Results 41-60 of 122 for long speaker:Mark Ward

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Mark Ward: ...Minister of State at the Department of Health, Mary Butler TD, have allowed the waiting list for CAMHS to increase by 86 per cent since the formation of the Government in June 2020, with the number of children waiting longer than a year for a CAMHS appointment increasing by 168 per cent; — there has been a significant reduction of inpatient capacity for CAMHS, resulting in more...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: ...'s wardship. The Minister's failure to see this as a housing emergency is a slap in the face to the many people who come into my constituency office daily. They may be trapped in back bedrooms, on long waiting lists for social housing, or unable to afford housing. They may earn too much to be on the social housing waiting list but they cannot afford to rent because of the failed...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: ...the most and any steps taken by Government to address this must put these people front and centre. When it comes to emergency payments, they are not emergency payments at all they take that long for people to access. I have constituents who have applied for fuel allowance who were refused because one individual in the household does not have a qualifying payment. There could be three...

Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: ...Something that really bothers me is the phrase "bed blockers". I hate when it comes up. A woman in her 70s contacted me to say she was told her husband was a bed blocker. He has been in hospital for a long time. He is unwell. In her words, he is looking to come home and die with dignity. He has not been allowed to do so because he has been told he is blocking beds. He is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: ...available NEPS funding to sponsor educational psychologists; if she will clarify the definition of a sponsor; the number of places that will receive such funding; if there are plans to make this funding long-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: 1238. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can add ADHD to the long-term illness scheme if Statutory Instrument No. 277 (9) is not revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to include adults with ADHD on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53619/22]

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: .... Homelessness and child homelessness is at an all-time high. One of the things that really galls people in my area is seeing vacant homes on a daily basis. These are homes that have been empty for long periods of time. These vacant homes, which could become a home for a family, are being left empty and idle. Sinn Féin has called for a vacant homes tax for years in the face of...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...grooming of our children into criminality. The legislation is focused on adults involved in criminality and drug dealing who target and coerce children to move and supply drugs for them. For too long, criminals have groomed children in both urban and rural communities right across Ireland. The children in our communities deserve to be protected from this criminality and kept safe in...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...commitment to end direct provision and the situation in Ukraine and other world crises impact that. One of the biggest direct provision centres is in my area in Clondalkin. It is there a long time and the families are part of our community at this stage. They play on the local football team and go to school with my kids and other children in the area. One of the biggest issues we...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: -----the same people? That is very important. Staff who are in place a long time are able to build up that trust and relationship with young people.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: ...will provide an update on the HSE trial in Peamount Hospital delivering a multidisciplinary program for persons living with a neurological condition; when the trial is expected to be completed; the long-term plan for when the trial is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47881/22]

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Mark Ward: I have only trí nóiméad, so I will not be long.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mark Ward: ...feels that needs immediate attention? What does she think is the rationale for using this model of care, for want of a better word? How common is it? Does it cost the State more in brass tacks in the long term than it would if there were direct placement through Tusla or the State's organisations? I do not want to keep talking about monetary issues, but it was mentioned that foster...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: ...anyone else. The amendment relates to removing section 85(7) to allow advanced healthcare directives to be extended to those involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act. People who have a long history of mental illness know better than anybody what treatment works best for them. They have the real lived experience. In layman's terms what the Bill means if passed unamended is...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: ...will not be covered by this legislation - those who are involuntarily detained under that Act. The Minister mentioned the sequences within the Act and the review of that Act. I do not know how long that will take and I am on the relevant committee. We undertook pre-legislative scrutiny and had discussions but we did not have any stand-alone discussion, debate or testimony from witnesses...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: ...in this - while, on the other, denying the rights of another cohort of people with disabilities, once again pitting physical and mental health against each other rather than ensuring parity. I know people who are long term under the care of a medical practitioner for mental ill health, who are in recovery and who are well able to sit for jury duty. This section prohibits them from doing so.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: As a simple way to resolve things, it should have been done a long time ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: As a simple way to resolve things, it should have been done a long time ago.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: ...and more human rights compliant. The fact that this Bill also repeals the Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 and the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871 says enough to show that updating the legislation is long overdue. I am in a unique position when it comes to this Bill because I am a member of both the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the...