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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 18, to delete “26 weeks” and substitute “one week”. As was said, amendments Nos. 1 and 14 are related. Many groups that made submissions to the committee about this Bill recommended the removal of the eligibility criterion of being in employment for six months. It is our view that this would negatively impact lone...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: Once it has been discussed and pressed.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: Amendment No. 17 relates to the requirement for a worker to obtain a medical certificate for a third party. It is overly restrictive and places an additional and unreasonable cost burden on parents, particularly lone parents and low-income workers, especially when coupled with the unpaid nature of the leave. It must be considered whether supplying medical information of a third party to an...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: Will the Minister clarify whether the supplying of medical information on a third party to an employer is consistent with GDPR regulations?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 13: In page 8, to delete lines 35 to 37. I thought this amendment would have been grouped with amendments Nos. 1 and 14, but it was not. It is similar to the amendments earlier in relation to the removal of the six months' employment eligibility criteria. As I said already, it is our view that this will negatively impact on lone parents who may be in need of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I think we should tease it out further as well.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: It is being pressed.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 14: In page 9, line 2, to delete “26 weeks” and substitute “one week”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 17: In page 9, lines 29 to 31, to delete all words from and including “, and” in line 29, down to and including “concerned”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Mark Ward: I move amendment No. 19: In page 11, to delete lines 6 to 9, and substitute the following: “request a review of the start date of the flexible working arrangement which may be agreed upon by the employee.”. This amendment seeks to stop the provision or power that allows an employer to push the start date of an agreed flexible working arrangement out by up to six months....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: It is of huge concern that the 11 child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, beds in Linn Dara that were closed in May remain closed indefinitely. We had assurance from the HSE and from the Government, including from the Taoiseach, that these beds would be reopened in September. It is now almost November. Information I received today from the HSE has said that it is not possible...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the targeted recruitment of staff psychologists, clinical psychologists and administrative support staff by the HSE by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national recruitment campaign to replenish the psychology assistant panel; the length of time this is expected to take; the number needed to replenish the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to include adults with ADHD on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53619/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: I thank Deputy O'Rourke for the opportunity to speak on public transport. In my area we have seen the privatisation of some of our bus routes. Go-Ahead operates the 76, the 18, the L51 and the L52 routes in Clondalkin, Palmerstown and Lucan. This has been an abject failure. As we approach Hallowe'en, we have ghost buses in our area. Buses that are on the schedule mysteriously disappear...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: Workers and families face a cost-of-living crisis that the Government has failed to respond to adequately, a reality that will become clearer in the winter months ahead. I feel like an extra in "Game of Thrones" from repeating this but the reality is that for many workers and families, winter is coming. They simply do not know how they are going to get through this winter. This Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Area Plans (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Labre park redevelopment on the Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot; his plans for play space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53561/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land by the Department of Education to his Department to provide a primary health care centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient peri-natal mental health unit will be in place in Q4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision; if a site has been chosen; when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2022)

Mark Ward: 811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of funding allocated to men’s clubs across all schemes that were received by her Department; the amount of funding allocated, by CHO area, by group, from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53560/22]