Results 3,361-3,380 of 3,611 for speaker:Mark Ward

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: Even if it is at the end of the meeting. I would appreciate that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: I join my colleagues in thanking the special committee, its Chairman and all the staff who were involved in producing this report. While I was not a member of the committee, I was able to attend its meeting on mental health. Covid-19 has highlighted all the frailties of years of underfunding and mismanagement across Departments, be that housing, health, small business, transport,...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: Community gardaí could be the cornerstone of policing if given adequate resources. They are at the forefront when it comes to problem-solving and collaboration with the communities they protect. From first-hand experience of meeting community gardaí, residents and the local police forum in my area of Dublin Mid-West, I know how valuable community gardaí are to our community....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total sports budget for each of the years 2007 and 2020, in tabular form; the breakdown of the areas the funding was allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37170/20]

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: Scrambler and quad bikes have been the bane of our communities for several years. It is not uncommon for a person driving along the Neilstown Road or in Bawnogue, parts of Lucan, Knockmitten or anywhere else in Dublin Mid-West in his or her own car to be confronted by a young person coming towards him or her on a scrambler. As often as not, such young people do not have a helmet or any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Personal Public Service Numbers (17 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for primary school children awaiting to be assigned PPS numbers in cases in which it is mandatory for enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (17 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for PPS number applicants pre-Covid-19; and the new processing times since the pandemic began. [36979/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Incidence (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: There is one long-term recommendation in the report. The report states that there is a higher risk of suicide and suicidal behaviour in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation such as Clondalkin, Ballyfermot and Tallaght. It also states that there are higher than average rates of self-harm with myriad challenges faced by young women in particular, in addition to the lack of adult mental...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Incidence (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to respond today on the very serious issue of clusters of suicides among young women in Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Tallaght last year. The fact that the HSE investigation has linked these deaths to the housing crisis, domestic violence, poverty and recreational drug use is a clear message that the Government must act. Parts of Ballyfermot,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport rationale of allowing less car park spaces than apartments in build-to-rent developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to commence the roll-out of the Dublin Bus strategy, BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: I have a couple of comments and, perhaps, a couple of questions as I go along. I am from Clondalkin which, as the Minister will be aware, has a big direct provision centre. While we have advocated and pushed for years to move away from people not having their own door in the area, this still brings up fears within the community in the direct provision centre that because of this policy,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have applied for the community mental health fund to date; the number that were successful; the number that were unsuccessful; the reason they were not successful in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have received funding from the HSE national office for suicide to provide suicide or mental health services; the process for applying for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and volunteers from sporting organisations that have taken part in suicide prevention training provided by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention by gender and age in each the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the policies, plans and programmes designed to integrate suicide prevention programmes through the national physical activity plan; the suicide prevention training and well-being programmes delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35637/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sport organisations which have received mental health first aid training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to facilitate persons to undertake the driver theory test online and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 758. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health experts that were consulted when the decisions were made on the restrictions that would apply when Ireland moved to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons that are on Tysabri infusions every six weeks for multiple sclerosis in St. James’s Hospital are now been treated as day patients which results in an €80 charge for each treatment for this lifelong condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/20]