how the public will have an opportunity to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Presidency (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I look forward to that as well. One of the important things we will look at during our Presidency is the multi-annual financial framework, a really important body of work to be done during the Presidency. Are there any specific preparations for that? Second, as regards the enlargement agenda, there are many accession countries looking to become part of the European Union. Many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: I appreciate the Chairman letting me in given that I am not normally a member of this committee. As representatives of the RNLI are appearing before the committee, I wish to acknowledge the work it does as the charity that saves lives at seas. In so doing, I also want to declare that my wife is a volunteer for the RNLI in Dún Laoghaire. Thankfully, I have never needed its services...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline any steps or initiatives being put in place by his Department to encourage Irish people to take up employment opportunities in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57157/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Child Protection (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the production of a film (details supplied), which pertains to the issue of forced child marriage; the actions he is taking to raise this issue at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56573/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a change in policy in China in relation to the licensing requirements for companies that are involved in the export of technologies used in rare earth mining and processing (details supplied); if he proposes to raise this at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with a group (details supplied); the actions she is taking to work with this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Barry Ward: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to calls from parents and representative groups in relation to students with dyslexia and dyspraxia and other conditions what may require them to have additional time allocated and other accommodations for State examinations; if this is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57279/25]