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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: During the summer recess - a part of the year when we all have a bit more time on our hands - we in Dublin Mid-West decided to write to all 60 schools in the constituency. We received responses from 20 of them and have met with the management in all those cases. There is a wide range of issues in schools, as the Minister knows, but I was reminded while he was speaking of one of the issues...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: The Government made the important commitment to end direct provision and the situation in Ukraine and other world crises impact that. One of the biggest direct provision centres is in my area in Clondalkin. It is there a long time and the families are part of our community at this stage. They play on the local football team and go to school with my kids and other children in the area. ...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: I would appreciate that. I have one last issue to raise. Can the Minister open the intercultural centre in Clondalkin for me? I spoke to that employee. In fairness, I spoke South Dublin County Partnership and it indicated that it looks like it will be opening the door soon. If the Minister’s Department can put any pressure to have it open, that would very welcome as well.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: If one of the Minister’s staff members could send me on the contact details of that staff member in the DRHE, that would be very welcome. I just had a couple of people on to me in the past couple of days who are in direct provision and are struggling to find a way out. I do not know if they have had that support. When I asked them, they had not got it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the scheduled work at Kishogue train station; when work is expected to commence; when work is expected to finish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will see work commence on their new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on when a school (details supplied) will receive a permanent school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide clinical supervision to primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to expand the DEIS criteria to reflect the changing cultural and economic changes communities are facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if CAMHS provide treatment for young people experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51579/22]

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: As the Minister knows, I am on the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with Deputy Cairns. I thank her for tabling this important motion. The mother and baby homes are a dark stain on the history of the State. I am on the committee that was tasked with the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. Listening to the testimonies at the committee of those who...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: I want to raise cancer genetic testing services. Women with the BRCA1 variant have a 40% to 87% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and between a 16% and 68% lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. This compares to 11% and 2%, respectively, in the general population. Screening for the BRCA1 variant is vitally important. There is a 50% chance of inheriting this variant from a...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to acknowledge Deputy Mitchell and Deputy Martin Kenny, who introduced this Bill with me on First Stage. I also thank the Minister of State for taking the time to stay for the late shift on a Thursday. I appreciate him taking the time to be here. The thrust of this Bill is to make it more difficult for older, more experienced...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: I welcome that the Government will not oppose this Bill. I acknowledge that the Minister has issues with some of the ways the legislation is laid out, but this is why we have pre-legislative scrutiny; it is there to iron all of this out. As the Opposition, we do not have the services of the Attorney General. We would love to have the services of the Attorney General when drafting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the total money allocated to mental health in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that has been allocated for mental health in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that has been allocated to mental health for each of the budgets 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the additional funding of €14 million will be spent; the services that it will go towards; when these new measures will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to the progression of mental health waiting lists; the way in which it will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to the progression of peer support and recovery services; the way in which it will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52595/22]