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Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: There is no doubt but that Covid has shone a bright light on the inefficiencies of the health service. Years of underinvestment and systemic mismanagement are there for all to see. Up to 21,000 children are waiting for occupational therapy, 9,000 children are waiting for psychology treatment and 4,000 children are waiting for an assessment of needs, while an astonishing 41,000 children are...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: I compliment the Sinn Féin Whip for making sure the Ceann Comhairle had the correct list of names and I suggest Fianna Fáil get its ship in action and do it properly. When the first lockdown and restrictions were introduced last year, they caused concern and increased people's worries and anxiety levels. People who had a history of mental health problems were adversely...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: Significant amounts of money have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, over the years. The last figure I have since its inception in 1996 is €150 million. I come from an area in Dublin called north Clondalkin that has been disproportionately affected by drug use and drug dealing over the years. I have seen whole families being wiped out. Some of these have been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process for a community centre to apply for funding for a youth service worker to be employed directly by it. [44683/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending the 115 court cases brought since late 2018 by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 825. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a computerised patient record system that is integrated across all health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 826. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 in transporting patients record across health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44960/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 827. To ask the Minister for Health when a national director of mental health will be appointed; the remit of the director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to allow persons to receive therapy and counselling on a face-to-face basis under the current restrictions. [45119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 948. To ask the Minister for Health the visiting procedures for HSE nursing homes in view of the new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1161/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility for PaediaSure in the powdered form to be added to the list for medical card holders (details supplied). [1464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (13 Jan 2021)

Mark Ward: 1097. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy from 2016 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context for special minibuses, special education and supported work environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the Department of Health has drawn up national guidelines for resuming the full range of supports for persons with disabilities and their careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context in respect of home-based care, personal assistants, transport to disability day services, respite and attending for specialist assessment and-or therapy.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for persons with special needs and their families to help persons return to a structured day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for persons with disabilities who live with their partners, spouses, parents and families in the HSE roadmap to reopening; the person they or a concerned other contact should apply for reassignment of pre-Covid-19 supports; the additional supports available to these families to support everyone establish daily and weekly routines; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for re-establishing respite supports for persons with disabilities, both emergency and planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Mark Ward: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the process for families to flag their need for respite or additional supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44447/20]