Results 101-120 of 1,702 for speaker:Barry Ward

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a family (details supplied), relating to an admissions policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Support Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding educational supports for IPAS centre residents; how any school place shortages at a local level are addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Immigration Support Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding English-language training facilities in IPAS centres to allow for easier integration into the local community for residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a teacher shortage in a school (details supplied) resulting in an inability to provide adequate support for a child with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the free schoolbook scheme for students in Junior Cycle years; if consideration has been given to including private schools as part of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Ward: 706. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the poor availability of high-speed broadband an area (details supplied); the actions he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29524/25]

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...