Results 61-80 of 93 for speaker:Charles Ward

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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason solar panels were not installed on any of the new housing at a location (details supplied); if there are any plans for new builds to be required to have a minimum number of solar panels in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 825. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided for residential respite for children's disability services within CHO1 in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists attached to Inishowen children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8189/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency records the internal dimensions of rooms only and does not consider the areas occupied by internal partition walls under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; if the entire floor area including floor area occupied by internal walls should be calculated for grant allocation; and if he will make a...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion, which I support. I am disappointed that like the Labour Party motion last week, there is no mention of the defective concrete crisis in this motion. This is a crisis that impacts tens of thousands of people in County Donegal and 16 other counties. It is a crisis that every single party needs to address. Every day we discover...

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: There is a severe mental health crisis in Donegal which only continues to get worse as the defective concrete crisis continues to impact families across our county. New scientific mental health research conducted by the University of Ulster surveyed 393 families living in defective concrete homes across Ireland. The findings were devastating but not surprising. The research found that more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the increased rates and cap under the defective concrete blocks scheme will be applied retrospectively to homeowners who have already completed their rebuild or remediation works before the relevant legislation is passed; if not, the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5832/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the he will engage with the Department of Housing, the OPW and Donegal County Council to explore a viable alternative solution for affected homeowners in Elm Park, Buncrana, including the option of providing grant funding for the purchase of alternative homes rather than rebuilding on an unsuitable site; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if urgent consideration will be given by the OPW to addressing the flooding situation in Elm Park, Buncrana, where nine properties were built on a floodplain and have been severely impacted by both defective concrete and previous flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5218/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Minister engage with the Department of housing, the OPW and Donegal County Council to explore viable alternative solutions for the affected homeowners of Elm Park in Buncrana including the option of providing grant funding for the purchase of alternative homes rather than rebuilding on a floodplain? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Minister of State come back to me on it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the OPW ensures that buildings they are responsible for are using blocks that are free from deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if they have checked existing buildings for the presence of same. [6116/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the OPW ensure that buildings it is responsible for in construction projects in County Donegal are using blocks that are free from the deleterious materials, and has it checked existing buildings for the presence of these same materials?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: There are buildings with this in Donegal. I am asking exactly what testing procedures are being carried out. There are buildings affected throughout Donegal. There are leisure centres, creches and public buildings affected with this defective concrete. I ask the Minister of State to look into this and come to the realisation that 40% of creches in Donegal are affected. There are public...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: Does the OPW have a plan in place if a building is identified? What will it do to protect people using these buildings? In Letterkenny, for example, there is a leisure centre that serves thousands of people. If that building is identified, what action will it take to address this?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (13 Feb 2025)

Charles Ward: I will come back to the Minister of State.