Results 241-260 of 3,610 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to general inpatient hospital wards with a primary diagnosis of mental health difficulties in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the average length of time children spent in general wards with this diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare facilities in place in Palmerstown, Dublin 20; if there are plans to increase availability of services and places in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (24 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 479. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 5 March 2024, if his office or Department have had consultation (details supplied) in relation to examining the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023; what these consultations would consist of; when they will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37530/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of August, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37638/24]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Thank you.

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I was not expecting to come in so soon.

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Yes, you did. I thank everybody for coming in. I really enjoyed everybody's contributions, which have been very informative. These meetings are very good for the committee in respect of when we go forward with any proposed legislation. They have been very informative. For the sake of full disclosure, I worked with Denis in front-line addiction services for several years. We were...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank Mr. Murray. I have a question for the ICGP witnesses as well. Will they explain the current process for someone who presents to one of their members? Let us, for example, take the issue of polydrug use. A person might be looking for treatment or access to rehabilitation. What is the process now? What does it look like and what should it look like if the appropriate resources...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: I was listening to the radio this morning and there was a report about the launch of a document from Merchants Quay Ireland. That organisation is saying if it doubled the number of beds it has available for people going into rehabilitation, it would still not be enough. Is it difficult now to refer the people and patients who enter the services provided by the witnesses into drug...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: As was said, this window of opportunity is sometimes really small when somebody is motivated and in that space to get treatment. It is important to have the appropriate services. One of the things I am finding out is about going through detox and into rehabilitation. We have Cuan Dara in my area where people go in for detox. There used to be a transition into the likes of Keltoi, but...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the OPW of providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the OPW of 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/24]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: While I acknowledge and welcome the publication of this Bill and recognise the hard work done by the Minister of State, and her officials to get to this stage, it is long overdue. A general scheme of this legislation was approved in 2015 but was not produced until 2021. I was a member of the Sub-Committee on Mental Health that did the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill in November 2021....

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Sanity has prevailed and Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Independents have been stopped from giving away €14 billion of taxpayers' money. In 2016, the European Commission concluded that Ireland had granted illegal state aid to the Apple group and awarded Ireland billions of euro. That should have been that, but it was not. This was our money. I have never in my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available to install sensory rooms in the home for people with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36648/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the process for Garda clearance for local authority housing applicants has been centralised; if so, when this took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36349/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and family doctors are entitled to refuse to complete a HMD-Form 1 disability and or medical information form for their patients who are applying for medical priority with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 682. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the model of care for dual diagnosis; the funding given to the model of care; the roll-out plan for the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 January 2024, when the two adult dual diagnosis services will open in 2024; if they will be open in Q3 of 2024; if not, the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 695. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of residential dual diagnosis services in Keltoi; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36386/24]