1002. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrar's based at Letterkenny University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39662/25]
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1044. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans for capital investment into further and higher education facilities within Donegal within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/25]
139. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the Corncrake LIFE programme; if the programme will be extended beyond December 2025; in what capacity the conservation measure will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/25]
465. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any plans to review or increase the current planning exemption threshold for playgrounds, presently set at €127,000, when undertaken by a local authority, to account for rising construction costs and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/25]
567. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the court building in Carndonagh, which has been closed for renovation; if it is intended to be reopened as a court venue; if not, if consideration will be given to making the building available for alternative community use; if arrangements can be made to ensure that people are no longer summonsed to Carndonagh when hea…
5. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the process she is currently undertaking in choosing a location for a surgical hub for the north west, as outlined in the programme for Government; the factors that will be considered in choosing the location; if this decision will be based solely on geography, population, demographics, day case numbers and staffing numbers; and if she will make a statement on the …
502. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the ongoing delay in processing appeals under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the current status of appeals; the definitive timeline for issuing decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33837/25]
504. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the ongoing delay in providing clarification to the residents of Elm Park, Buncrana under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the definitive timeline for issuing decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33840/25]
511. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied) under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme to be judged on its own merits under section 39 of the Act Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/25]
573. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024, disaggregated by rate of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33918/25]
574. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the total administrative costs of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33919/25]
717. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the potential total cost of increasing the foster care allowance by the equivalent of the current rates of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33917/25]
391. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Finance the duty allowance permitted for airlines staff regarding bringing in cigarettes, tobacco products and alcohol products when arriving into the State from both EU Member States and non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29140/25]
664. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new modular classroom which has been approved by her Department, will be in place for a Donegal school (details supplied). [30304/25]
840. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place to raise the current means limit to qualify for social housing in Donegal and nationwide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30306/25]
979. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Donegal roads policing unit as of 20 May 2025; if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29138/25]
980. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of juvenile liaison officers within the Donegal Garda division as of 20 May 2025; if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29139/25]
1092. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title currently at the regional veterinary offices based at Raphoe, County Donegal; the WTE vacancies at the office, by job title; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29150/25]
1271. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the prescribing of mental health medications in County Donegal, over the past ten years; if she will provide a breakdown, by medication type and age profile; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28981/25]
1313. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at primary care centres within CHO1 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29151/25]
1315. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme within Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29154/25]
1582. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of closed beds in Killybegs Community Hospital (details supplied) due to staff shortages; the steps being taken to have enough staff in place to open these beds; when the 13 beds will re-open in order for the hospital to return to full patient capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30305/25]
396. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Government bodies have been to Wexford and tested a number of properties for defective concrete, over a year ago, yet test results have not been made available; and when the results will be available to homeowners in Wexford. [28808/25]
558. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the status of a refund of fees under the defective concrete blocks scheme on the home of a deceased applicant (details supplied); and if he is aware of the ongoing distress and legal complications caused by the delay, despite assurances in January 2023 that the refund would be issued; and when this r…
120. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice when he will publish the review of the family reunification process that his Department recently undertook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25027/25]