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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: Okay.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: May I cut in there? I agree with the Minister that early intervention is key. Children should get the care they need at primary level. The waiting list for psychology in primary care is in excess of 11,000 at this stage. In some places, there are waiting lists of 30 weeks for Jigsaw services. There are different waiting lists in different parts of the country. There is no counselling in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the laws that are in place to seize nitrous oxide cannisters that are being misused; the penalties for those illegally distributing them; the number of confiscations by gardaí by year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: A young person who is taking nitrous oxide is playing Russian roulette because they do not know the effects the gas will have on them until they take it. There have been reports from medical experts of the adverse side effects. What laws are in place to seize nitrous oxide canisters that are being misused and what are the penalties for those illegally distributing them?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer in relation to the Act but why is it not being used at the moment? You only have to walk into any housing estate or any park and you will see discarded nitrous oxide canisters lying around. It is commonly know as laughing gas. When it first came out it was in small silver bullets and was called one hit wonders. It has been replaced by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: As recently as December this year, a neurologist specialist, and I was on one of the radio debates with her, spoke about the long-term damage that nitrous oxide could be causing young people. There is a range of sensory issues among patients who have presented, including numbness in their hands, feet and extremities, as well as serious issues with balance, problems with their heart rates and...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: I was reading the concluding statements of the European Council meeting this morning and noted how strong they were in respect of Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine, and rightly so. However, I was also thinking that we could change these statements to reflect what is happening in the occupied territories of Palestine. One could easily change the statement that "The European Council reiterates...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the prison service for mental health supports for both staff and the prison population; for an update on the prison service’s initiative to capture information on mental health and addiction of individuals within prison services; if initiatives for increased care will be considered; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel across the Dublin area by year from 2011 to date, broken down by region; the number of Garda stations across the Dublin area from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many homes built by local authorities since 8 February 2020 are fully carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a tenant with a notice to quit who is looking to avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme, who is living in a HAP property in one council area but is on another council’s housing list and the landlord wants to sell the home to the council; which council should the landlord contact and can the council buy the property;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process, in cases in which the NTQ period of a person has lapsed but the council is still processing the expression of interest from the landlord to sell the home to the council, if the tenant still has to vacate the property; if so, if the council will cease the process of acquiring the home; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1002. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health and well-being supports that are currently in place for members of GSOC; how long they are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young people who have entered Garda diversion programmes from 2019 to date; where these programmes are in operation; if follow up data is collected on those leaving the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18052/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Detention Centres (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people within Oberstown Children Detention Campus offered temporary release for each Christmas from 2020 to 2022; the number of young people who accepted temporary release; the number of young people who turned it down over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16716/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline where the two new roles, the national clinical lead for mental health and the assistant director for youth mental health, will fill into the structures of the HSE; if this can be provided in diagram form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1368. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the access criteria for someone to enter one of the three pilot projects for dual diagnosis; the capacity of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1374. To ask the Minister for Health when a public health nurse will be available for residents in Newcastle, County Dublin; the current and levels of public health nurses by area in Dublin mid-west; the plans for recruitment of public heath nurses in Dublin mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Mark Ward: 1420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west by area; the number of vacancies by area; the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/23]