Results 41-60 of 3,611 for speaker:Mark Ward

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

Mark Ward: It has been well documented in this House that you cannot call a person a liar in the Dáil, so I will refrain from doing so in what I have to say. Micheál Martin misled the people of Ireland in the recent election campaign, Simon Harris spoofed them and Jack Chambers simply told big, fat porky pies to them. They misled the electorate in saying they would build 40,000 homes. They...

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

Mark Ward: If I had said them as Gaeilge, would they have been all right?

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

Mark Ward: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to open additional driving test centres in South Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10742/25]

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

Mark Ward: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for late payments for M50 toll users; if his Department will negotiate leniency for elderly drivers who do not pay on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11184/25]

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

Mark Ward: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be additional train services between Heuston Station and Fonthill, Kishoge and Adamstown stations; if train services will have additional carriages for peak time services due to the increasing population of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures regarding the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11167/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes to be built in the new temporary school building for a school (details supplied); if three ASD classes will be considered given that the permanent location will have four; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when enrolment will be open for applicants for the new special school in Griffeen Avenue, Lucan; the process and criteria for new applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Lucan that expressed an interest in opening an additional needs class in the past five years; the number of these applications that were refused; the reasons given for the refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Lucan that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open an additional needs class; the number of schools that declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 1329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a pre-school service (details supplied) which has been advised they may have no premises for the 2025/2026 school year and beyond; if there is support and assistance available from her Department to ensure the pre-school remains open given the vital service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 1589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount accrued by the HSE in paying interest as a result of late payments to its suppliers, contractors and others in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/25]

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

Mark Ward: 1592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologist hours available at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the breakdown of public and private hours available for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11106/25]

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

Mark Ward: 1855. To ask the Minister for Health if spirovital therapy is available to HSE patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12482/25]

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

Mark Ward: The Government needs to simply stop wasting public money. It is as simple as that. What hurts people the most is that they know that money could be spent on things that would really benefit them. For example, the €9 million spent on mobile phone pouches, which were spun as being a mental health support, could have been spent in schools on face-to-face mental health supports that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when four prefabs will be replaced at a college (details supplied). [9873/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: I congratulate the Minister and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on their new roles. I wish them all the best. We are living with the legacy of serious Government failures and the neglect of policing and community safety. These are failures of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. There have been fewer gardaí on the streets of Dublin since Fine Gael came into government. We are now getting...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am just checking to see whether we have got a quorum.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to encourage more people to become post primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (4 Mar 2025)

Mark Ward: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if people who do a postgraduate certificate in education in the north of Ireland can finish their induction in the south of Ireland; to provide details on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9249/25]