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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I apologise for being late and missing the opening statements but I was in the Dáil Chamber putting questions to the Taoiseach around early intervention in regard to assessments of need and the struggle parents face in getting assessments for their children. Mr. Chance spoke about old services being dressed up as new services. What is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses for their feedback. One of those heart-breaking things we all do as public representatives is sending back responses from the HSE to say that a person's child is going to be waiting for four years for early intervention, or speech and language, or occupational therapy. Dr. O'Dwyer mentioned standardising the services across the areas but there are discrepancies even...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank Barnardos, whose representatives I spoke to recently at the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health. It was a really good engagement which I enjoyed. I have engaged with Focus Ireland in my past work as an addiction and outreach worker and mental health support worker across Dublin. I know both organisations well. As has been mentioned, much of the cost of living stuff affecting...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I get that. That is the poverty of opportunity. It is difficult for children. Ms Connolly mentioned school and in my area we have seen school completion programmes being closed. On one hand, we are trying to get kids into school and support them and, on the other, the school completion programmes are closed. My next question is on child homelessness. I have seen in my office, as we...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I agree with Mr. Allen that the child should be central in all of this. While there are not as many children being housed in hotel accommodation as there were previously, we have found that children are being housed in bed and breakfast accommodation as a short-term measure. We try to secure a place for them in a family hub where they might get some supports to exit homelessness but we have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I have two more questions. My first is in regard to Barnardos and the hot meals programme that was mentioned in the opening statement. We need to start looking at the DEIS criteria and how that is done. There are schools in parts of my area that have high levels of poverty but they are not in areas that traditionally have high levels of poverty. For example, they could be areas with many...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I have one further question. I thank Ms Byrne for sharing her journey, which was powerful and very good to listen to. I had a somewhat similar experience, although not quite the same as hers and I did not face the same barriers that she did, especially when looking to retrain and access education. I will give an example from my experience about how things changed for me. I have multiple...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank Ms Byrne. I always believe education is one of the best ways to enable people to exit poverty. I mentioned earlier that there are young kids getting involved in criminality in my area. Education is key to preventing that from happening. They can never take it away from you. Once you have an education, they can ever take it away. They might take your home at some stage, they...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the assisted decision-making (capacity) (amendment) Bill; the Houses of the Oireachtas committee that will be undertaking pre-legislative scrutiny of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if there are awareness campaigns to raise concerns of the causes of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51993/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 783. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is responsible for payment of treatment in cases in which a child or adult is involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were involuntarily admitted to an adult psychiatric ward by gender and age in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51995/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who were involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 800. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that young persons are waiting up to 20 weeks for an appointment with Jigsaw; and the plans that are in place to reduce the waiting times. [52052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 926. To ask the Minister for Health when feedback will be provided to the National Eating Disorder Recovery Centre following a meeting between the HSE; when a resolution is expected; if the HSE will be utilising this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 973. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds psychiatric nurse courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 974. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the HSE to fund a psychiatric nurses course; if the course has been completed; if so, the outcome; if this course will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE; the number employed through a recruitment agency from 2019 to the latest date in 2021 in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 976. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the €53 million debt that was cleared in mental health in 2021 in which this debt occurred; the way it was cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52725/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: 997. To ask the Minister for Health if changes have been made recently to the regulations for families to visit loved ones in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52821/21]