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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: Yesterday, we heard the news that the Airport Hopper bus service is ceasing operations. This means that people in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown and Tallaght have no option but to get a taxi or drive to the airport. What was a €10 journey will now cost passengers €60. The 14 drivers who were employed by the Airport Hopper received an email to say their jobs had gone. They...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the new maritime patrol CASA 295 aircraft to be purchased by the Irish Air Corps carries Helionix; if the Government have reneged on their commitment to stop buying military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Airport Hopper bus service; if it has ceased operation; the date on which it will be back in operation; the frequency of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an individual who is currently receiving carer’s allowance and a child increase for two children will now be dropped down to the half-rate carer’s allowance and their child increase taken away once they go on the maternity benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: We must have a zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence. This issue is compounded by a judicial system, political system and society that fail to confront the problem. I have seen at first hand the incredible work done by Saoirse women's refuge in my area. Those involved informed me of the stress a woman has to go through in the legal system. The process of obtaining a safety...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (26 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence regarding the new proposed legislation to scrap the triple lock system, if this will undermine Ireland's military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/25]
- The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: I want to take this opportunity to wish the Minister and the Minister of State really well in their briefs. There is a belief out there that the health service is broken and cannot be fixed, but I genuinely believe that with the right political will it can be, especially in respect of health reform. If the Minister gets it right, she will get support on this side of the House. It is not...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: What about Doncaster?
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; when this funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7605/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that was allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7592/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a report on the number of Gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí to be recruited over the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in each region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7595/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors arrested for each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7597/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Diversion Programme (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of youth diversion initiatives per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7598/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Diversion Programme (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual Government spend on youth diversion from 2014 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7599/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Diversion Programme (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the Government’s youth justice strategy; if the age limit will be extended to 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7600/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (25 Feb 2025)
Mark Ward: 666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of people who engaged in restorative justice initiatives from 2014 to date in 2025; the number of minors who engaged in these initiatives over the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7601/25]