Results 801-820 of 2,396 for speaker:Barry Ward

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 809. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes to support apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he is conscious of the need to maintain financial independence in the case where one spouse loses their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1008. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the retail crime strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1009. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding community integration supports for a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1638. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of the medication called givinostat to treat patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; the actions she will take to expedite this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30679/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1386. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1387. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the inconsistency in breastfeeding advice being given to women across the healthcare service; if any consideration has been given to standardising breastfeeding advice in order that women can rely on the information being given at a vulnerable time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1388. To ask the Minister for Health the kind of oversight and regulation there is currently on the breastfeeding advice given by private lactation consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1389. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration is being given to providing a reliable breastfeeding support service where women can access midwife-led support if they require it 24 hours a day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1401. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 783 of 27 May 2025, if she will consider providing funding for pilot programmes in select primary care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1390. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing some pelvic-floor rehabilitation as a matter of course, not just for those suffering birth injuries, such as that provided in France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the shingles vaccine by the corporate pharmaceutical unit of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29747/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the cancer patient advocacy group (details supplied) regarding the provision of cancer treatment drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30174/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I acknowledge that the Government takes on board this issue. Exactly as the Minister says, it is an inclusion issue, particularly for people who might not be tech savvy or might even have bad Internet coverage. The lack of access to cash can be a real stumbling block for them in accessing financial services and paying bills. I therefore appreciate that there is a governmental and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I appreciate the Minister's perspective and his commitment to that. Beyond the banking sector, there are businesses that will sometimes try to dictate to their customers how they will effect payment for a service or a good. Some people will say not just that they want a card payment but that it must be through a particular method - PayPal or whatever it might be. Does the Minister perhaps...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: The Future Ireland Fund is a very important planning instrument for the future of the economy, particularly in light of shocks we know are coming down the track. Will the Minister outline how the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund are being used and their status at this stage?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: It is very important to acknowledge the importance of these funds. The Minister mentioned demographic change. We know a crisis is coming in terms of the shift from those who are working to those who are retired and how the working population here will have to support those people. I want to put on record my support for and acknowledgement of the importance of these funds and the fact that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: I appreciate that. To what extent does the Department keep an eye on the appropriateness of those financial vehicles in terms of any human rights element? Is this a consideration?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on the progress of ensuring access to cash and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Barry Ward: As the Minister is aware, cash is increasingly something many people do not use. One will often hear people say they do not carry cash at all but rely on credit cards and banking apps to make the payments they need to make. While that is very progressive in lots of ways, will the Minister tell us what he is doing to ensure cash remains available for those who need and want to use it?