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Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome many of the initiatives she announced in her opening statement, particularly regarding surge capacity. We have been calling for an initiative on surge capacity for a while. It is very welcome. I acknowledge the Minister of State's commitment to addressing eating disorder services but I wonder whether surge capacity can be used for people who are...

Proceeds of Crime (Investment in Disadvantaged Communities) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Proceeds of Crime (Investment in Disadvantaged Communities) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and provide that the proceeds of crime be invested in disadvantaged communities in order to help alleviate the impact of crime and help prevent the reoccurrence of criminal behaviour. In response to a parliamentary question I tabled, it was noted the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason pupils in a school (details supplied) do not have access to an educational psychiatrist; and her plans to put this service in place in the school. [22060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to the parents of a child (details supplied) in securing a specialist school placement after being unsuccessful three times in applying to a school. [22091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a ten-year-old child to qualify for school personal resource hours with an IQ of less than 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22096/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional school personal resources that are available to a ten-year-old child with an IQ of above 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional school personal resources that are available to a ten-year-old child with an IQ of below 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 822. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team that will include members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cross border directive mental health referrals that have been sent to Northern Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health referrals to the treatment abroad scheme made in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the countries the referrals were to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cross border directive mental health referrals that have been sent to the UK in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 910. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of the cross border directive for each service (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 911. To ask the Minister for Health if persons in Ireland can obtain treatment for eating disorders under the cross-border directive; the treatments available; the way in which they access them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 920. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their Covid-19 vaccine; when they will receive same; and if this can be arranged as a matter of urgency. [21402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 925. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1055. To ask the Minister for Health the reason given by clinicians leaving CHO7 in their exit interviews in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1059. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund an extension in treatment for a person (details supplied). [22082/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I am in Leinster House. I thank the witnesses for their very poignant and personal life stories. It is not easy to share and I really appreciate that. I have listened to different witnesses as they have come in and it has given me a real insight into a really dark period in our State's history. The intergenerational effect it has had on people who are survivors and victims of mother and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I appreciate that. I have one quick question and one point of information. Mr. Hardiman mentioned a report in his opening statement. I did not pick up on what the report was when he spoke; it is not in his opening statement. I would appreciate it if that report could be shared with us at some stage. We heard previously in other meetings of witnesses who were not informed that the...