Results 201-220 of 1,702 for speaker:Barry Ward

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the ongoing conflict in Sudan at an EU Council level. [21845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Taiwan’s exclusion from participating in the World Health Assembly as an observer; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Construction Industry Register Ireland regulations; when the regulations will be formally notified to the European Commission; to provide specific details on what notification procedure or process through which these regulations will be notified; any associated steps involved in the notification...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the cost of further expanding the medical card to all people over the age of 70; her views on the merits of this proposition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22114/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 492. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2089 of 29 April 2025, if she will provide the parameters and a timeline for the review to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the level of State funding for Irish university-backed research; if he will consider increasing this annual funding under forthcoming budgetary negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: This is an important issue. The irony of two men discussing a women's health issue is not lost on me. I thank Dr. Gerry Agnew, a consultant gynaecologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, and Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan, president of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Ireland, for bringing this to my attention. The issue I want to raise regards treatment for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I acknowledge what the Government has done. These supports are important. We are talking about small businesses that employ an enormous number of people throughout the country but are not massively profitable and, therefore, are vulnerable when these grants are not given to them. The grants are important to ensure their viability. Will the Minister of State do two things in particular?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby businesses that qualify for the increased cost of business grant and power up grant were misclassified in the wrong category; if an appeals system has been established to ensure they can draw this funding down; if this appeal system has been communicated to all local authorities; and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I wish to first acknowledge the huge supports the Government has put in place for businesses to deal with the increase the cost of doing business, energy and other factors. I have been contacted by several businesses that have been miscategorised for these grants and, as such, have been denied grants they could have otherwise got. Is the Minister aware of this and if so, is there a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I am very pleased to hear the Government has approved that appeal process. It is obviously very important. The kind of businesses denied these facilities are quite vulnerable. They are small businesses that need these supports, so I welcome that. I note it was promised some time ago, so when the Minister of State says it will be available soon, how soon might that be and could significant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the establishment of a small business unit in his Department, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21738/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the review of the nutritional requirements and quality of food provided under the hot school meal programme; if there is a timeline for these standards to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to examine how the social protection system can better support people fleeing domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Government's stance on the ongoing conflict in Sudan; the action the Government taking in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the level of State aid sent to Sudan since the start of the civil war conflict in April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of people currently residing in IPAS centres that have fled the ongoing conflict in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between student/teacher ratio criteria in junior and senior primary schools with DEIS Band 1 status (details supplied); if her office has received correspondence from a school principal that highlights a specific case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to large-scale military drills around Taiwan carried out by the Chinese military on 1 April; if he will condemn this act of aggression; the actions he will take to engage with his EU counterparts on a response to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18646/25]