Results 101-120 of 160 for speaker:Charles Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1875. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and recruitment is approved or currently advertised for all the 11 vacant occupational therapy posts in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1876. To ask the Minister for Health when the three vacancies currently in social care in Donegal will be considered for funding and advertised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1877. To ask the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies currently in primary care in Donegal which were vacant as of December 2023, will be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1878. To ask the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies specifically in primary care service in Donegal which have been vacant as of December 2023, will not be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 1879. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the considerable need for occupational therapy appointments in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12610/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I have been speaking to parents and teachers from Little Angels Special School in Letterkenny. From the day the first block was ever laid in the new building, we knew the school would be too small to fulfil future demands. Some of the temporary solutions to this issue could be to use two rooms in the old school and transport the newest modular buildings to the new building. Why did this...

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: It is shocking to see the examples of overspending and waste in the public sector, as outlined in the motion. Public trust in Government decisions and Government spending is at an all-time low. It is sickening for people to watch the Government spend public money so wastefully. It is a slap in the face to families impacted by the defective concrete crisis that hundreds of thousands is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: Will the Taoiseach give a specific date for when the people currently on the scheme can avail of the 10%? We are talking about people who are on the scheme. This scheme works. People are phoning me - the majority of whom are on the scheme - crying because the 10% is enough to keep their debt at approximately €100,000. Can I get a date for when this 10% will be implemented?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: I asked the Taoiseach a question last Tuesday on the defective concrete scheme and his answer was completely disingenuous. He is trying to mislead the public into thinking the scheme is working and many people have benefited from it. That could not be further from the truth. He claims 450 homes are under construction while failing to acknowledge only 69 homes have been completed. There is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to liaise with a service provider (details supplied) to expedite the return of telephone and internet services to an area in Donegal (details supplied) where a business in this area cannot exist without proper communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2025)

Charles Ward: 429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering retrospective adjustments for early applicants under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme who met the grant cap whose engineering fees were deducted from the €420,000 cap; the measures being taken to insure that early movers are not penalised as previously stated by the then...

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]