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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to the parents of a child (detailed supplied) who was excluded from mainstream secondary school in 2019 and has not had any school since despite having an ASD diagnosis. [18196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will made on a section 29 appeal in a case (details supplied) given that the pupil is now in their final school term. [19989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on secondary school waiting lists in an area (details supplied); the number yet to secure a place; the way in which this compares with previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Traveller Community (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that have been completed out of the 149 actions recommended in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of psychologists and psychiatrists employed in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1635. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for ophthalmology services in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1652. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person (details supplied) who is in the vulnerable category and aged in the 18 to 64 years of age cohort can secure their Covid-19 vaccination appointment. [18562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1697. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine has reverted back to 18+ year olds for the vulnerable at risk category (details supplied). [18696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1718. To ask the Minister for Health the HbA1c threshold for a diabetic to be included in the vulnerable at risk priority for the Covid-19 vaccine. [18765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1822. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied). [19061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have presented to the accident and emergency department in Tallaght Hospital with suicidal ideation; the number of the patients that voluntarily left the hospital after triage without being seen by a psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians in each CHO that have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19100/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1842. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any priority based on age in the vulnerable at risk category of persons aged 16 to 64 years in the roll-out of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1843. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE sent out co-correspondence to or direction to general practitioners to prioritise persons aged 18 plus within the vulnerable at risk category of the category of persons aged 16 to 64 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of actions of the 87 to 96 in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017 to 2021 that have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 1940. To ask the Minister for Health the options a person has with a history or a family history of thrombosis in choice of Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: 2255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time midwives employed in the Coombe Women's Hospital in each of the past three years to date in 2021; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20302/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank all of the witnesses. I do not think that I have done as much reading as I have done over the past while on any topic that I have been involved with since I came into public representation. It is absolutely heartbreaking, it is horrific, and it is a really dark stain on our history as a State. I commend all the witnesses who have appeared already and the ones who will appear later...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the Chair and the witnesses. We have the opportunity to make right the wrongs of the horrors of the mother and baby homes. A key paragraph in Mr. Murphy's opening submission states: "A key task for this committee will be to deliver effective legislation that will, as far as practicable, protect and preserve mass graves, such as Tuam, and provide for the identification of, and where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses. We have heard again today about a lack of transparency regarding access to documents. We saw how public confidence was absolutely rocked when this came up in the recent past. As mentioned in the statement, the proposed Bill provides for the sealing of documents and records for a period of 30 years. Access to this information is of the utmost importance, as has been...