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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (12 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the status of The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Proposals; when they will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49694/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: Earlier this year, I accused the Government of making announcements on additional funding for mental health supports as window dressing just to create cheap headlines and it gives me no pleasure to find out that I was right. They were not even cheap headlines; they were free headlines as the €10 million announced in additional funding for mental health supports in February remains...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: This was emergency money and it is now eight months later.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48834/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak about the national youth justice strategy. I put the question: what is youth justice? In a real republic, youth justice would be seen to be giving all the young people of this island an equal chance to reach their full potential but in a State that has known nothing but flip-flopping Governments of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for more than 100...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: I too thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this important and timely motion. We are facing a winter of discontent, but it must not be a winter of disconnect. Global gas prices have climbed to the highest levels in more than seven years. There are external factors that impact on the wholesale price of gas and electricity in Ireland, but the Government needs to put measures in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce mental health and resilience modules in secondary education for transition year students and leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 141. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 9 September 2021, the status of the single integrated financial and procurement management system; when it will be rolled out; the benefits of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 147. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 31 March 2021, if the tender has finished; the services each hospital has been providing since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48533/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: It will be removed in October. That is fine. I appreciate the Minister responding to me on this point. If this measure is removed in October, the powers will still remain in place until February 2022. It is similar to the powers in this legislation in that there is no need for them.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: This brings me back to the mood of people in the State and that they are feeling lifted. When we extend emergency powers like this, the fear that people have is that such powers are being extended because they are going to be used. This is why we will not support this proposal.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: As my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, said, when the Covid outbreak first began and restrictions were introduced in response to the emergency, there was a lot of political unity because we did not know what we were dealing with and we were all pulling in the same direction. We agreed with some measures introduced by the Government, but there were times when there were disagreements and we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting appointments with the adult primary care psychology services; the average waiting times by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area from 2019 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments with primary care psychology services; the average waiting times by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area in each year from 2019 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47738/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments with the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS: the average waiting times by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area in each year from 2019 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47739/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children placed in adult psychiatric hospital services and units in each year from 2019 to the latest date 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47740/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children referred to community specialist eating disorder teams who had waiting times from assessment to treatment started within four and eight weeks in each year from 2019 to the latest date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: 622. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 688 of 3 February, the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47742/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses. I apologise for having missed the opening statements but I have them in front of me. I have managed most things but co-location is not yet one of them. I have a lot of grá for Dublin 8. I spent a lot of years working with an addiction service down there. It was a really good service that also had an after-school and a preschool programme in it. It took a...