Results 301-320 of 3,231 for speaker:Mark Ward

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

Mark Ward: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a Traveller representative on the monitoring committee for the implementation of Sharing the Vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43421/20]

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

Mark Ward: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the representatives appointed to the monitoring committee for the implementation of Sharing the Vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43418/20]

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

Mark Ward: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a service can nominate a person to the monitoring committee for the implementation of Sharing the Vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43419/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State for her upfront appraisal of the failure of the assessments of needs, as well as the limited access to the wrap-around services that are needed after an AON. She said she listened in to this committee and she would have heard the ombudsman talking about a three-card trick and how he felt that children were being moved from list to list without getting adequate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I have a follow-up question. While the Minister of State answered me she did not answer the question I asked. I appreciate the focus on moving from assessment to intervention as that is exactly what is needed. The Minister of State said 1,978 comprehensive assessments of need have been carried out since June of this year. Why do we then need to go from the comprehensive assessment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for special minibuses, special education and supported work environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the Department of Health has drawn up national guidelines for resuming the full range of supports for persons with disabilities and their careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context in respect of home-based care, personal assistants, transport to disability day services, respite and attending for specialist assessment and-or therapy.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for persons with special needs and their families to help persons return to a structured day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for persons with disabilities who live with their partners, spouses, parents and families in the HSE roadmap to reopening; the person they or a concerned other contact should apply for reassignment of pre-Covid-19 supports; the additional supports available to these families to support everyone establish daily and weekly routines; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for re-establishing respite supports for persons with disabilities, both emergency and planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the process for families to flag their need for respite or additional supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44447/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for adults with disabilities that live alone in the HSE roadmap to reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the process to apply for reassignment of pre-Covid-19 supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44449/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body being prioritised for home-based supports at the present time; the criteria being applied to determine priority; the way in which this is likely to change over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44450/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 507. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the resumption of care and support of the person with the disability in order that families can return to work and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44451/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 508. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 509. To ask the Minister for Health if all HSE disability services staff that were redeployed to other duties during the lockdown have now fully returned to their own team and are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44453/20]