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Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: On menopause or codeine addiction and methadone, and the correlation between it all.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: While Dr. Lambert was talking, I was thinking about women who engaged with the service. I do not think that question was ever asked.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I do not think they do. The standard HRB forms where they collect the data are still the same and that was not on those forms. I will ask that question and see if there is any way to get it added to that.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: When it was brought up, that brought me back there and I realised that question was never asked.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Maybe that is Dr. Healy's next research piece.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: As TDs, we are resources, so use as resources. Our door is always open. The witnesses are pushing an open door when it comes to me, so they should come to me.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date by the productivity and savings task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: That Dáil Éireann notes: - the wasteful spending of public funds by this Government; - the exposure of further waste of public money in recent weeks on a €336,000 bike shed and a €1,400,000 security hut; and - the cost overrun related to modular homes for Ukrainians, and the debacle of the new children's hospital becoming the most expensive in the world;...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Much has been said during this debate about the ongoing waste of public money. I thank everybody who took part in the debate. I would like to get answers to a few questions. Does the Government think it is value for money to pay €9 million for mobile phone pouches? Was it value for money to pay €336,000 for a bike shed? Was it value for money to pay €440,000 for a...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Its decision to propose this amendment today tells me that the Government is simply not listening. It is not listening to children who are languishing on mental health waiting lists. It is not listening to children who are waiting for assessments of need. The Government is not listening to children who cannot get special education places. It is not listening to children who are on waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to An Garda Síochána for providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40111/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to An Garda Síochána for providing electrical vehicle charging points in Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region, per station, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/24]

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate and licence the sale of nitrous oxide to exempted purchasers, to prohibit the sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide products to a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, and to provide for related matters. I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers for its assistance in preparing the Sale of...

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Seven hundred children were put in generic wards last year for mental health issues.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the Chair and thank the witnesses for coming in. As always, I really enjoy the conversations at these committees. I congratulate Ms Brennan on her new role. She has probably broken a record for starting a new role and appearing on front of an Oireachtas committee in a very short period of time, so fair play to her for coming in.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I do not know if I misheard when Ms Brennan was speaking about the drug treatment court. It has been a pilot project since 2001.