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Showing questions asked by Barry Ward under the heading EU Directives.

18 questions match, newest first.

Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Climate
292. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the transposition of the EU's Single-Use Plastics Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42383/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Climate
293. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the European Commission's proceedings against Ireland in relation to the incomplete transposition of the Single-Use Plastics Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42384/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Climate
299. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding a timeline for when Ireland will be fully compliant with the EU's Single-Use Plastics Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42390/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
460. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Ireland has developed proposed responses or solutions to the concerns raised by Member States maintaining reservations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive, including concerns relating to scope, cost and decentralised competencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35877/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
461. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether bilateral engagement has taken place with Member States maintaining reservations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive; the dates and format of any such engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35878/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
462. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Ireland intends to table, support or advance a revised compromise text relating to the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35879/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
463. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to publish or summarise its assessment of the implications of the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive and the 2024 Belgian Presidency compromise text for Irish law and policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35880/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the gaps, if any, have been identified between existing equality protections in the State and the protections proposed under the European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35881/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the 2024 Belgian Presidency compromise text remains the basis on which Ireland is engaging in negotiations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35882/26]
Barry Ward Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Children
397. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the Horizontal Equal Treatment European Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31495/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
670. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of negotiations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive at Council level; the main barriers to agreement identified by Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27987/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
671. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific actions Ireland intends to take to progress the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27988/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
672. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether advancing the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive is under consideration as part of Ireland’s priorities for its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27989/26]
Barry Ward Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Justice
113. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the network and information security directive (NIS2 Directive) (EU) 2022/2555 was not transposed into Irish law by the October 2024 deadline. [52549/25]
Barry Ward Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Justice
114. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe for the transposition of the NIS2 Directive. [52550/25]
Barry Ward Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Justice
115. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures currently in place to comply with Ireland's obligations under the network and information security directive (NIS2 Directive) (EU) 2022/2555; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/25]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2025 · to Housing
103. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 7 May 2025, through which formal notification procedure the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) regulations will be notified to the European Commission; whether this will be via the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) or another mechanism; and if he will make a stateme…
Barry Ward Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1653. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding any measures being put in place by his Department to prepare for the end of the EU Temporary Protection Directive (Directive 2001/55/EC); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21088/25]