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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: I spent the recess meeting several different groups and organisations. For example, I will go through some of the national clinical programmes mentioned. I met with Lucena CAMHS, which deals with ADHD. I also met with ADHD Ireland and Families for Reform of CAMHS. They all cited issues with waiting lists for young people with ADHD accessing mental health supports. Nothing the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Qualifications (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to expand places in third-level courses for mental healthcare; what assistance is being given by his Department to assist third-level institutions in offering these increased places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Qualifications (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: Children's mental health services and mental health services in general in this State are beyond crisis at this point. Successive Governments have failed to implement proper workforce planning and we now face staffing shortages. We need more qualified mental health staff coming through our universities. What efforts are being made to expand places in third level courses for mental...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Qualifications (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: I spent the recess meeting organisations, staff and mental health services right across the State, including in Deputies Griffin and Healy-Rae's area in Kerry, meeting families affected by child and adolescent mental health services. One of the biggest things that came up was about retention of staff working in the mental health service. Social and economic conditions are getting worse and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Qualifications (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: I want to address one particular course that has been cancelled this year. The Minister might have notes on it. It is in Question No. 107. I will give the Minister a heads-up on that in case he has it there. The specialist master's degree on children's mental health in Trinity College Dublin has been cancelled this year. This master's degree in children's mental health provided at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government plans to fund SNA teachers for primary school-aged children who attend Montessori schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 890. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 13 July 2023, to provide a breakdown of where the €14 million of new development funding was allocated for new services in mental health; for an update on any overspend or underspend of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 56. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has any plans to regulate CAMHS under the Mental Health Act 2001 to give the Mental Health Commission statutory oversight of CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the specialist MSc in children’s mental health at Trinity College Dublin (details supplied); the efforts his Department has made to enable this course to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40605/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 253. To ask the Minister for Health his views on patient and public involvement within the health service; if the Government has plans to pay those involved in PPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (26 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to deal with the retention of staff in community development projects in view of the fact that large numbers of staff are leaving to take up employment in statutory organisations; if there is a plan to introduce pay parity to encourage more people to join the sector; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will see work commence on its new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (28 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the current and planned eating disorder services for adults and CAMHS in CHO8 under the National Model of Care for Eating Disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41948/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 15. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [41222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (3 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any rationale for an area (details supplied) to be considered a flood risk; if recent reviews of the area have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (3 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of people and volunteers who have applied for Garda vetting through sporting bodies, by sport, from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Child Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of people who have completed child protection training through sporting bodies, by sport, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42311/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (3 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of registered sports exercise performance psychologists who are registered members with Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42314/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: Last month, I attended the 30th anniversary of Gaelscoil na Canóige in Clondalkin. It is a school I know very well. I was fortunate to have at least one of my children in the school for more than 20 years. For 30 years, the school has been operating in prefabs that are unsuitable. There has been a long campaign by parents, teachers and board members to get a new school building....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an individual who is approved for 24-7 adult disability services can also attend adult disability day services; how funding for both types of services is co-ordinated for the individual; if funding can be rearranged to meet the need for the individual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42989/23]