Results 21-40 of 109 for speaker:Charles Ward

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Minister engage with the Department of housing, the OPW and Donegal County Council to explore viable alternative solutions for the affected homeowners of Elm Park in Buncrana including the option of providing grant funding for the purchase of alternative homes rather than rebuilding on a floodplain? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Minister of State come back to me on it?

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: There is a severe mental health crisis in Donegal which only continues to get worse as the defective concrete crisis continues to impact families across our county. New scientific mental health research conducted by the University of Ulster surveyed 393 families living in defective concrete homes across Ireland. The findings were devastating but not surprising. The research found that more...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion, which I support. I am disappointed that like the Labour Party motion last week, there is no mention of the defective concrete crisis in this motion. This is a crisis that impacts tens of thousands of people in County Donegal and 16 other counties. It is a crisis that every single party needs to address. Every day we discover...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the increased rates and cap under the defective concrete blocks scheme will be applied retrospectively to homeowners who have already completed their rebuild or remediation works before the relevant legislation is passed; if not, the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency records the internal dimensions of rooms only and does not consider the areas occupied by internal partition walls under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; if the entire floor area including floor area occupied by internal walls should be calculated for grant allocation; and if he will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: The Government's defective blocks scheme has left many homeowners, particularly in Donegal, facing significant challenges. The scheme is fraught with delays, technical barriers and inadequate funding. Despite availing of the scheme, families are still drowning in debt and are expected to carry the financial burden relating to delays caused by a lack of contractors and insufficient...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Bill include retrospective payments - these were promised previously - for homeowners who are currently in the scheme?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Only 69 have been completed.

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State success in their time going forward. We may be making progress in terms of healthcare outcomes in Ireland overall, but there is no doubt that there is an enormous disparity between the north west and the rest of the country when it comes to access to healthcare and healthcare outcomes. In Donegal we are years behind the rest of the country in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, to exempt emergency response drivers from benefit-in-kind in cases where such drivers take their vehicles home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason solar panels were not installed on any of the new housing at a location (details supplied); if there are any plans for new builds to be required to have a minimum number of solar panels in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 825. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided for residential respite for children's disability services within CHO1 in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists attached to Inishowen children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8189/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Rescue 118 will maintain its 24-hour coverage once transferred to a company (details supplied), or whether it will be reduced to a 12-hour service as seen in Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the transition of search-and-rescue services from one company (details supplied) to another has not been communicated to crews and communities; whether crews and communities will be informed in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what contingency plans are in place to ensure uninterrupted search-and-rescue (SAR) coverage, particularly for islands and rural coastal areas, while the transition of SAR services from one company to another (details supplied) takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his contract with a company (details supplied) regarding search-and-rescue (SAR) services will meet the contract’s original commitment of all-weather, 24-hour SAR coverage, 365 days a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring exceptional approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in quarter 2 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8205/25]