Results 41-60 of 109 for speaker:Charles Ward

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the text for the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if retrospective payments for homeowners will be included in the remediation of dwellings damaged under the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available to disability services in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8190/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Letterkenny University Hospital in each the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based in Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 286. To ask the Minister for Health when a community hospital (details supplied) will re-open for admissions and return to normal service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Donegal, in 2024; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 348. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in Donegal, in 2024; the grant approved for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8195/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I asked the Taoiseach a question last Tuesday on the defective concrete scheme and his answer was completely disingenuous. He is trying to mislead the public into thinking the scheme is working and many people have benefited from it. That could not be further from the truth. He claims 450 homes are under construction while failing to acknowledge only 69 homes have been completed. There is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Taoiseach give a specific date for when the people currently on the scheme can avail of the 10%? We are talking about people who are on the scheme. This scheme works. People are phoning me - the majority of whom are on the scheme - crying because the 10% is enough to keep their debt at approximately €100,000. Can I get a date for when this 10% will be implemented?

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: It is shocking to see the examples of overspending and waste in the public sector, as outlined in the motion. Public trust in Government decisions and Government spending is at an all-time low. It is sickening for people to watch the Government spend public money so wastefully. It is a slap in the face to families impacted by the defective concrete crisis that hundreds of thousands is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I have been speaking to parents and teachers from Little Angels Special School in Letterkenny. From the day the first block was ever laid in the new building, we knew the school would be too small to fulfil future demands. Some of the temporary solutions to this issue could be to use two rooms in the old school and transport the newest modular buildings to the new building. Why did this...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I wish the Minister nothing but the best in the years to come because what is ahead is the biggest crisis this country has ever seen when it comes to housing. When reading the Housing Commission report, I was shocked to find no mention of the defective concrete block crisis. The thousands of houses that have been impacted by this crisis are not mentioned once in the 250-page report. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to liaise with a service provider (details supplied) to expedite the return of telephone and internet services to an area in Donegal (details supplied) where a business in this area cannot exist without proper communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering retrospective adjustments for early applicants under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme who met the grant cap whose engineering fees were deducted from the €420,000 cap; the measures being taken to insure that early movers are not penalised as previously stated by the then...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he would consider introducing free public transport to people under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Post Graduate Certificate in Education graduates from the UK are eligible to register as a newly qualified teacher in Ireland; when changes to the eligibility criteria in relation to this took place; if she intends on making changes to the eligibility criteria in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and timelines of the exceptionality phase of the redress scheme for survivors of the Stardust tragedy, as committed to by the Department of the Taoiseach in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1875. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and recruitment is approved or currently advertised for all the 11 vacant occupational therapy posts in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12606/25]