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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 144. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin mid west; if P2 and P3 services will be available in all parts of the constituency in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 202. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary health care centre for Rowlagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 414. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on non-emergency ambulance patient transport in the greater Dublin area; if the contract for this will remain with the National Ambulance Service; if any changes will be made to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52693/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses for the opening statements. I will echo what the Cathaoirleach said at the beginning. I do not think this process does anything justice. Talking about six Bills in one go does not do any of the Bills justice. In the limited time I have, I will not be able to get around to all the witnesses. I will talk about the counselling notes being used in evidence in criminal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of new affordable homes in Dublin for 2025; the proposed number for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53922/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: This question is about so-called affordable housing schemes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister. One of the problems we have at the minute is that the Government’s social and affordable housing targets are too low. Not only are they too low, but they are simply not being met. The Government has failed in its pre-election promise of 40,000 new homes to be delivered this year, but I want to concentrate on the affordable purchase schemes. Last year, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: The Minister can criticise Sinn Féin’s housing plan all he wants, but I am going to be straight with him. I live in the real world, and the prices of affordable houses in my own area in Dublin Mid-West are simply not affordable. I will give some examples. A two-bedroom affordable home in Clonburris costs €380,000. A three-bed affordable home on the same scheme costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: These are public homes built on public land.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: Our spokesperson wrote a book on it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: You have had 100 years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: The Government has abandoned whole communities to the drug crisis. Yesterday, it reduced the overall budget for drug and alcohol task forces by a shameful 25%. I am a director of an addiction service in Clondalkin and I know the devastating effect this is going to have. The cut will have a negative and immediate effect on some of the most disadvantaged communities. In the area where I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: You let them down.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: A 25% cut. Come on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: The budget is a pittance overall. In Europe-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: The Deputy is standing over a budget that cut €3 million-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female, in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (7 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the counties in which the bail supervision service operates; the number of persons which have been able to access the service, by county, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/25]

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

Mark Ward: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant-in-situ scheme; to outline the differences in the scheme by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to increase the number of community Gardaí; the number of community Gardaí at the start of 2025; the target number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54119/25]