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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: The Taoiseach should answer the question he was asked.

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: Earlier, I spoke with one of my constituents from Clondalkin. Gillian Sherratt is the mother of eight-year-old Harvey. Harvey is suffering from life-threatening spina bifida and scoliosis. He was on the waiting list to have an operation on his spine for 33 months. The Minister may remember when Harvey touched the hearts of the nation as a video showed him struggling to breathe as a result...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: Absolutely. I 100% had permission. As I said, I spoke to the parent earlier.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: I do not normally talk about my personal life in the House but today I will. I am one of over 10,000 people in this country with multiple sclerosis, MS. I was diagnosed with MS 18 years ago. The past two years have probably been the most challenging of those 18 years but right now I am probably in the best physical and mental condition I have been in for a long time. I have been critical...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: Yes.

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...

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

Mark Ward: I am sharing. I am well aware of the time.

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

Mark Ward: Okay. This Bill will enable members of An Garda Síochána to seize nitrous oxide products from those without the appropriate licences. I call on all Members to support this common-sense Bill.

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

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if people over the age of 70 are exempt from completing the driver certificate of professional competence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21308/25]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Children Disability Network Teams in Clondalkin are to operate from the Boot Road primary care centre; when this will happen; what the delay is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the waiting times for assessments of needs throughout Dublin mid-west; if the statutory waiting time is being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if weekend services between Grand Canal Dock and Adamstown can be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19554/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for additional places in ASD classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 1417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the text of correspondence (details supplied) from a school to parents that disclosed that children in challenging circumstances such as homelessness, refugee status, socioeconomic difficulty and other challenging circumstances will be put in a draw for the free lunch scheme; the steps his Department will take...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 1648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of local authorities that have established local community safety partnerships (LCSPs) to date; the number of local authorities due to establish LCSPs; the funding allocated to LCSPs to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 1649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community safety coordinators in place; the regions they cover; if he will provide a breakdown of annual costs associated with the position of community safety coordinator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 1650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding for the bail supervision service from 2019 to date; the number of interventions made by the service for young people and adults over the corresponding time period, in tabular form; the areas in which the service operates; the resulting outcomes of these interventions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Ward: 1651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison has been closed; the reasons for this closure; the impacts this has had on prisoners in Mountjoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21058/25]