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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Feb 2023)

Barry Ward: ...devolved to municipal districts and, therefore, every decision has to be made by the full council. This is a major block to the efficiency of decision-making within the local authority. If one was in Kildare County Council, for example, there is a municipal district in Athy and the decision can be made at a local level to do something and the full council has the power to devolve certain...

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Barry Ward: ...is, on average, an older group than society as a whole. I think of my young colleagues on councils, particularly women, people like Councillor Bridin Murphy in Wexford and Councillor Evie Sammon in Kildare, who works here in the Houses of the Oireachtas, and Councillor Clodagh Higgins in Galway. They are there throughout the country but they are in the minority, young people who have...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Barry Ward: ...schemes do, but the rural social scheme plays an important part in rural Ireland as well. Does the Government have plans to extend that scheme? I had a meeting the other day with the County Kildare Leader Partnership, which had been asked about this matter. I think the Minister also said she was hoping to expand the Tús scheme and create additional places. I ask her to confirm...