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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: One of the groups that looks after those people, which is funded through the Department of Health, is community prison link workers, who are very good. I have worked with a number of them over the years. They put things in place, including some very basic things. For example, they ensure that when people leave prison, they have a payment when they get out, and are ready to access payments...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: I have a couple of questions, one of which relates to the community safety innovation fund. It is a welcome initiative. Sinn Féin has for a long time called for money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, to go back into the most disadvantaged communities. While it is the first year of it, I welcome the proposed increase. A number of organisations from really disadvantaged areas...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: On the theme of community safety, it is very interesting to see that a new national office of community safety is being established. I would like to tease out what this involves. Is it about restructuring what is already there in the community safety forums, the joint policing committees, JPCs, or the local policing forums? What is this national office of community safety, who is involved...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: I am on the joint policing committee, JPC, in south Dublin. Will the structures under the JPC, including the community safety forum and the local policing forum, still be in place or will they be different? Will they be feeding into the national office?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: To go back to the structures, I have been a member of all of the various fora in my area. The community safety forum usually comprises members of the community and some local public representatives who feed into the local policing forum, which then feeds into the JPC. Are those structures still going to be in place? I am not clear about that. Will the community safety and local policing...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: No.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: The Ireland women's basketball team has been put in an awful position ahead of today's match against Israel. FIBA previously removed Russia and Belarus in 2022, a move Basketball Ireland supported. They even protested against its own fixture against Belarus on that occasion. FIBA and Basketball Ireland need to be consistent by removing Israel from international competitions. Israeli...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm receipt of a request for an extension of the community centre investment fund project allocation from (details supplied) for six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5077/24]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: To follow up on the point made by Deputy Costello in regard to mental health, I am the spokesperson for my party on mental health but I also worked in addiction services throughout Dublin. Much of the time people have dual diagnoses and are not getting the adequate care they need prior to going to prison. I appreciate that is not the Minister's responsibility. However, when people end up...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: This legislation is just another attempt by Government to paper over the cracks of years of underinvestment in road safety. Those years of underinvestment are coming home to roost. The legislation is only a small solution to a much bigger issue. We need increased investment in enforcement, education and the quality of our roads. I acknowledge the hard work done by An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 557. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccine is covered on the medical card scheme; if not, there are plans to include it under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6078/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 558. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new proposed HSE taskforce to target savings and productivity; who the members of the taskforce will be; if independent members will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/24]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: Speaking as a republican it was a very emotional day to see Michelle O'Neill become First Minister of the North. This is historic. The partitioned part of our island was designed to ensure something like this could not happen, but happen it did. We have witnessed historic change happening in the North in front of our very eyes. This change is happening right across our island. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: People in their thousands are presenting to emergency departments in mental health crises because of the lack of mental health care in our communities. If they are lucky enough to be seen in emergency departments, they are then referred back into the community for treatment. An average of 4,500 people are so referred every year. There are huge vacancies in our community mental health...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: These are adults.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of Kishogue train station; when this can be expected to be completed; the additional cost to works caused by the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible for someone in receipt of a social welfare payment to leave the country for a period of longer than two weeks to support family in the time of bereavement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (15 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received agreed funding for security measures after a serious incident at the school in October 2022; the reason for the delay in the school accessing this funding; when it will receive funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) to increase the number of new pupils it can enrol in September 2024, to meet the needs of the community; when the accommodation will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7344/24]