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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the mental health crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; the number of positions that are filled; the number of positions left to be filled; the expected opening of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 254. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft model of care for dual diagnosis will be approved by the College of Psychiatrists; the cause of this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if a building inspection has been carried out on the proposed site in CHO3 for the first adult dual diagnosis team; the reason this was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist in the adult dual diagnosis team in CHO4; when this post will be filled; the reason recruitment for the multidisciplinary team supporting the consultant psychiatrist position has not started yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reopening of Keltoi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9304/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: While Sinn Féin welcomes the idea of expanding responsibility for community safety beyond An Garda Síochána, it is not clear what the purpose of the group is separate to the role of the Policing Authority. While establishing these committees could be a welcome move forward, the Government must also stick to previous commitments. A task force was to be set up to enable the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: What about the six months?

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing this Bill before the House. This is the second time in two days that this issue has been debated in the Chamber. It just goes to show how the Government has lost control of the housing crisis. Levels of homelessness continue to rise, despite the winter ban on evictions. It is an extremely important issue that needs to be raised time and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting to emergency departments after being spiked with a drug or substance without their knowledge in each of the years from 2017 to date; if there has been an increase in presentations of syringe spiking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/23]

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I welcome that progress has been made on the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. Sinn Féin has been calling for this for the past four years or more. I am from an area of high disadvantage and have seen the devastation drugs have inflicted on my area since I was a child. I have lived in a community that has seen intergenerational addiction and trauma within families. When I say "high...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I will give my apologies before I start because as soon as this is over, I will have to leave because I am due at a debate in the Dáil. I am delighted to have the opportunity to come in here and to listen to all the witnesses and everything they had to say. I am from Clondalkin. We have one of the longest-established direct provision centres in our area. Contrary to what is going on...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: Absolutely.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: Is that a funding issue? Could organisations be given resources to do that? What are the barriers?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and the North of Ireland from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility. [8331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in other countries due to a lack of capacity in the State from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility. [8332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the seven audits into CAMHS that were referenced at the Oireachtas sub-Committee on Mental Health recently; the stages they are at; when are they due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who received voluntary and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy from 2020 to 2022; the hospitals that perform this therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the interim ICT system that CAMHS will be operating for electronic case file management; when this will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 706. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rollout of integrated case management system within CAMHS; when the system will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8844/23]

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank my colleagues for supporting me and for all their contributions. They are vital. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. This is my first engagement with her as the Minister of State with responsibility for drugs. I wish her the very best in her new role because it is an important one. It is something we need to do better on as a society. I also thank the Minister of...