Results 41-60 of 3,131 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that access to prisoners by addiction practitioners working for the community prison links service has not been consistently available across all prisons since the onset of Covid-19, in particular in Mountjoy and Wheatfield prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will direct that prisons include the community prison links service on the list of professional contacts for prisoners in order that access to clients can be had via telephone and more comprehensively post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if a contrasting document will be produced to highlight the differences between the new Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone 2020-2030 and A Vision For Change documents [12694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their waiting time backdated [12728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested the HSE to examine the finances of an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason for the examination; when the examination will be concluded; if the results will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (30 Jun 2020)

Mark Ward: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to include information on nitrous oxide under the solvent's category on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12931/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: I want to bring the Taoiseach's attention to page 56 of the programme of Government, which references a commitment to resource harm reduction and education campaigns in regard to drug misuse. That is around nitrous oxide, or laughing gas as it is commonly known, in particular. One only has to walk around my area of Dublin Mid-West to see discarded silver canisters and silver bullets in our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: 1090. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for mental health provision in 2020; the priority areas to which the funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15024/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: I thank the Chairman and the witnesses. It is my first chance to address the committee. I have been going through some of the reports that were circulated. The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic risks sparking a global mental health crisis. It was very telling this morning to see the Mental Health Reform survey on the impact of Covid-19, which was published...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: All politics is local and this is, to some extent, a local issue for me. I represent the Dublin Mid-West constituency and grew up in north Clondalkin. As the representatives of Jigsaw know, that is where the service was first located. It was borne out of a need for intervention after a spate of youth suicides in my area. Many of those children were the sons or daughters of friends and...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: One of the problems with the service being moved from Dublin mid-west to Dublin south-west is the lack of public transport and infrastructure. There are many areas that would not have a direct bus route up to Tallaght in the Clondalkin and Lucan area, which makes matters quite difficult. It is also quite difficult for young people who are suffering from mental health trauma, or whatever they...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: I was really enthused by my interaction with young people in the Clondalkin area regarding mental health. There was a stigma about talking about how one felt when I was growing up around the area, especially among young men. One would be worried about what other people thought. I commend Jigsaw because one of the impacts it has had in north Clondalkin is that it allowed young people to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I thank Mr. John Farrelly from the Mental Health Commission for his very candid and upfront appraisal of what is going on in mental health service by saying that it is not fit for purpose and is out of date. I agree 100%. We can have no half measures with mental health provision, especially as the Covid pandemic has only increased pressures on...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: One of the biggest things which arises in my experience in the provision of mental health services is getting staff and retaining those already there. Are those problems ongoing or has Mr. Ryan seen light at the end of that tunnel?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: There has been an upsurge in people drinking at home during Covid-19 and in numbers presenting for treatment for drug and alcohol issues. My question relates to dual diagnosis. I did not see any mention of it in the report published today. I have worked in several addiction centres across Dublin in a professional capacity. All present know that drink and drugs give people the ability to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: Mr. Ryan referred to being involved in a drugs task force in the 2000s. I was a board member of the board of a local drugs task force at that time. The budgets of such task forces have probably not increased since 2000. That is one of the problems they are facing. A drugs task force may wish to provide, for example, some sort of mental health service or dual diagnosis service, but if that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: In the report issued today, many patients and advocacy groups contend that mental health services need to be expanded and that the new Government mental health strategy, Sharing the Vision - a Revised Mental Health Policy for Everyone, should be adequately resourced and implemented. We spoke earlier about the minimum recommendation by the WHO for 12% of the overall health budget, whereas the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: Page 97 of the programme for Government commits to establishing a high-level cross-departmental and cross-agency taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those imprisoned and primary care supports on their release. The community prison links service was put in place to assist prisoners who have additional support needs for addiction and dual diagnosis when exiting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (15 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the new DEIS identification model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if priority will be given to recommendations on access to counselling services in the community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16184/20]