204. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any engagement she has had with unions representing teachers with a view to preventing their planned strike actions (detail supplied). [69895/26]
218. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an assessment of demand for SEN places in primary schools in the Shankill area; and the way this demand will be matched. [70022/26]
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the provision of an additional SEN classroom in a school (details supplied) to meet the demand for places in the Shankill area. [70023/26]
220. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans regarding the proposed increase in the provision of SEN places in primary schools in the Shankill area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70021/26]
343. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances in urban and suburban areas where premises are officially recorded as 'passed' and 'commercially covered' on broadband mapping databases, yet network operators refuse to complete connections due to minor lead-in civil works on public footpaths; what regulatory oversight exists to prevent operat…
366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether standard Section 254 and MapRoad Licensing, MRL, frameworks between local authorities and telecommunications providers accommodate minor public footpath excavations for last-metre domestic broadband connections; and what guidance is provided to local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to resolve lea…
477. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland supports the inclusion of a robust review mechanism in the revised EU Animal Transport Regulation to ensure that journey times, space allowances, temperature limits and other welfare requirements can be strengthened where subsequent scientific evidence demonstrates that further measures are necessary. [70091/26]
478. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland supports the inclusion of time spent transporting animals on roll-on roll-off ferries within the calculation of maximum journey times under the proposed EU Animal Transport Regulation; if not, the reasons for Ireland's position. [70090/26]
479. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of negotiations on the revision of the EU Animal Transport Regulation, the specific position Ireland is taking on specific provisions related to animal welfare concerns (details supplied). [70089/26]
480. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the revision of the EU Animal Transport Regulation and the European Commission’s EU Livestock Strategy, the position Ireland is taking on the development of a clear EU roadmap to facilitate a gradual transition, where economically and practically viable, from long-distance live animal transport towards the transport and t…
482. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of recent research published in 2026 (details supplied) which found that a significant proportion of unweaned calves transported from Ireland to the Netherlands had underlying respiratory disease which was not identified through standard clinical assessment, if Ireland is seeking changes to the fitness-for-transport requirements f…
495. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to engage with a large childcare centre on its withdrawal from the core funding model (details supplied); and the actions she will take to support parents with the knock-on price increase. [69818/26]
499. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025–2030, which academics and independent experts were consulted in developing the strategy; and the published research that they provided or relied upon. [69741/26]
505. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to support families that have children in childcare centres that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme and the related knock-on increase in costs. [70030/26]
506. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a childcare centre from the core funding scheme (details supplied) and what actions her Department has taken to engage with the management of this facility to try and maintain their membership of the scheme. [70028/26]
509. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to support families that have children in a childcare centre (details supplied) that has indicated that they are withdrawing from the core funding scheme and the related knock-on increase in costs. [70075/26]
510. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a childcare centre from the core funding scheme (details supplied); and the steps her Department has taken to engage with the management of this facility to try and maintain their membership of the scheme. [70074/26]
541. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the engagement she has had with the HSE in relation to the proposal to add the shingles vaccine to the reimbursement scheme. [69821/26]
651. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delays in providing an occupational therapy assessment for a person (details supplied); and the actions she will take to ensure that this is progressed. [70385/26]
8. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the merits of establishing embassies in all EU accession countries with a view to increasing diplomatic relations as negotiations on their prospective membership continue. [68253/26]
85. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to support the establishment of embassies in all EU accession countries with a view to increasing diplomatic relations as negotiations on their prospective memberships continue. [68254/26]
30. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding a review of the help to buy scheme that would allow for second hand homes to be included rather than just allowing for new builds in the qualifying criteria. [69122/26]
121. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69109/26]
122. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69108/26]
123. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the 2024 report commissioned by his Department, entitled ‘A Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland: Stakeholder Experiences’, the steps he has taken to address the under-resourcing of the criminal justice system identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69105/26]