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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I find it staggering that the recruitment process has not yet started. My second question is on governance models. Why are there separate governance models in different CHO areas? If a governance model is already adopted in CHO 1 and CHO 3, why try to reinvent the wheel? Is there any reason that cannot be put into CHO 6 and CHO 7?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: Ms Rogers's understanding is that there should be no reason why the governance model already rolled out in other CHO areas cannot be adopted and put in place in other CHO areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: This goes beyond neurorehabilitation services and applies to most models of care. I deal a fair bit with mental health issues. The first thing the model of care for child and adolescent mental health services refers to is the uniformity of care across all CHO areas. I do not understand why it should be different for neurorehabilitation services. I hope to be able to attend next week's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: The statement indicates that for every euro spent on teams, the health service saves €11. If that euro is spent, when would the health service see that €11 return come in? I suspect the way politicians are if they do not see the quick fix during their term in government, they are less likely to agree. We need to start thinking outside the box and plan for that. When would we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I know Dr. Coote talked about it being ongoing, but after a 12-week programme we should see that return on investment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I was not here for the rest of the meeting and I hope the Chair will allow this. Are there any other points the witnesses would like to make that they have not had the opportunity to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I also add my thanks to that.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Mark Ward: In the limited time available to me, I will concentrate on mental health and the waiting lists for mental health. Currently, we are at a record high of 4,490 young people waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. Some 752 of these children have been waiting for more than a year for a mental health appointment. These are the figures I received at the...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Labour Party for allowing me the opportunity to speak on the challenges people with autism face. I did not get time to speak on this until this morning. I did my research this morning and could easily speak the same words I spoke this time last year because not much has changed. I commend the parents and campaign groups on all the work they do and welcome the groups to the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will agree with the Women of Honour Group in allowing his appointees to the External Oversight Board for the Defence Forces to be vetted for appropriateness by the Oireachtas Defence Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been an increase in Defence Force Veterans becoming homeless; what is the increases; the reason for the increase; the solutions that are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22720/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special education pre-school facilities that are available for a child (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of autism and their parents cannot find a suitable place for them. [22940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Area Plans (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people waiting on local authority housing lists per local authority; the average waiting time per list; the use of a choice-based letting system per local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; if funding for 2023 has been reduced; if so, the rationale for this; how this will affect the low-cost mental health counselling provided by the service; the alternative funding options available to the organisation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 608. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 31 January 2023, if he will provide an update on the five pilot locations for out-of-hours CAMH services; where these five locations are; the breakdown of funding and staff per location; when these pilots will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to reduce the number of CAMHS teams from the current total of 73; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to amalgamate some CAMHS teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to rectify shortages of public health nurses at seven locations in Dublin (details supplied); the options available to families in these areas whose children are not being seen in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the independent review of the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in the State by the inspector of mental health services and by the Mental Health Commission; when the review will be published in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22830/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I want to speak about people with psychosocial disabilities and mental health difficulties in prisons. It is reported that 17 men and women are currently waiting in prison to be admitted to the Central Mental Hospital. Four of them are so gravely unwell and suffering from psychosis that they must be barrier-handled, whereby only prison officers in full riot gear and shields can deal with...