Mark Ward

106. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department is taking to tackle price gouging by energy retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/26]

138. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Energy Affordability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27565/26]

29. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [26736/26]

81. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on EU and International Affairs will next meet. [16813/26]

98. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will meet next. [16812/26]

133. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [22116/26]

665. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport when the new driving test centre in Sandyford will be opened; when learner drivers can apply for a test at this centre; the reason for the delay in opening this test centre; the number of driving testers that will be based in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/26]

690. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport to outline the types of vehicles/drivers that have permission to use bus lanes; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/26]

754. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there will be an increase in Leap card fares; if so, the amount of the increase; when this will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25653/26]

755. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to include bus drivers and heavy machinery mechanics on the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/26]

756. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to update the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets as it is currently 12 years since the last update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/26]

757. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Lucan Luas project; when this will be delivered; the funding commitments that have been made for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/26]

758. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to deliver a centralised bike share hire scheme to allow people to cycle between local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25658/26]

943. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the bike-to-work scheme will be opened to people in atypical employment; to list those currently eligible for the scheme; if the scheme will be extended to other types of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25656/26]

1267. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project for a school (details supplied); to clarify the details of the proposed special needs unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24137/26]

1268. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); when the roof of the existing school building will be replaced; the other facilities to be included in the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24138/26]

1269. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); to provide details of the new sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24139/26]

1351. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) can be considered in the home school community liaison scheme expansion announced recently; the criteria being selected for the expansion; if an appeal process will be open for schools that were not included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25098/26]

1696. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider giving people who are on their local authorities housing list who have received a valid notice of termination access to homeless HAP earlier than the current 12 weeks prior to their notice of termination date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/26]

1709. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether owners management companies can lawfully collect levies for defect works that will qualify for 100% grant funding under the scheme while the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024 awaits enactment; if owners management companies will be required to pursue grant funding before levying owners; the statutory protections that will guarantee refunds where levies have already been collected for grant-eligible works; when the Bill will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/26]

2516. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the Children Disability Service Grant Fund application for an organisation (details supplied); the reason there has been a delay in releasing their funding; the total amount that has been allocated for the scheme to date; the total amount that has been drawn down to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25701/26]

2517. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the Children Disability Service Grant Fund applications, the total amount that has been allocated for the scheme to date; the total amount that has been drawn down to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25702/26]

46. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the Revenue Commissioners calculate the NOx component of VRT to be greater than zero euro on a used imported car first registered elsewhere in the EU before January 2020, given that the NOx component of VRT did not exist in Irish law before that date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22864/26]

281. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional will be appropriately identified within the system; whether the Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22592/26]

282. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; the implications this may have for equity of access; the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; if the Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22593/26]