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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of teachers currently employed in Ireland; the number able to teach uniquely through the Irish language; the number of them currently teaching uniquely through the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make provision for municipal districts in the six local authorities that currently do not have any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider implementing regulations to ensure that no new-build housing will have electricity supplied through overhead wires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to respecting the unanimous recommendation of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice not to remove juries from defamation actions in the proposed defamation legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the application process for a Palestinian national to apply for asylum, including the specific procedure for a person still resident in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4282/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána detailing the type and age of each vehicle and which division it is attached to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of vehicles in use by An Garda Síochána that are fully electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the procurement process of vehicles for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to funding the replacement of trees, planted under his Department's afforestation schemes, with biodiverse, native woodland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4769/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá go dtuigim díreach an méid oibre atá i gceist chun clár Rialtais a chur le chéile. Agus an obair sin ar siúl, tá daoine ar fud na tíre ag iarraidh polasaithe a chur isteach sa chlár sin agus na rudaí atá tábhachtach dóibhsean a bheith ann agus i bpolasaithe an Rialtais freisin....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Government's policy on the independence of Somaliland; if any research or diplomatic efforts have been carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3735/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the progress to date on any amendments or new legislation in this regard, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of people currently serving custodial sentences in the State, by prison location, the capacity currently occupied in each prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3736/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of each of the Irish prison centres, by location, in tabular form; how many are over capacity; how many people are detained in each facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number people currently detained in female prisons within the Irish prison system, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the criteria for transferring prisoners to open prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3752/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of open prisons in the Irish prison system, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people currently employed within the Irish prison service, by role and by prison/office location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff within the Irish prison service that are directly involved in the Prison Service escort corp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Feb 2025)

Barry Ward: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number people employed directly within female prisons within the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3803/25]