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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (26 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 18 June 2025, the position regarding any engagement he or his Department’s officials have had with their counterparts in India and Pakistan in relation to concerns about any breaches of the Indus Water Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/25]

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

Barry Ward: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to cases whereby school teachers are forced to give up jobs due to being unable to afford accommodation in Dublin; if she has considered supporting the provision of dedicated housing for teachers and other front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (26 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of short-term letting hosts (details supplied) that have a single listing that is a dwelling in their garden; if any exemption has been considered for properties of this nature that cannot become a viable long-term home regarding registration and planning permission...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any research into explicitly including the sale of nicotine inhaling products into the planning permission process for local authorities, thus allowing local councils to evaluate the public health impacts of such sales on their communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby school teachers are forced to give up jobs due to being unable to afford accommodation in Dublin; if he has considered supporting the provision of dedicated housing for teachers and other frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35023/25]

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

Barry Ward: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if apartment owners who have already paid for remediation works to be carried out, due to their urgent nature, will be included in the remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (26 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 321. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the amount spent or incurred by the Mental Health Commission on consultants, advisers, or contracts related to communications, media, public relations, marketing, advertising or related activities in respect of the calendar year 2023, calendar year 2024 and 1 January 2025 to 31 May 2025, in tabular form, in each instance indicating the...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: We have not received any apologies. This meeting will be an engagement with a number of witnesses. They are from Coalition 2030, Social Justice Ireland, the Irish Environmental Network and The Wheel, and they will discuss the implementation of the sustainable development goals, SDGs, which are an important part of our work programme. We are joined by Mr. David Rossiter, co-ordinator of...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I thank Mr. McGeady. I now call on Mr. Rossiter to give his opening statement.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: Does the Deputy want to direct that to anybody in particular?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I am conscious that we have run out of time on that question. If the witnesses who did not reply want to come in later, I will give them the opportunity to do that.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: We will move to Senator Lynch. I hope the vote went well.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I might let witnesses back in. I am conscious of what Mr. Coghlan said about NGOs as well but I will move on to Deputy Lahart.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I want to bring it back to the fines, and I know we are not calling them fines but costs. If we are mid-table in our performance on the SDGs and, when the time comes, we fail to deliver and must buy the credits from other countries, is there a possibility there will not be a high enough performing country from which we can buy those credits? If that is the case, and there are no fines but...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I want to give an opportunity now to those wanting to come back in on a few issues. Mr. Coghlan mentioned the NGO point. Are there any other issues others might like to come in on? It might be a good time to do it while that vote is going on.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: Were there any other unfinished issues anyone wished to raise?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: Before I go to Deputy Lahart, are there any other issues that need to be completed?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I will call Deputy Crowe and then Deputy Gogarty.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: I invite Mr. Rossiter to make a closing comment as we are out of time.