Charles Ward

211. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when works on the new Smooth Point Phase 3 at Killybegs Fisheries Harbour Centre will commence; the estimated timeframe for this work to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/25]

212. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when works on the new passenger embarkation pontoon at Killybegs Fisheries Harbour Centre will commence; the estimated timeframe for this work to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17717/25]

255. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide a specialist lymphedema clinic in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17681/25]

257. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; if this scheme is proving successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17693/25]

258. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant geriatricians attached to the Donegal integrated care programme for older persons in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17694/25]

259. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the rate of theatre utilisation in Letterkenny University Hospital for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17701/25]

260. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists and clinical psychologists based in Donegal CAMHS services in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17702/25]

296. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in County Donegal in 2024; the grant approved for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17703/25]

297. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Donegal in 2024; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17704/25]

300. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered basing the Barnesmore Gap Greenway in the Finn Harps carpark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17012/25]

381. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education if she will make changes to the school transport rules which will allow students doing a PLC course in their local secondary school to access school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15099/25]

718. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health when new patients will be accepted to a community hospital in Donegal, which is being delayed by HIQA; and if she will contact HIQA and request it to finalise the paperwork necessary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15100/25]

77. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the local improvement scheme in Donegal since 2020; the number of outstanding local improvement scheme roads in Donegal; if he will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding for the Glenties and Inishowen municipal districts given the demand; whether he will review the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14862/25]

237. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how SNAs who work in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14787/25]

238. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how retired teachers who previously worked as teachers in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14788/25]

272. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how Donegal will benefit from the newly restored scéim na mbóithre áise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14863/25]

309. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Transport whether he would consider introducing free public transport to people under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/25]

620. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education if Post Graduate Certificate in Education graduates from the UK are eligible to register as a newly qualified teacher in Ireland; when changes to the eligibility criteria in relation to this took place; if she intends on making changes to the eligibility criteria in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11276/25]

1135. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice the status and timelines of the exceptionality phase of the redress scheme for survivors of the Stardust tragedy, as committed to by the Department of the Taoiseach in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/25]

1875. Deputy Charles Ward asked 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]

1876. Deputy Charles Ward asked 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]

1877. Deputy Charles Ward asked 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]

1878. Deputy Charles Ward asked 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]

1879. Deputy Charles Ward asked 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]

211. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]