Results 981-1,000 of 3,610 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (13 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 1210. To ask the Minister for Health the eating disorder services available to people in CHO3 and CHO8; the plans in place to develop services in these CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prison Service (13 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists employed in each prison; the vacancy rates for psychiatry staff within prison services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28227/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to reduce the number of child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, teams from more than 70 to 50, as suggested by the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on the 24 May 2023; if he can guarantee this will lead to better outcomes for young people; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: During the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health of 24 May, Mr. Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE, stated in reply to me that the HSE had "a serious question to ask as to whether we continue to maintain more than 70 partially staffed [CAMHS] teams or reduce them to 55 or 50 full teams". Are there plans to reduce the number of child and adolescent mental health service teams from...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: I accept that, but we are getting mixed messages. For example, when Mr. Gloster said what he said at the health committee meeting, that was the first I had heard of it, although I had heard inklings on the grapevine. The Minister of State now indicated that the number of CAMHS teams might be reduced from 74 and that parents might be asked to drive a little further to get a full service but...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: The Minister of State rightly mentioned the increase in the number of CAMHS referrals, which amounted to more than 300,000 in the past year, according to what she told me the previous time we spoke. I want to put on record the good work CAMHS staff are doing, despite the challenges, to provide all these appointments. Even so, the number of children who are awaiting their first appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (1 Jun 2023)

Mark Ward: 26. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23]

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

Mark Ward: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to early intervention psychosis services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/23]

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]