Results 301-320 of 3,231 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1698. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a mental health advocacy service for Traveller mental health; the estimated cost of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1699. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller specific mental health awareness campaigns; the level of engagement his Department has had with local Traveller groups for these campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1700. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to encourage Traveller employment within primary and specialist community services; what training is available for Travellers to upskill within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1701. To ask the Minister for Health if cultural therapies on mental health have been developed for the Traveller community; if the Department of Health and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media have considered developing equine therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1702. To ask the Minister for Health what cross departmental work has been carried out to address the root causes of the mental health crisis in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1703. To ask the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of culturally sensitive mental health services, as recommended in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1709. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on counselling and psychotherapy registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1489/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1710. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on psychology registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1490/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing InterSystems TrakCare at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the capabilities of this system; if this system will be rolled out across other mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of November, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale of the proposed educational level requirement for registration of psychotherapy and counselling through CORU; for an update on the registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54333/23]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: The Government has called Sinn Féin's attempt to hold the Government to account a distraction. I put it to those opposite that Fine Gael must have been distracted in the past 12 years that it has held the justice portfolio. On Fine Gael's watch, there are almost 500 fewer gardaí in Dublin since it came into government. Was it distracted when two gardaí who were on overtime...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: Thank you.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: In June 2022, I stood in solidarity with Traveller groups outside the Dáil as they called for a national action plan for Traveller mental health. Today, I stood with them again. Some 11% of all Travellers will die by suicide. This is shocking. It is over seven times more than the general population. While we can all get lost in statistics, each one of these is a man, a woman or a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills at what stage is the planned construction of a school (details supplied); when she expects this development to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53632/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants turned down for the care allowance, the number awarded on appeal and the number awarded on second application in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53631/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Mark Ward: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he and his Department are taking to bring about a call for a ceasefire in Palestine from other European states; the interactions he and the Department have had with their EU and Israeli counterparts to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Mark Ward: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what actions his Department and the Government will take to bring about an end of the bombardment of Gaza by Israel; if sanctions are being considered; if the occupied territories Bill will be implemented; if the Government will recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2023)

Mark Ward: 133. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the inpatient peri-natal mental health unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital; when this will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Nov 2023)

Mark Ward: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if historical data on the number of children and teenagers treated for anorexia as inpatients in a paediatric hospital is retained; if so, the data for the years 2017 to present, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52793/23]