3937. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services currently available to Donegal based adults and children at Letterkenny University Hospital; if there are plans to improve the diabetes services currently available within Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63616/26]
3936. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists and senior psychologists posts that were filled at Donegal CAMHS services as of 18 August 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 August 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63617/26]
3761. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health whether Galway may stop accepting new referrals for risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; if so, the contingency arrangements in place; if alternative referral arrangements exist elsewhere in Ireland or internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62777/26]
3760. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have developed a recurrence of cancer while waiting for preventative surgery; if that information is recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62776/26]
3759. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist plastic surgeons currently available to perform risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; the extent to which maternity leave, vacancies and lack of cover have affected available capacity; whether other additional surgical capacity is being pursued to provide such surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62775/26]
3758. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting nationally and in Galway for risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; the average waiting times for patients awaiting risk-reducing double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery; the projected waiting time for patients currently on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62774/26]
1907. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an inherited transfer can preserve relevant-owner status under section 24 of the enhanced defective concrete block scheme while an inter vivos transfer to a child cannot; whether his Department has considered allowing a qualifying relevant owner to transfer their interest to a child without extinguishing the property’s eligibility under the scheme; whether section 24 provides any discretion to recognise your child as the new relevant owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63089/26]
1861. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent of the total application arrears and processing backlogs currently under management by Tailte Éireann; the exact volume of applications currently classified as pending or stuck in arrears from 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the specific measures being deployed to address the systemic "all-or-nothing" validation rejections and the friction caused by segmented inter-departmental reviews, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62388/26]
1938. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who is enforcing the 2025 inflatable safety regulations as set out in the Planning and Development (Funfairs and Fairground Equipment) Regulations 2025 in County Donegal; the number of inspections that have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63614/26]
2087. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the average phone waiting time experienced by MyFutureFund customers, by month since the scheme commenced operations; the average webchat waiting time by month; the number of unanswered telephone calls, abandoned calls and unanswered webchat requests recorded in each month to date; the number of open customer service cases, complaints and employer support queries currently awaiting resolution; the measures being taken by his Department and NAERSA to address service backlogs and improve customer response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63403/26]
2062. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the severe and ongoing operational dysfunction and prolonged customer service delays affecting MyFutureFund; the average wait times for employers and employees utilising the telephone and webchat support channels; the specific technical and administrative measures his Department is taking to eliminate the massive backlogs; the timeline by which full, seamless service functionality will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62701/26]
1862. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the current legislative timeline for the publication and initiation of the apartment and duplex defects remediation Bill. [62407/26]
1748. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the remediation funding provided under the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme will extend to multi-occupancy, purpose-built residential healthcare or supportive step-down facilities operated by registered AHBs (details supplied); if purpose-built residential accommodations managed by charitable social housing providers meet the criteria of an apartment or duplex under the current legislative framework where they provide long-term or transitional multi-unit housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59851/26]
949. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will review the manner in which national flood-risk mapping is applied at individual property level, particularly where a property is located within a mapped flood zone but has not itself experienced flooding and may benefit from existing or proposed flood-defence infrastructure; whether consideration is being given to property-specific flood-risk assessments that could be used by insurers and mortgage providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62375/26]
786. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank and mortgage lenders regarding the circumstances in which a mortgage application is refused or cannot proceed because the applicant cannot obtain flood insurance for the property being purchased; if mortgage lenders have a uniform policy in relation to properties located within flood-risk zones; if lenders are required to refuse mortgage finance where flood cover is unavailable; if alternative forms of risk mitigation or security can be accepted in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62379/26]
785. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address circumstances where homeowners or prospective homeowners are unable to obtain buildings insurance because a property is located within a designated flood-risk area, with particular reference to the impact this is having on access to mortgage finance; if he will examine the interaction between insurance availability and mortgage lending in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62378/26]
4269. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in 2027, if the budget for the CLAR Programme is increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56469/26]
3464. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the locations within Donegal where the HSE community specialist teams provide respiratory outreach service clinics and diabetes outreach service clinics, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56471/26]
3463. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in CHO1 that have contracts with the HSE under the GMS Scheme, and have informed the HSE that they intend to retire within the next six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56470/26]
2234. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 on 28 May 2026, if he has received the necessary information from Garda Authorities to answer this PQ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56473/26]
