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Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I have managed most things since I have been here but being in two places at one time is not something I have managed. I thank the witnesses for their contributions and opening statements, which were well worth listening to, and the debate with Deputy Hourigan there was brilliant to hear as well. My background is that I have worked for years in addiction services as a key worker. I managed...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Yes.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: As part of my job in the past, I would have sat with people in accident and emergency who had suicidal thoughts and addiction issues. When they are in that space and looking around them, they can see people with physical illnesses, or accidents coming in, and they do not feel they belong there. The staff are very under pressure but some of them can be dismissive sometimes because the issue...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: It is when they do not that the cracks appear and vulnerable people fall through those cracks.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I have many more questions and do not have much time.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I have just one question for Mr. Devine. He mentioned that Tabor Group offers residential services. What are the criteria to avail of residential services? Does a person need to be drug-free, substance-free and alcohol-free? If not, what supports does Tabor Group have to get someone to that stage when they go in?

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Can I move on to drug debt intimidation? The witness gave a really graphic view of the reality of what is happening out there. I am from an area where it happens on a regular basis. I have a Bill before the Oireachtas on the coercion of a minor into drug use. As mentioned, that seems to be happening fairly regularly. I am interested in that drug related intimidation reporting programme...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Is that something Family Addiction Support Network is leading?

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Has it got funding for that because I was looking at the €7,500 of funding? It has got no core funding. How is it managing to do that without the funding?

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: That is as it should be. I have one more question, Chair, relating to something that came up when Deputy Hourigan was speaking and it is around data collected by the Health Research Board forms. That has not been changed in years. Has that been updated recently? Have there been any changes? One of the reasons I am asking and why I put in a parliamentary question is that a number of people...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: People change and drug use changes. If the form has stayed the same, it is not keeping up with reality.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: It is constantly changing, as does its power, as we get new information.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Absolutely, but their data can be collected anonymously without indicating who that person is. I thank the witnesses. I really enjoyed that. I apologise that I will have to leave now to go to another meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (23 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to homelessness and, in particular, the rising levels of family homelessness and the lack of homeless temporary accommodation in the past 12 months. [32748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a rent freeze to take cost of living pressures of workers and families and to stop them entering homelessness. [32747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans that are in place to tackle the backlog in issuing passports. [32745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider as a matter of urgency opening a passport office in Belfast in view of the current backlog and volume of applications on the island of Ireland including an unprecedented number from the North of Ireland. [32746/22]

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. 31: In page 62, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(2) Such review will examine the operation, interpretation and accessibility of the Act and make recommendations for reform accordingly. Such review shall include consultation with, and the active involvement of, persons with disabilities through their representative organisations. Such review...