Results 21-40 of 1,414 for speaker:Barry Ward

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17048/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the plastic bag levy; how much it has accrued in each of the past five years; if this funding is ring-fenced for specific initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the deposit return scheme; the protocol for money that is unclaimed; if this funding is ring-fenced for specific initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any further initiatives proposed by his Department to increase the support for offshore wind infrastructure in coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 339. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 341. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there should be a requirement for credit unions to hold their annual general meetings in person rather than via electronic video conferencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the rollout of the scheme to address the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 1062. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students completing the Leaving Certificate in June 2025 in relation to the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of amending existing inheritance tax parameters; if the existing relationship category thresholds can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding any systems put in place systems to ensure the integrity of the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding any Departmental review into how the OPW manages projects to ensure value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the progression of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024, as committed to in the Programme for Government; how this will provide safeguards against strategic lawsuits against public participation suits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/25]

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: Ar dtús báire, ní féidir linn a rá cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an t-ábhar seo agus an luach a bhaineann le polasaí éifeachtach anseo ach an oiread. The importance of diverting young people away from crime cannot be overstated. It is a deeply important thing and the underlying principle has to be that prevention is better than cure....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the regulations on live animal exports; how inspections are carried out to ensure that they are adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the penalties for failing to adhere to regulations on live animal exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the cut to the accommodation recognition payment; the research carried out by her Department prior to making this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15931/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: I understood this was a motion of confidence in the Ceann Comhairle, yet almost everything I have heard in this debate has been about ancillary issues that are not relevant to confidence or otherwise. This is why this discussion feels genuinely insincere. I do not believe those who profess a lack of confidence actually have a lack of confidence. What this feels like much more is an attempt...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Apr 2025)

Barry Ward: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has raised the serious matter of sustained attacks on citizens of Hungary, and consequently the EU, who are LGBTQ+ by the actions of the Hungarian government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15426/25]