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Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: I will send the Minister the link.

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: As the Minister was delivering his opening statement, I was thinking of some of the interactions I have had with him on other Bills in the past when my knuckles turned white with anger - not directed at the Minister but for the sake of the women and children who suffered in these mother and baby homes. It is refreshing to see some movement on this Bill. It is welcome. The Minister and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: I thank our guests for being here. We have spoken an awful lot about the governance of CAMHS in south Kerry. I want to touch on probably the most important people, who are the children. I travelled to Tralee a few weeks ago and met parents and their children on the issues in south Kerry. Their stories are absolutely heartbreaking. I am going to relay one of them in as generic a fashion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Fitzgerald. I know that we cannot speak about individual cases which was why my question was as general as possible. In a number of cases, parents and children feel that they were left out of the review process and that their personal testimonies were not taken on board. Are there any plans to go back and rectify this so that the voices of these children and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: In terms of the prescribing methods described earlier, is it normal practice to prescribe Prozac and other medications for children on a first visit to CAMHS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: Would Dr. Burke accept that in some cases in CAMHS in Kerry, medication was considered in isolation and was seen as the only treatment available? It was the only treatment that was being given to children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: In a number of cases, medication was inappropriately prescribed to children. Psychological supports were not made available in tandem with medication and yet the parents of the child to whom I referred earlier received a letter to say no harm was done the child. Something is not adding up here in terms of the letters that were sent to families and the treatment children received.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: Yes, but it was said earlier that it should never have happened without psychological supports also being put in place. In this particular case and in several other cases in Kerry, that just did not happen.

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: Tá mé chun iarracht a dhéanamh labhairt as Gaeilge do Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí cruinniú dearfach agam inné le foireann an HSE san ionad cúraim phríomhúil i dTamhlacht. Tugadh cuireadh dom féachaint ar cad is féidir le hionad cúraim sláinte phríomhúil a chur ar fáil. I mBaile Átha Cliath Thiar Meán,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the opening of Kishoge train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of each new specialist eating disorder team being developed; the services that will be provided by each team; the number of staff, the type of staff and the capacity in each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recommendation in A Vision For Change to increase the nine liaison mental health service teams to 13 given Sharing the Vison recommended more; the current status of the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the nine liaison mental health service teams to 13 as recommended in a Vison for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a liaison psychiatrist post. [11157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HSE mental health café that is being piloted in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if the Keltoi rehabilitation centre in St. Marys, Phoenix Park will still be used as a Covid isolation facility given the current easing of Covid restrictions; when Keltoi will be able to resume addiction and dual diagnosis rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11582/22]

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: Rowlagh is in north Clondalkin and it is the parish I grew up in. The area is 40 years old and it has seen many changes. When we first moved into the area, there was nothing there. It was an area of huge disadvantage and a victim of bad planning, and this created many socioeconomic problems in the area. There was no transport, shops or schools and everything the area had we had to fight...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (24 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale to no longer pay persons with lived experience, otherwise known as service users, family members and carers who are involved in the provision of recovery education; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds that are provided for children per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10597/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of setting up an independent complaints' mechanism for inpatient and outpatient mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/22]