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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available to the parents of a person (details supplied) who were not able to secure a place in a special secondary school; if her Department can offer them assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40740/24]

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

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

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate and licence the sale of nitrous oxide to exempted purchasers, to prohibit the sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide products to a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, and to provide for related matters. I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers for its assistance in preparing the Sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 221. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the mental health funding announced in Budget 2025; for a breakdown of new measures funding; to comment on the increase in existing levels of service funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40581/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the level of new funding given to mental health in each budget from 2020 to present; the level of funding for the total mental health budget in each budget from 2020 to present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40582/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Much has been said during this debate about the ongoing waste of public money. I thank everybody who took part in the debate. I would like to get answers to a few questions. Does the Government think it is value for money to pay €9 million for mobile phone pouches? Was it value for money to pay €336,000 for a bike shed? Was it value for money to pay €440,000 for a...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Its decision to propose this amendment today tells me that the Government is simply not listening. It is not listening to children who are languishing on mental health waiting lists. It is not listening to children who are waiting for assessments of need. The Government is not listening to children who cannot get special education places. It is not listening to children who are on waiting...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: That Dáil Éireann notes: - the wasteful spending of public funds by this Government; - the exposure of further waste of public money in recent weeks on a €336,000 bike shed and a €1,400,000 security hut; and - the cost overrun related to modular homes for Ukrainians, and the debacle of the new children's hospital becoming the most expensive in the world;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to An Garda Síochána for providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40111/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to An Garda Síochána for providing electrical vehicle charging points in Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region, per station, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he can guarantee when inpatient residential dual diagnosis services will resume in a treatment centre, details supplied; the reason for the delay in reopening these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Will the Minister confirm that the inpatient dual diagnosis service will resume at the Keltoi treatment centre in St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park? When will the residential service reopen?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I have been working on this issue since the service closed during the Covid crisis in 2020. We were told at the time by the now Taoiseach and then Minister for Health, Simon Harris, that it would be open as soon as the Covid crisis finished. I raised the matter again with the former Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. I expected the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Keltoi is a facility I know very well from my professional life before I came to this House. I know the important role it plays. I am still concerned about the funding coming from different Departments and the question of who is responsible. Where does the buck stop when it comes to reopening the residential service? The centre is back open as a day facility but the residential service is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: As Deputy Wynne noted, there are currently only three specialist inpatient beds for adult eating disorders in the State. As the Minister of State will know, eating disorders are one of the most fatal mental health problems people can have. Patients are being admitted into non-specialist wards, having their body mass index increased without specialist help and being released back into the...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I am watching the clock because I am due to speak in the House in a few minutes. I thank everyone for coming in. There is a wealth of experience on their side of the table. It is absolutely fantastic. I am really enjoying the discussion and getting a lot of information from the conversations that are going on. I worked in community-based addiction services for years. I worked in...