Results 61-80 of 109 for speaker:Charles Ward

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Rescue 118 will maintain its 24-hour coverage once transferred to a company (details supplied), or whether it will be reduced to a 12-hour service as seen in Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the transition of search-and-rescue services from one company (details supplied) to another has not been communicated to crews and communities; whether crews and communities will be informed in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what contingency plans are in place to ensure uninterrupted search-and-rescue (SAR) coverage, particularly for islands and rural coastal areas, while the transition of SAR services from one company to another (details supplied) takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his contract with a company (details supplied) regarding search-and-rescue (SAR) services will meet the contract’s original commitment of all-weather, 24-hour SAR coverage, 365 days a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring exceptional approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State success in their time going forward. We may be making progress in terms of healthcare outcomes in Ireland overall, but there is no doubt that there is an enormous disparity between the north west and the rest of the country when it comes to access to healthcare and healthcare outcomes. In Donegal we are years behind the rest of the country in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in quarter 2 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8205/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the text for the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if retrospective payments for homeowners will be included in the remediation of dwellings damaged under the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available to disability services in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8190/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Letterkenny University Hospital in each the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based in Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 286. To ask the Minister for Health when a community hospital (details supplied) will re-open for admissions and return to normal service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Donegal, in 2024; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 348. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in Donegal, in 2024; the grant approved for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8195/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: The Government's defective blocks scheme has left many homeowners, particularly in Donegal, facing significant challenges. The scheme is fraught with delays, technical barriers and inadequate funding. Despite availing of the scheme, families are still drowning in debt and are expected to carry the financial burden relating to delays caused by a lack of contractors and insufficient...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Bill include retrospective payments - these were promised previously - for homeowners who are currently in the scheme?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Only 69 have been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, to exempt emergency response drivers from benefit-in-kind in cases where such drivers take their vehicles home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/25]