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Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: The history of access to information for adopted people in Ireland has been fraught over decades with inaction and indecision. This has ultimately resulted in no clear legislative framework for adopted people seeking information about their past and accessing their birth and early life information files. I listened to the Minister's opening remarks last night and it was like a box set of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (20 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department pays to sponsor a television programme (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; the amount paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and threshold that Tusla use for the allocation of a social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1074. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care at the start of December 2021, in tabular form indicating the type of care, for example, foster, private, residential and secure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1075. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that children in State care have been accommodated in hotel accommodation each month in 2021, in tabular form; the policies and procedures for such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children between the ages 16 and 17 years who were made wards of court since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2673/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were made wards of court since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who on turning 18 years of age were made wards of court since 2015. [2675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to extend the SUSI grant to part-time college courses. [63170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time the pilot of the mental health crisis de-escalation team will be rolled out for in County Limerick in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work undertaken on the reconfiguration of the child protection units in An Garda Síochána; the impact this reconfiguration has had on the number of cases being investigated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the removal of night-time confinement in the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who arrived at emergency departments with suicidal thoughts in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1409. To ask the Minister for Health the way the decision was made to spend €1.8 million on electric and hybrid vehicles out of the €10 million of once-off funding announced in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63140/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1410. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €1.8 million to be spent on electric and hybrid vehicles out of the €10 million of once-off funding announced in Budget 2022; the persons these vehicles are for; the purpose of these vehicles; the benefit HSE mental health users will receive from this purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1412. To ask the Minister for Health the ways in which the vehicles will be used in relation to the €1.8 million of €10 million once-off funding for mental health that will be spent on a replacement fleet with green or hybrid vehicles in each community healthcare organisation; the vehicles they will be replacing; the previous uses of the vehicles; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) does not align with the implementation plan for the HSE National Model of Care; if consideration will be given to same on an interim basis given the expansion planned for Mount Carmel Community Hospital is not due for completion until June 2022 and the facility is in CHO6 the same catchment area as Mount Carmel...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the €1.5 million put in place to develop three eating disorder teams raised during promised legislation on 14 December 2021; when they will be in place; the services that will be provided; the areas in which they will be located; if this €1.5 million will be sufficient for the delivery of three eating disorder teams; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1424. To ask the Minister for Health if the cardiology department in Tallaght Hospital is operational for surgeries on a 24/7 basis; and if not, his plans to increase operating hours. [63189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: 1484. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are in place for adults and children who have received a diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; if there are plans to further develop these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63379/21]