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Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: The Courts Service would also be involved.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I might come in again later but I will give another committee member the chance to contribute.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: Dr. Niazi made a comment that the currently vacant consultant psychiatrist post in Kerry is not very popular. What is the reason for that? He suggested we may know it was not very popular. I know it has not been filled, but what is his feeling on that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I wish to tease something out with Dr. Burke. It was in report that the consultant psychiatrist is the lead, basically. The report advises that it is not international best practice and there are other models of care in relation to multidisciplinary teams. Has there been any consideration given to changing that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: What would that look like?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: Early intervention was mentioned and how children are getting lower levels of engagement and have lower levels of mental health. We have 13,000 people waiting for a primary care psychologist. There is a 14% increase in young people who are looking for access to Pieta counselling. I met with Pieta representatives last week. They told me children as young as five turn up to the services...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I have tabled a number of parliamentary questions on that and I do not know if the witnesses answered them, but one of them probably did in the end. The feedback I got off the responses was not very positive in moving that direction.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I have one more question if that is okay. Early intervention and psychosis were mentioned a couple times. I dug out a parliamentary question I tabled on the budget for 2023. The standard response I am getting back at the moment is that the HSE is not in a position to respond to this question regarding the allocation of funding for 2023 as a national service plan is not yet finalised. When...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: That seems to be a systemic failure on this side of the meeting. Is there any way whoever is allocating budgets could notify the HSE of the anticipated budget any earlier so these plans could be in place early in 2023 or 2024, allowing us to hit the ground running?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Chair for allowing me back in.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I will bring up the matter of pandemic bonus payments for workers in the Clondalkin Addiction Support Programme, CASP. It is a unique service in Clondalkin whereby a person with an addiction issue can avail of both medical and holistic treatments. Its methadone dispensing clinic caters for approximately 70 clients on a daily basis in respect of harm reduction. This clinic did not close...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rights of the Child (9 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 287. To ask the Minister for Health his views on his recent contributions to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rights of the Child (9 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on his views expressed at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, where according to an article (details supplied), an official from his Department stated that it may not be the case that Ireland will reach a point where there are absolutely no children or adolescents being admitted to adult inpatient mental health...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister and officials for attending the committee today. I have questions about a couple of issues. One is the mother and baby homes payment scheme and the second is the Decision Support Service, DSS. I will ask about them separately. The State's response to the legacy issues in the mother and baby homes in this year's Estimates is to make €10 million available to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I have a supplementary question about that. Why was no consideration given to people who could prove they were there for one day to six months without giving a testimony? How does the need to give testimonies relate to survivors being there for less than six months? The proof is available. We know about vaccine trials, children who were boarded out and separated from their mothers and all...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: I understand that but I still do not understand why it was done for six months but not for one day, if that was the rationale. I still do not understand the arbitrary six-month timeframe. I know that is the scheme the Government is proposing, but why does the generalised payment not start from day one? I will stop there as I can see the Chair looking at me. I am going off topic a little....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of children waiting for braces after a public orthodontist recommended them for braces under the PRSI system; the average waiting time, per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if he, the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, his Department or the HSE asked the Mental Health Commission to delay the publishing of its interim report into the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; if so, the reason for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the way employees (details supplied) who worked alongside HSE staff throughout the pandemic can apply for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (8 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO that has a CAMHS service that is operated independently of the HSE that was referenced in the Mental Health Commission's interim report into CAMHS; the name of the independent provider; if any efforts are being made to replicate the "excellent care" being provided by that provider elsewhere in the country; and if he will make a statement on the...