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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: One of the biggest things which arises in my experience in the provision of mental health services is getting staff and retaining those already there. Are those problems ongoing or has Mr. Ryan seen light at the end of that tunnel?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: There has been an upsurge in people drinking at home during Covid-19 and in numbers presenting for treatment for drug and alcohol issues. My question relates to dual diagnosis. I did not see any mention of it in the report published today. I have worked in several addiction centres across Dublin in a professional capacity. All present know that drink and drugs give people the ability to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: Mr. Ryan referred to being involved in a drugs task force in the 2000s. I was a board member of the board of a local drugs task force at that time. The budgets of such task forces have probably not increased since 2000. That is one of the problems they are facing. A drugs task force may wish to provide, for example, some sort of mental health service or dual diagnosis service, but if that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: In the report issued today, many patients and advocacy groups contend that mental health services need to be expanded and that the new Government mental health strategy, Sharing the Vision - a Revised Mental Health Policy for Everyone, should be adequately resourced and implemented. We spoke earlier about the minimum recommendation by the WHO for 12% of the overall health budget, whereas the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: I want to bring the Taoiseach's attention to page 56 of the programme of Government, which references a commitment to resource harm reduction and education campaigns in regard to drug misuse. That is around nitrous oxide, or laughing gas as it is commonly known, in particular. One only has to walk around my area of Dublin Mid-West to see discarded silver canisters and silver bullets in our...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: After constantly calling for the previous Minister for Health to release Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone, I cautiously welcomed the fact that it was finally published just before the previous Government ended. A Vision for Change was a bold document and one of its time. Due to lack of proper investment from previous Governments, however, it was never even close to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that access to prisoners by addiction practitioners working for the community prison links service has not been consistently available across all prisons since the onset of Covid-19, in particular in Mountjoy and Wheatfield prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will direct that prisons include the community prison links service on the list of professional contacts for prisoners in order that access to clients can be had via telephone and more comprehensively post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if a contrasting document will be produced to highlight the differences between the new Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone 2020-2030 and A Vision For Change documents [12694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their waiting time backdated [12728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested the HSE to examine the finances of an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason for the examination; when the examination will be concluded; if the results will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to include information on nitrous oxide under the solvent's category on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12931/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the number of special needs assistants for schools in view of the expected increases in mental health and development needs of school children due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Abuse Prevention Education (16 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create an awareness programme on the dangers of using nitrous oxide as an inhalant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: A Vision for Change (16 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if the updated document A Vision for Change will be published; the reason it has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 509. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on matters (details supplied) regarding gyms operating under phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [10730/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: They are private houses. I tried to get South Dublin County Council to compulsorily purchase these houses when I was a member of the council but it did not have the authority to do so. Councils powers in this area need to be strengthened as well. Across the country the effect vacant homes have on communities is clear. Vacant homes are a disgrace in themselves but they also attract...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: During the housing crisis, one of the most tragic sights we see is a vacant home. In my constituency of Dublin Mid-West numerous homes have been vacant for many years and the only reason they remain vacant is the failure of the Government's plan on housing and homelessness. For example, on Station Road in Clondalkin, there is a ghost estate with six houses that were built in 2006, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the allocation of special needs assistants to five, as it was in September 2019, instead of the reduced amount of four after a review was carried out a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9917/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special needs assistants across the State to help with the potential fallout from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9919/20]