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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: You have had 100 years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of new affordable homes in Dublin for 2025; the proposed number for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53922/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: This question is about so-called affordable housing schemes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister. One of the problems we have at the minute is that the Government’s social and affordable housing targets are too low. Not only are they too low, but they are simply not being met. The Government has failed in its pre-election promise of 40,000 new homes to be delivered this year, but I want to concentrate on the affordable purchase schemes. Last year, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: The Minister can criticise Sinn Féin’s housing plan all he wants, but I am going to be straight with him. I live in the real world, and the prices of affordable houses in my own area in Dublin Mid-West are simply not affordable. I will give some examples. A two-bedroom affordable home in Clonburris costs €380,000. A three-bed affordable home on the same scheme costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: These are public homes built on public land.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: Our spokesperson wrote a book on it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant-in-situ scheme; to outline the differences in the scheme by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female, in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Services (7 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the counties in which the bail supervision service operates; the number of persons which have been able to access the service, by county, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set out the level of funding allocated to League of Ireland clubs for academies; if this funding will be increased in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 144. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin mid west; if P2 and P3 services will be available in all parts of the constituency in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 202. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary health care centre for Rowlagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (2 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 414. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on non-emergency ambulance patient transport in the greater Dublin area; if the contract for this will remain with the National Ambulance Service; if any changes will be made to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52693/25]

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: Collinstown Football Club in my area is right at the heart of my community. There are 28 teams with over 400 players. Since 2019, it has been waiting for a dressing room from South Dublin County Council through a sports capital grant. Nothing happened until 2024 and the club had to apply for more money because of the delay which meant costs had spiralled. This football team, which...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: As we speak, there are boats on the way to Gaza, boats with aid for a starving population and with support for a population inflicted with genocide. The only arms on these boats are prosthetic arms for children who have lost limbs during this genocide. There are also 22 Irish civilians on these boats. One of them is my friend and comrade Senator Chris Andrews. I have been in regular touch...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. It is simple: the means test for carers needs to be abolished. The means test excludes thousands of carers right across this State. I will give some examples. These are real people from my constituency who have come into my constituency office looking for help. There is a woman from my own area who was in receipt of carer's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the public consultation on the feasibility of transitioning the waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system; when the report on this consultation will be published; if in the meantime he will be acting on some of the submissions in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the frequency of the P29 bus service; if there are plans to increase the frequency of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52452/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Oct 2025)

Mark Ward: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an increase in the number of C-spine buses for major events in Dublin; the policy of transport operators around frequency of services for major events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52453/25]