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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (4 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new model of care for persons presenting with self-harm in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (4 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new model of care for persons presenting with self-harm that are under the influence of drugs and alcohol and the way that they fit into the model of care; the supports that are available for dual diagnosis in this scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I will speak on amendment No. 52. On page 35, line 8, it seeks to insert “accidental, homicide, undetermined or suspicious deaths” after "violent". It seeks to expand the criteria in this section in which An Garda Síochána is alerted to evidence of human remains. The current requirements are too limited. There is real possibility that some deaths would not be...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: This amendment seeks to expand the remit in which a director can make an intervention at a burial site. The existing section 3 places unnecessary restrictions on the director and could preclude an effective excavation of specific sites. This provision could foreseeably impact on the potential dig in Tuam and have the result that some but not all of the site is excavated and some but not all...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 21: In page 15, to delete lines 24 to 27 and substitute the following: "(5) The Government shall make every effort where a site proves problematic to resolve difficulties and thoroughly examine burials on the land, before it is determined that memorialisation of the burials on the land, is more appropriate.". Memorialisation in the absence of exhumation and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: The Minister mentions a view among relatives around preferring memorialisation. There is not 100% agreement between relatives as to what happens in such a case.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 25: In page 15, to delete lines 33 and 34. With regard to both amendments, there is no need to restrict the functions of the director. It seems unnecessary and could foreseeably impact on effective investigation and potential digs at sites. We strongly oppose that the Government would be given this unilateral power through legislation. The director should report to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 26: In page 15, to delete lines 35 and 36.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 28: In page 16, line 7, to delete “, at the time of such burial,”. On amendment No. 28, there is no principled reason to specify that the contemporary burial practices from the 1940s and 1950s, and-or earlier or later, should apply to any potential burial lands. Public awareness and perception of common decency and dignified burial have evolved and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 29: In page 16, lines 12 and 13, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 12 down to and including “place” on line 13.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 30: In page 16, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(c) any reliable evidence from a third party with knowledge of the circumstances and location of the burials concerned.”. The purpose of this amendment is to expand the list of people who can provide evidence that the director will be obliged to take into consideration. The bar to be...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 32: In page 16, lines 21 to 32, to delete all words from and including “important” in line 21 down to and including line 32 and substitute the following: “significant burial sites, the government shall make every effort to thoroughly examine and make interventions using the full resources and powers of the Director.”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 40: In page 18, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(vi) to ensure that the circumstances and causes of death are considered in the Post Recovery Analysis and that these are noted in the Director’s report to Government;”. Amendments Nos. 40 and 41 relate to the director's obligation to report to the Garda and the coroner evidence...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister for that response.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 41: In page 18, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(vi) to report without delay to a member of An Garda Síochána and the Coroner, any evidence of violent, unnatural or suspicious deaths, discovered during the Post Recovery Analysis and that these reports are noted in the Director’s Report to Government;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: The Deputy cannot wait to speak on that.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 44: In page 30, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(b) a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church,". These amendments seek to ensure the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church are included as information sources, given the central role they played in the mother and baby homes. Amendment No. 48 further seeks to include any possible...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 45: In page 30, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(b) a religious order of the Church of Ireland,".