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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to support second-level students who are blind or vision impaired on their return to the classroom given that they face additional difficulties in their home-school studies as resource teaching and special needs assistant supports are not available to them in a home-school setting; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 20 January 2021, if he will provide a full and accurate breakdown of the assessment of needs requests by primary concern listed on the application forms between 2016 to the latest date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 184. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 20 January 2021, if he will provide a full and accurate breakdown of the assessment of needs requests by suggested supports listed on the application forms between 2016 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the yearly breakdown of ophthalmology waiting list figures between 2016 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ophthalmology waiting lists by CHO area between 2016 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health supports such as counselling and psychotherapy are provided specifically to persons with newly diagnosed vision impairment and sight loss; and the funding breakdown for these services. [12196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered providing specialist mental health supports for the blind and vision impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (4 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the process for a parent obtaining a companion therapy dog for their child who is on the ASD spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dispensation will be given to schools to allow children with additional needs in mainstream classes to return to school in order that they can reach their developmental milestones. [12046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with multiple sclerosis will receive priority in the vaccine roll-out. [11751/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 902. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents who have submitted an assessment of needs to the HSE that they obtained privately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11748/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which privately submitted assessments of needs to the HSE are collated; and if they are included in the overall assessment of needs completed figures. [11749/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if there are impediments for parents who privately submitted assessments of needs in accessing additional treatments for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11750/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: 906. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on the €20 million fund for mental health and community; if this is new funding; and the way in which it will be spent. [11752/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: I am on the Leinster House campus. I will ask my questions at the start and I will leave time at the end for the witnesses to respond. I thank the witnesses for attending today's meeting and for making a presentation to the committee. I had a number of conversations with people who are directly affected by the standard operating procedure and their children's needs not being met. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. We met recently with Enough Is Enough - Every Voice Counts. My question concerns the fear of parents regarding identifying their child's developmental needs under the new standard operating procedure. I welcome the idea that parents will involved in holistic planning for supports going forward. As was mentioned, it has gone from a 100-hour...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: We have seen for a long time the mixed messages coming from and the kite-flying engaged in by the Government. This is not a game between the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to get the message out first and then to undermine each other. The people are worn out with conflicting information and off-the-cuff announcements. People's mental health has been affected. There is a large audience every...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied). [10655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (25 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, PIMS, and-or Kawasaki disease in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists per grade in primary healthcare; the number per capita of population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10665/21]