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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the requirements for teachers to wear masks in a primary school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exemptions for teachers not to have to wear masks in a primary school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeal process for teachers who have medical evidence prohibiting them from wearing masks in cases in which this has been overruled by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30946/21]

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

Mark Ward: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I acknowledge Mr. Gloster offered a sincere apology to any person who may have been hurt in dealings with Tusla. That is welcome. An awful lot of people who have contacted my office and those of many other Oireachtas Members will welcome that. I will touch on something that is mentioned in the opening statements but has not been the subject of any...

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]