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

Mark Ward: Okay. The response I got this week said it had not responded yet and it is ten months down the line.

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

Mark Ward: It is fine, work away. If it is good news the Minister of State can interrupt me. I have no problem with that. According to the response from the HSE, CHO 3, which includes Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary, has been identified as the first adult diagnosis team and many of the team members have already been recruited. That is welcome. However, the response also stated that CHO 3 had...

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

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with my co-sponsor, Deputy Gould. The Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021 is important legislation that aims to plug the gaps between mental health and addiction services. This was one of the first pieces of legislation I submitted after I was elected. The reason was that, having worked in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I received a very worrying response to parliamentary question this morning outlining the number of people being spiked with drugs without their consent. In 2021 there were 62 incidents reported to the Garda. Last year that nearly doubled to 106. These are only the ones reported to the Garda. Very often they go unreported. Just this week, third level student bodies issued warnings in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State. As I said I have met the HSE numerous times. It came before the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health on Tuesday. It was probably one of the more positive meetings we have had with the HSE. I acknowledge the work done by the staff in CAMHS. They are doing their best. It seemed to be systemic failures that impeded them from doing their best for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State. Is it possible for the Minister of State to indicate the number of open cases that need to be reviewed? If she has any figures on this I would like to get them. There is a gap in the system when young people turn 18 and go into adult mental health services. The Minister of State mentioned referring them back to GPs. I do not know whether that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 87. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out a timeframe for completing a review of all open and lost to follow up cases in child and adolescent mental health services to address matters raised by the interim report of the Mental Health Commission arising from an independent review of such services; if he will publish a multi-annual funding plan for improving child and youth mental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I will speak about the Mental Health Commission's report into CAMHS. One of the concerns escalated relates to the 140 children who were lost to follow up. Will the Minister of State set out a timeframe for completing a review of all open and lost cases in CAMHS? Will she publish a multi-annual funding plan for improving CAMHS, including to extend access to CAMHS to young people up to the...

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: The purpose of the Civil Defence Bill 2023 is to modernise the existing legislation relating to Civil Defence matters, which is contained within the Air-Raid Precautions Acts 1939 and 1946 and the Civil Defence Act 2012. Sinn Féin supports the intention of the Bill, which seeks to introduce a newer, more rounded version of multiple pieces of legislation, some of which dates back, as I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the penalties that are in place for public transport bus operators when buses do not operate on schedule; the operators that received penalties; the amount of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the laws and penalties that are in place for persons who is convicted of spiking another person with a drug or substance without the persons knowledge [7582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the number of reports to the gardaí of incidences of spiking another person with a drug or substance without the persons knowledge for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with universities, the Department of Health and the HSE to increase college places in the area of mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education docment produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations that fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be enough ASD class primary school places in September 2023 in Dublin mid-west to meet the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6777/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are in place for the parents of a person (details supplied) who have so far been unable to find a place in an ASD class despite having the appropriate medical supporting documents. [6778/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recommendations in the final report of the high-level task force to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector were considered as part of Budget 2023; if so, the budget that has been apportioned to actioning the recommendations in 2023; and if he...