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Charles Ward

100% RDR Donegal TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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392
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
72,453
words spoken in the chamber
Across 233 contributions
308
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
103
topics asked about
Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 392 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 233 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 1 1
February 2025 29 20
March 2025 14 10
April 2025 16 7
May 2025 10 15
June 2025 17 13
July 2025 21 8
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 5 11
October 2025 31 8
November 2025 47 12
December 2025 8 29
January 2026 25 16
February 2026 9 10
March 2026 30 13
April 2026 38 15
May 2026 25 9
June 2026 21 10
July 2026 9 8
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 12 5
October 2026 24 11

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 124 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party 100% RDR 29 November 2024 to now
Charles Ward Written 15 May 2025 · to Children
296. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she will take to ensure assessments of needs are completed within the statutory timeline to reduce the waiting lists across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25044/25]
Charles Ward Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
332. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the health system continues to operate on paper records rather than digital records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25043/25]
Charles Ward Written 13 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
507. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has made him aware of consistent and severe flooding in an area of Raphoe (details supplied); if there are plans for flood relief works in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24083/25]
Charles Ward Written 8 May 2025 · to Rural
457. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will make additional funding available in 2025 for additional roads in Donegal to be resurfaced on the local improvement scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/25]
Charles Ward Written 8 May 2025 · to Rural
458. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a list of the number of roads in each municipal district in Donegal waiting for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/25]
Charles Ward Written 8 May 2025 · to Rural
459. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a list of all funding for Donegal to spend on the local improvement scheme in each municipal district in Donegal over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/25]
Charles Ward Written 7 May 2025 · to Housing
254. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current position of the letter of assurance/ guarantee for those who have completed works under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/25]
Charles Ward Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1331. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason as of April 2025, none of the six appeals that were confirmed to be in progress as of early December 2024 under the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme have been heard; the status and expected timelines for the resolution of these appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20696/25]
Charles Ward Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1332. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current position of the technical review of the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme announced on 6 November 2024; if the scheme will not provide a mechanism to bypass the statutory right to appeal as set out in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; and if he will make a st…
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Defence
29. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that were carried out at Finner Camp in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; if each of those refurbishment works project are completed or still ongoing at present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17682/25]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Housing
147. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the car park at Glenveagh National Park, Donegal was last resurfaced or remarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/25]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Rural
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]
Charles Ward Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Rural
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]
Charles Ward Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]
Charles Ward Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Education
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]
Charles Ward Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Charles Ward Oral 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
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 sc…
Charles Ward Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Education
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]