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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 15. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents with children attending a childcare centre (details supplied); the actions she will take to engage with management of this childcare centre on these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49128/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: My question relates to a childcare provider in Dublin who has indicated it is withdrawing from the market. Has the Minister plans to do anything to prevent such things as this happening and thereby increasing the costs hugely for parents using those facilities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: I accept what the Minister said. This scheme is optional for companies and I understand why that is the case. I also understand that we campaigned on this issue last year and we promised the parents we would deliver serious cuts to the cost of childcare, reducing it to €200 per month. There are 11 centres throughout Dublin. As the Minister mentioned, the owners of this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: I accept everything the Minister said. The owners of this facility say that the core funding model traps services in outdated, frozen fee structures while the cost of delivering quality childcare has continued to rise. I want this scheme to work. I want to make sure that the Minister's engagement with this company works and that we bring them back into the fold. However, the reality is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 43. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the steps she has taken to progress this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49129/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 91. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid [49616/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 92. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory. [49634/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s support of Taiwan’s participation in multilateral fora such as ICAO, UNFCCC and INTERPOL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50369/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the interpretation of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 (details supplied); what our position is on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50370/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the actions he is taking to raise it at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for allowing retail energy companies to increase their unit price for domestic energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49604/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a system of regulation for the provision of EV charging services on public networks across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Sep 2025)

Barry Ward: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has any role in collating the price of electricity at public EV charging stations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49588/25]