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Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: I was listening to the radio this morning and there was a report about the launch of a document from Merchants Quay Ireland. That organisation is saying if it doubled the number of beds it has available for people going into rehabilitation, it would still not be enough. Is it difficult now to refer the people and patients who enter the services provided by the witnesses into drug...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: As was said, this window of opportunity is sometimes really small when somebody is motivated and in that space to get treatment. It is important to have the appropriate services. One of the things I am finding out is about going through detox and into rehabilitation. We have Cuan Dara in my area where people go in for detox. There used to be a transition into the likes of Keltoi, but...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the OPW of providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the OPW of providing electrical vehicle charging points in Garda stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, per station, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/24]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: While I acknowledge and welcome the publication of this Bill and recognise the hard work done by the Minister of State, and her officials to get to this stage, it is long overdue. A general scheme of this legislation was approved in 2015 but was not produced until 2021. I was a member of the Sub-Committee on Mental Health that did the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill in November 2021....

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Sanity has prevailed and Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Independents have been stopped from giving away €14 billion of taxpayers' money. In 2016, the European Commission concluded that Ireland had granted illegal state aid to the Apple group and awarded Ireland billions of euro. That should have been that, but it was not. This was our money. I have never in my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available to install sensory rooms in the home for people with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36648/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the process for Garda clearance for local authority housing applicants has been centralised; if so, when this took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36349/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and family doctors are entitled to refuse to complete a HMD-Form 1 disability and or medical information form for their patients who are applying for medical priority with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 682. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the model of care for dual diagnosis; the funding given to the model of care; the roll-out plan for the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 January 2024, when the two adult dual diagnosis services will open in 2024; if they will be open in Q3 of 2024; if not, the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 695. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of residential dual diagnosis services in Keltoi; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36386/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2023, in tabular form; if these vacant posts are still funded since the lifting of the HSE recruitment embargo; the number of vacant posts in mental health services at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36618/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 750. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an article (details supplied); if the HSE vacancies in 2023 were fully funded; where that funding was allocated; if these posts are still funded since the lifting of the HSE recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36619/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 147.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to the recent peace summit in Switzerland if he will report on Ireland's contribution towards demining efforts in Ukraine.[33865/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 618.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to increase the National Educational Psychological Service allocation to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34998/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 619.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to increase autism classes in City West; if there are plans for an additional special school in City West; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34999/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 655.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way an individual who has no choice but to avail of the home tuition grant scheme due to a lack of suitable school places in their area can avail of the free education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 656.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new-build special schools planned to be built in the Dublin mid-west area; their current stages of development; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35466/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: 657.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new-build schools planned to be built in the Dublin mid-west area; the number of those that have an ASD class planned; the number of ASD places there will be; their current stages of development; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35467/24]