Results 641-660 of 3,262 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the number of places in third level education for mental health that would escalate the number of professionals entering mental health care. [26484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conversations he and his Department have had with the Department of Health in relation to increasing clinical spaces in mental health care to allow and develop the amount of mental health spaces at third level. [26485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people took part in restorative justice delivered by the Probation Service in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people availed of the drugs treatment court, per location in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26840/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people are on waiting lists for mental health treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people are on waiting lists for addiction treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the introduction of domestic violence courts similar to the British model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26843/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State. We welcome this Bill and are supportive of it, although there are some issues that we would have with the Bill which I will touch on later in my contribution. The children in our communities deserve to be protected from criminality and kept safe in order that they can have a better future. We cannot allow the criminal gangs to continue to be such a scourge on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of the reasonable accommodation fund will be completed; if she will provide a breakdown of how the €1 million expansion of the reasonable accommodation fund allocated in budget 2023 will be utilised; the provisions for mental health in the revised reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of advocates, per county, in the national advocacy services for persons with disabilities in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans being put in place to address the findings of the cost of a disability research report published in December 2021; the way in which it is proposed to reduce day-to-day costs for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; when this ratification will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on workforce planning for the mental health care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of new funding in 2023 for each of the HSE national clinical programmes (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on primary care psychology services, by age and amount of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for Jigsaw services, by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding given to the voluntary and community mental health sector in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 716. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers in the HSE; the target number of authorised officers by quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 May 2023)

Mark Ward: 717. To ask the Minister for Health how many deficits in authorised officer numbers will be addressed by quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/23]