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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: As a simple way to resolve things, it should have been done a long time ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I do not think anybody here has said they do not care. Mr. Reid is very defensive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Senator Clonan deserves a direct response from the HSE now. I do not want to comment in the middle of this exchange as I do not want to muddy the waters because lived experience is really valuable. If it is okay with the Co-Chair, I will comment later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Thank you, Chairman, for allowing Senator Clonan to get his answer straightaway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Parents trying to access life-changing interventions such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology is one of the biggest issues in my area and for people who come to my office. I said this previously to Mr. Reid. I met with Clondalkin Autism Parents Support Network last week and the one word I can use to describe those parents when I left the room is "exhausted"....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: It is not just since 11 May. What was happening before 11 May?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Was it in just one instance that the Minister of State was blocked from getting information from the HSE or were there numerous instances? The reports I read indicated that the Minister of State was blocked from accessing the information she required in order to do her duties numerous times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: That is not the question I asked. The Minister of State can look forward all she wants. In order to learn how best to go forward, however, we need to look back and see where the mistakes were made and where the blocks were located.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: There were questions that were not answered around the CDNT concerning the number of people who have left since January and exit interviews.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: As a simple way to resolve things, it should have been done a long time ago.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(e) section 85(6);”. The section relates to women being pregnant, advance healthcare directives and the impact on the unborn child. The section is unconstitutional since the repeal of the eighth amendment. I am surprised to see this is still here following previous commitments from the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I am surprised to see there remains a reference to a "deleterious effect on the unborn" in the Bill at this stage. The Minister said he has had consultations with the Department of Health on that issue. The phrase is still in the legislation. What difference is there between what I am trying to do with my amendment and what the Minister will bring forward?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: In the view of the counsel, is this amendment not compatible? Does it not work? What is the rationale behind not accepting this amendment?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Regarding the Mental Health Act 2001, as it stands, it seems that 2,500 people per year will not be covered by this legislation - those who are involuntarily detained under that Act. The Minister mentioned the sequences within the Act and the review of that Act. I do not know how long that will take and I am on the relevant committee. We undertook pre-legislative scrutiny and had...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: The Minister mentioned time. We are amending the 2015 Act and, therefore, we have had seven years to make sure that everybody was included in this and that nobody was left behind. There was plenty of time for that in the past seven years. I will get into a debate about the timelines in this legislation and how it seems to be rushed when we are discussing a later amendment.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(e) section 85(7);”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Amendments Nos. 5 and 8 address the same area. Disabled persons organisations, DPOs, and disabled people themselves have repeatedly been left out of the narrative on decisions that affect their lives. The State has a requirement under the UNCRPD to engage directly with disabled people on legislation that affects them. They must be given their voice. This is not being done sufficiently,...