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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Na Gaeil Óga is an Irish-speaking GAA club in Lucan. It plays in two different parks, located in two different local authority areas, Griffeen Valley Park and St. Catherine's Park, one of which is in the South Dublin County Council area the other of which is in the Fingal County Council area. Members of the club are really concerned that if there were an incident, it would be too late...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that are in place to sustain the live music sector at present. [29842/21]

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021: First Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters. I wish to share my time with Deputy Mythen. I begin by thanking the former Senator, Máire Devine, on the Trojan work she did on this...

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021: First Stage (23 Jun 2021)

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

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Figures released to my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, by the Residential Tenancies Board highlight how this Government is continuing to fail renters. Since August, more than 1,000 notices to quit have been issued with a significant increase in the numbers since March. The Government has failed to protect renters. The limited protections in place are just not working. The 2016 rent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I acknowledge Mr. Gloster offered a sincere apology to any person who may have been hurt in dealings with Tusla. That is welcome. An awful lot of people who have contacted my office and those of many other Oireachtas Members will welcome that. I will touch on something that is mentioned in the opening statements but has not been the subject of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: On the capacity of Tusla, if this legislation provided counselling for everybody affected by this issue, would the agency at the moment have the capacity to provide that service?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This week I met the Therapists for Change group, which represents psychotherapists. Its main concern is the HSE's over-reliance on charities to provide mental health services, where the prevailing culture is that pre-accredited and post-accredited psychotherapists are expected to work for nothing. Pre-accredited counsellors and therapists are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a social housing passport will be introduced that will allow persons on social housing waiting lists to change local authority without losing time on the list. [33612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who goes over the income threshold to be eligible for social housing whilst living in homeless accommodation such as a family hub provided by the local authority, will be removed from the social housing waiting list as a result. [33611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority new housing builds that have included a social clause that will encourage local employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29841/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process in relation to the new development fund for the recruitment of 2,000 frontline primary care staff; if recruitment has commenced; the number of persons employed from this fund to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: As has been stated, Sinn Féin will not oppose the Bill. However, we tabled a number of amendments in the Seanad that would have strengthened it. They would have limited the extension for county development plans, as there is no realistic justification for allowing the operation of multiple extensions to happen all the way out to 1 Jan 2024. Joined-up thinking needs joined-up planning...

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: We are in a housing crisis because the Government's plan is not working. We are in a housing crisis because the previous Government's plan did not work. The legacy left by Fine Gael's disastrous former housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy, from the by-election area of Dublin Bay South, is something our children and children's children will be the victims of for decades. This is unless real...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has not received a Covid-19 vaccine can request blood from a non-vaccinated person; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are vaccinated against Covid-19 are required to wait a period of time, for example, days, weeks or months before donating blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if a person receiving a blood donation that has been vaccinated will receive blood from a person who has had the same vaccine product; if not, if the blood transfusion service or HSE has checked for adverse reactions in a client who has received blood resulting from a mixture of different vaccine products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public ambulances available in the Dublin area in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26802/21]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: The Bill before the House is legislation that will place parameters on outdoor dining and drinking. It also outlines what constitutes an area for the provision of outdoor dining and drinking and what street furniture is permitted. We do not oppose this Bill but I must mention the fiasco of the Government announcement yesterday that has caused so much anger and concern about the proposed...