Results 281-300 of 3,231 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (3 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports offered to males by Tusla who are survivors of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40767/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses for their testimonies. I read their opening statements this morning in preparation for this meeting. My blood was boiling. I am a relatively new Deputy - I was elected a year ago this month - and this is my first time being a committee member. I struggled last week when I heard the Ombudsman for Children say that moving a child from one list to another was just an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank Ms Comerford.

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Regional Group for tabling the motion and keeping mental health on the agenda, and Sinn Féin will speak in favour of it today. The tragedy of suicide has touched nearly all communities and sectors in Ireland. The Government relies on non-governmental organisations to plug gaps in mental health services but we must become proactive rather than reactive and put in place...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: Yesterday, at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, we heard the Government is not meeting its statutory obligations on children obtaining assessments of need. It was proposed by witnesses at the meeting that a cross-party motion be tabled reaffirming the intentions and aspirations of the Oireachtas regarding assessments of need for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which social prescribing is delivered for those presenting to general practitioners with no acute mental health problems such as anxiety and depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42252/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (9 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for adults with anorexia to receive inpatient treatment; and the way in which they avail of same. [42271/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sports Organisations (9 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number or sports organisations that have received mental health training by sport, club and gender by year to date 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: We heard at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration that the State is failing children in terms of assessments of need. The committee heard from parents and stakeholders. What is the average time a child is waiting for an assessment of need in the context of the legal requirement on the HSE to commence such an assessment within three months and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State for acknowledging that because there are real people behind these different Acts and procedures. They are parents and children and this issue has a knock-on effect on the overall family structure, society in general and school. It is crucially important that these children receive intervention and assessment in order that there are no lost opportunities. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I look forward to that conversation at the committee meeting next week. The committee heard from the Ombudsman for Children last week and he basically said it is an old fashioned three-card trick, that children are being moved from one list to another and their needs are not being met. I am glad the Minster of State mentioned intervention because that is another problem. When children get...

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: Sinn Féin will be supporting this Bill because it is technical in nature but I wish to raise some issues regarding the move of the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane. I am aware that one of these issues is not within the remit of the Minister of State, but I need to address it today. A significant land bank will be freed up when the Central Mental Hospital moves from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the Council of Europe anti-torture Ccmmittee report into Irish prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the increase in domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42160/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents that have put in a complaint that their child did not receive an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the number upheld in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42162/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents have that taken his Department to court due to the fact their child did not receive an assessment of needs within the statutory time frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42161/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 395. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a newspaper article (details supplied) on high rates of suicides of young women in south County Dublin; the matters learned from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes take to ease the waiting list for children to attend child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40766/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I commend my party colleague and Dublin Mid-West colleague, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, for tabling the Homeless Prevention Bill 2020. Prior to becoming a public representative, I worked with those experiencing homelessness, so it was no surprise that since I became a public representative the biggest issue that I have come across is the housing crisis. At any time of year homelessness is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a Traveller mental health strategy developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/20]