1727. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to align the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme with SEAI energy efficiency programmes; if he will address the administrative and financial burdens placed on rebuilding homeowners who experienced a duplication of engineering, certification, and compliance costs between local authority requirements and mandatory SEAI One Stop Shop (OSS) frameworks during 2024-2025; if his Department will establish a unified, direct-to-homeowner grant pathway that removes private commercial intermediaries from State-funded remediation projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57279/26]
1675. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a homeowner who paid engineers’ fees under the original defective concrete blocks grant scheme, and who has since died, may have those fees reimbursed through the enhanced scheme by way of a claim submitted by the executor or personal representative of the estate; if so, the process that applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56334/26]
1009. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the funding allocated to tourism development projects in Donegal in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56472/26]
212. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has conducted, commissioned or reviewed a specific impact assessment on administrative barriers faced by homeowners attempting to access the one-stop-shop scheme concurrently with the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the compounding stress and delays caused to DCB-affected homeowners by the rigid structure of the one-stop-shop model during structural rebuilds; the steps being taken to streamline and harmonise the two schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57278/26]
60. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that applied to become Ireland's new Honorary Consul based in North Carolina; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56474/26]
367. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether properties owned or operated by an approved housing body (AHB), including supported accommodation, rehabilitation centres, and other residential facilities provided by an AHB for housing or care-related purposes, are eligible for assistance under The Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; whether such properties are considered “dwellings” for the purposes of the scheme; whether any exclusions apply to AHB-operated properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54420/26]
251. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific timeline for the signing and enactment of the Building Standards Agency (Establishment) Order; the precise calendar month in the second half of 2026 targeted for the formal launch of the interim Building Standards Agency; the projected timeline for the publication of the general scheme of the Bill to establish the permanent, statutory Building Standards Regulatory Authority (BSRA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53825/26]
749. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 9 June 2026, the reason this data was not provided; when this data will be provided; and the most common reasons recorded for claim adjustment in each year from 2020 to date (details supplied) [52892/26]
430. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government will consider restoring grants for the recommended demolition and rebuild (Option 1) for homeowners who commenced this option at their own expense and were previously downgraded to a lesser option by the Housing Agency; as the publication of the revised Irish Standard I.S. 465:2026 now confirms that Option 1 was the only viable solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53545/26]
399. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the independent panel to review the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, following the publication of IS 465, has been established; if so, the date on which the panel was established; the membership of the panel; its terms of reference; the expected timeframe for completion of its review; if not, the reason the panel has not yet been established; and the expected date by which the panel will be in place. [52890/26]
373. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to the treatment of the nursing homes support scheme (fair deal scheme) means test in cases where applicants own or have an interest in properties that are significantly devalued due to defective concrete; if the reduced or impaired market value of such properties is fully recognised in the financial assessment; if there are plans to introduce a specific exemption, adjustment mechanism, or guidance to ensure that applicants are not unfairly assessed on notional property values that do not reflect realisable market value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52383/26]
4. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will consider introducing supports for farm buildings or agricultural buildings impacted by defective concrete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52560/26]
470. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the proposed social housing defective concrete blocks remediation scheme; if approved housing body-owned or operated properties, including supported accommodation and rehabilitation centres will be eligible for inclusion under this scheme; the anticipated timeline for the establishment and commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51385/26]
332. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that a number of homeowners whose applications were upgraded to full demolition and rebuild following successful defective concrete block scheme appeals have been advised by the Housing Agency that their grant amounts cannot be recalculated until I.S. 465 becomes legislation, despite other homeowners in the same circumstances having received revised grant approvals prior to 2 June 2025; the reason for this apparent inconsistency in treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48564/26]
450. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether the issue of homeowners under the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme who have reached the maximum grant cap and are unable to reclaim engineering and professional fees incurred, in some cases up to €6,000 and paid prior to scheme approval, will be considered as part of the upcoming review of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47313/26]
449. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of delays within Tailte Éireann in processing mapping, registration and related property matters that are affecting homeowners’ ability to progress applications under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the number of applications that have been delayed as a result; the average waiting time being experienced by applicants; the measures being taken by his Department and Tailte Éireann to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47311/26]
411. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a compassionate hardship clause or legislative amendment to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme to accommodate families who have inherited a defective property from a relative who was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and subsequently passed away before they were medically or physically able to apply for the scheme; if he acknowledges that the strict "principal private residence" criteria currently forces grieving families to watch their deceased relatives' homes fall to rubble without any access to redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46847/26]