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Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: It provides that 16 and 17-year-olds will have more autonomy over their mental health and mental health treatment. Is that correct?

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses. I usually have a lot more to say.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the officials for what has been a very good meeting. The point was made that the committee has a good chunk of work ahead of us. An issue that was not raised is the need for 24-7 emergency access to mental health services. Mental health issues do not only arise between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and they do not take a break at weekends. There is a lack of 24-7 emergency mental health...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I understand that. I am asking whether the heads of Bill address the fact that people are arriving at emergency departments because they are feeling mentally unwell and are not getting the treatment they deserve and need at that point in time? They are then basically sent home without getting treatment. I am asking about that rather than cases where people hurt themselves while in a mental...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: Senator Hoey earlier raised the issue of a complaints mechanism. An independent complaints mechanism is vital. Constituents have been contacting me calling for such a mechanism, particularly in the scenario I raised where people seeking mental health services are unable to get them. Mr. Kelly touched on this matter briefly but what was the rationale behind not recommending an independent...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: The individual care plans are part of the problem when people have dual diagnosis. Mr. Kelly mentioned other conditions that can be classed as dual diagnosis. Where there is an individualised care plan from an addiction centre and another individual care plan from a mental health perspective, there is a lack of a joined-up care plan. This is another gap in service. There should be a way...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: That is good to hear. My final question is also about gaps in services. Dual diagnosis arises when people are suffering from a mental health issue and addiction. Deputy Buckley, who spoke earlier, has made further progress in reading the proposed Bill than I have at this stage but I tried to go through a fair bit of it over the past week. It is complex. Is provision made in the proposed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: The programme for Government seeks to reduce the waiting for children accessing assessments of need. The feedback I have got from people in Clondalkin and Lucan is that children are getting partial assessments of need under the standard operation procedure but they are not getting the treatments they need such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and child psychology....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I had a feeling the Minister of State would do so.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I feel like a bit of an interloper here because I am the only Teachta Dála for Dublin Mid-West present with my colleagues from Dublin South-West. However, I knew many of the people on the news report yesterday on a professional basis as a result of the work I used to do. I thank and commend the TDATF for its really stark report on the realities of living with crack cocaine. I am a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: As the Minister of State knows, crack cocaine is a dirty, hungry drug. There is no such thing as enough for the people who are using it and that is the problem with it. It is not a new thing. It has been around for years. I worked on drugs task forces more than 20 years ago and crack cocaine was on the scene then, but because of the lack of resources they had at the time, they were unable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he and his officials have had with a bank (details supplied) regarding the decision by the bank to close branches across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54414/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he and his officials have had with a bank (details supplied) regarding the decision by the bank to close branches across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if darts is permitted to return as an indoor sport during current Government guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has begun to outsource the final assessment of need paperwork to a private provider; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54626/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form. [54627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on occupational therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form. [54628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form. [54630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have received the new standard operating procedure, SOP, assessment of need; the number of these children who then received additional therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on child psychology services; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form. [54629/21]