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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: On the capacity of Tusla, if this legislation provided counselling for everybody affected by this issue, would the agency at the moment have the capacity to provide that service?

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Last night the Government rushed through legislation that will impinge on people's civil liberties. I was waiting to speak on amendments I put down that would repeal Part 5 of the Mental Health Act 2001, which allows mental health tribunals to be reduced to one-member, paper-based tribunals. This legislation was introduced to reduce the amount of personal interaction between relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are in place to sustain the events sector at present. [29842/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets (3 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to invest the profits on crime seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau back into the communities most affected by crime. [29839/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place or being considered to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team that will include gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29840/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he has not proceeded with a ban on the importation of fracked gas and has instead issued a policy statement citing the fact that the advice of the Attorney General is that a ban would be against EU law (details supplied). [29385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from her Department’s budget in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from her Department and the NCSE assistive technology grant budget in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time visiting teachers for the visually impaired by region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an accurate costing will be provided for the expansion of the visiting teacher service by five full-time posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the current status of the Cost of Disability report; the timeline for the publication of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (1 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from her Department’s budget in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29595/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Mark Ward: A response to a parliamentary question stated that the HSE paid debt collection agencies over €2.4 million in the last four years to collect money owed by patients such as €100 emergency department fees. Almost €600,000 was paid to debt collectors by the HSE in 2020. The HSE's use of a debt collection agency is an incredibly regressive measure, especially during a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 May 2021)

Mark Ward: 30. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a report on the access to disability services for children in CHO7. [28060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (27 May 2021)

Mark Ward: 36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Tusla counselling grant awarded to secondary schools will be increased to facilitate the number of students seeking counselling within secondary schools (details supplied). [28061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (27 May 2021)

Mark Ward: 306. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the community service programme is open to new applicants; and if so, the process for a community group to apply for funding. [29028/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Mark Ward: I am in Leinster House 2000. I thank the witnesses for their very insightful contribution. What I am hearing is that we do not need to regulate childminders out of childminding. While I smiled when the analogy of the goldfish came out, we do not need to get to that level of regulation when it comes to one's own home and children in their own home so we must be mindful of that. Mention...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Mark Ward: We were all championing vaccine protection for people with acute and severe mental health illnesses. At this stage, many of these groups have received their vaccine and, therefore, it is now a safer place. There is now less of a need for this provision to continue in the legislation. What have we learned in the context of mental health over the past while that will influence us in future...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Mark Ward: I have one supplementary question. Many people are experiencing mental health issues for the first time and large numbers of them have not been reaching out. Some of these people are in the cohorts mentioned. After the last lockdown and at the start of easing of restrictions we saw a lot of mental health services being inundated. It was not during the restrictions, it was as the...