Results 21-40 of 93 for speaker:Charles Ward

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Admissions (1 Apr 2025)

Charles Ward: 718. To ask the Minister for Health when new patients will be accepted to a community hospital in Donegal, which is being delayed by HIQA; and if she will contact HIQA and request it to finalise the paperwork necessary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15100/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: If the Minister of State has been to Donegal, he will know many of our rural roads are in an awful state and in urgent need of upgrading, particularly around the Glenties and Inishowen areas. These are the most deprived areas. They are rural areas. The LIS as it currently stands is wholly inadequate for us as there is a need to address the infrastructural differences between rural and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I understand this but the LIS funding allocated to Donegal must increase and be prioritised because of what is going on in the west of Donegal, Gaeltacht areas and north Inishowen, in particular. Councillors out there are constantly looking for funding. There are roads that have not been touched for years. If a plan was put in place for the LIS roads in north Inishowen and west Donegal, it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the local improvement scheme in Donegal since 2020; the number of outstanding local improvement scheme roads in Donegal; if he will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding for the Glenties and Inishowen municipal districts given the demand; whether he will review the local...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I would be grateful if the Minister could outline the number of applications for the local improvement scheme, LIS, in Donegal since 2020, and the number of outstanding LIS roads in Donegal. I would also like to know whether he will allocate a major increase in LIS funding to the Glenties and Inishowen municipal districts because an increase in funding for the roads in these areas is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how SNAs who work in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how retired teachers who previously worked as teachers in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how Donegal will benefit from the newly restored scéim na mbóithre áise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14863/25]

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I wish the Minister nothing but the best in the years to come because what is ahead is the biggest crisis this country has ever seen when it comes to housing. When reading the Housing Commission report, I was shocked to find no mention of the defective concrete block crisis. The thousands of houses that have been impacted by this crisis are not mentioned once in the 250-page report. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he would consider introducing free public transport to people under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Post Graduate Certificate in Education graduates from the UK are eligible to register as a newly qualified teacher in Ireland; when changes to the eligibility criteria in relation to this took place; if she intends on making changes to the eligibility criteria in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and timelines of the exceptionality phase of the redress scheme for survivors of the Stardust tragedy, as committed to by the Department of the Taoiseach in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1875. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and recruitment is approved or currently advertised for all the 11 vacant occupational therapy posts in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1876. To ask the Minister for Health when the three vacancies currently in social care in Donegal will be considered for funding and advertised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1877. To ask the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies currently in primary care in Donegal which were vacant as of December 2023, will be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1878. To ask the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies specifically in primary care service in Donegal which have been vacant as of December 2023, will not be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1879. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the considerable need for occupational therapy appointments in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12610/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I have been speaking to parents and teachers from Little Angels Special School in Letterkenny. From the day the first block was ever laid in the new building, we knew the school would be too small to fulfil future demands. Some of the temporary solutions to this issue could be to use two rooms in the old school and transport the newest modular buildings to the new building. Why did this...

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: It is shocking to see the examples of overspending and waste in the public sector, as outlined in the motion. Public trust in Government decisions and Government spending is at an all-time low. It is sickening for people to watch the Government spend public money so wastefully. It is a slap in the face to families impacted by the defective concrete crisis that hundreds of thousands is...