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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...

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...