Results 2,241-2,260 of 3,842 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 727. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services that are in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving treatment for eating disorders who were referred for dental treatment in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an independent complaints mechanism for mental health services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 818. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined adjusting or removing the current age restriction on eligibility for reimbursement for Freestyle Libre device for all persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: 819. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device; if not, if a different process will be provided to enable an assessment to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23332/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: The standard response I get back to a parliamentary question is that Tusla is committed to ensuring all children and young people who can no longer live with their parents or guardians at a particular time are provided with a safe alternative care placing. I presume that includes foster care. Can the pressure on foster carers lead to the practice of placing children in hotel-like accommodation?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: There was no question on people involved in foster care. Like Deputy Costello, I take my hat off to them. Fostering is a unique and humanistic approach to looking after people and needs to be welcomed. Going back to the children who may be placed in bespoke residential settings, including hotels, are they children with more complex needs?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: What supports do they get while they are in those bespoke residential settings?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: Absolutely. Is there an average length of time a child might find himself or herself in such a situation, or is it a question of how long is a piece of string?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: For clarification and for the benefit of people who might be watching these proceedings, bespoke settings include apartments and holiday, chalet and hotel accommodation.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: I welcome that directly employing occupational therapists and speech and language therapists was mentioned a few minutes ago. That is a really positive move forward-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: We have just increased the number by 100%. Brilliant stuff.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: It was mentioned that one of the key challenges foster carers face is the difficulty in accessing therapeutic services for children. Does that include child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS? There is a reason I ask that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: In response to a parliamentary question I tabled, I was told that some children accessing CAMHS in south Kerry were also offered supports through Tusla. Parents have told me that social workers in Tusla often sit in on the consultations between the psychiatrist and the child. I have spoken to parents whose children were mistreated. I met those families in Tralee. They feel they were...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: What role does Tusla carry out in that regard? I am unsure of that. When Tusla social workers go to meet psychiatrists, are they there to represent or to advocate for the child or to support the parent? What is their role?