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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (8 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provisions in place for Defence Forces personnel who will be serving overseas with the United Nations for a minimum of six months to receive leave to return home during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for counsellor roles from the recruitment drive be on call for Ireland; the number that were recruited for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (7 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report into a service (details supplied) operations being managed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29191/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (7 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if the private, fee paying part of a service (details supplied) will now be managed by the HSE; if it will now become a public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29192/20]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: Stewarts Care in Palmerstown is in my constituency. I have an aunt who is a long-term resident there. Over the years I got to know many of the service users. In my previous role as the Mayor of South Dublin, I invited the communities service users council to the mayor’s reception, which was a fantastic day. It is no surprise to me that several day service users have contacted me...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum net income limits in the Social Housing Assessment Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28258/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow all local authority RAS tenants to have access to the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students who have been denied SUSI because they did not meet the criteria; if other supports are available to persons who are still struggling to pay fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28118/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. As this is the first time that I have had an opportunity to converse with him, I ask the Chair to give me some latitude.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: On the Estimates, are the initial supports for Tusla adequate due to Covid? I attended the meeting of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response where we heard testimonies by experts and witnesses that there had been an increase in domestic violence, among other things. In normal times, children from homes experiencing domestic violence found a safe haven in school but they did not attend...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: Yes. There are two now.

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: If this was a real roadmap for living with Covid, I am afraid we would be turning into dead end after dead end when it comes to people seeking supports for mental health. I am a member of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. I listened to expert after expert tell the committee that we are facing an avalanche of mental health issues. The experts stated that mental health services...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: In recent weeks, St. John of God Community Services wrote to the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Health about its current financial difficulties. Yesterday, its board had no alternative but to inform the HSE of a 12-month notice of termination of its contract. How has this been allowed to happen? What protection has the Government got in place for the 8,000 children and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to support the live gig industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports in place for local sports clubs to avail of during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: 170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a 1916 centenary medal will be awarded to a person (details supplied) who served for 45 years in the Reserve Defence Force until they retired in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (30 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State for what was a very complicated and convoluted response, although I am sure it is factually correct. However, I do not think the developer would have had a look at all that kind of stuff before he went in yesterday and bulldozed No. 40 Herbert Park. This was an act of sheer corporate greed, the like of which will destroy Irish history and heritage in this city...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (30 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: In an act of wanton vandalism on our revolutionary history, No. 40 Herbert Park, home of the 1916 leader, The O'Rahilly was demolished yesterday. The house was built in 1907 and The O'Rahilly, the only 1916 leader to die in battle, was the first occupant of the property. His widow Nancy lived here until her death in the 1960s. In 1913 The O'Rahilly became one of the founding members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Services Card (30 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for persons applying for a public services card; if the process has changed due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2020)

Mark Ward: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity available for HSE patients in private mental healthcare facilities; the process to avail of same; the breakdown of bed capacity in each private mental healthcare facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27439/20]