Results 181-200 of 3,119 for speaker:Mark Ward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the new Commission on Social Connection to address loneliness as a pressing health threat; if resources will be allocated to the development of the committed-to action plan to combat loneliness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1547. To ask the Minister for Health if the Hello Again World campaign will be expanded to ensure information about resources reaches older people without internet access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1692. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Traveller primary health care projects in each of the years 2019 to date; for breakdown of funding given to peer-led Traveller-specific mental health supports for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1693. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to examine the distinct needs of young members of the Traveller community who are vulnerable to suicide; if any initiatives to train peer support outreach workers within the community have been developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1694. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reinstatement of the Traveller Health Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1695. To ask the Minister for Health if a Department lead on Traveller health and mental health will be appointed to monitor and progress actions across Departments and initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1696. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for Traveller health in each of the years from 2019 to date; the funding allocated to Traveller mental health for the same period; if there is an increase in this funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1697. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller counselling services; if they operate on a national basis; the funding that is allocated to the service on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1698. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a mental health advocacy service for Traveller mental health; the estimated cost of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1699. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Traveller specific mental health awareness campaigns; the level of engagement his Department has had with local Traveller groups for these campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1700. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to encourage Traveller employment within primary and specialist community services; what training is available for Travellers to upskill within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1701. To ask the Minister for Health if cultural therapies on mental health have been developed for the Traveller community; if the Department of Health and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media have considered developing equine therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1702. To ask the Minister for Health what cross departmental work has been carried out to address the root causes of the mental health crisis in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1703. To ask the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of culturally sensitive mental health services, as recommended in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1709. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on counselling and psychotherapy registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1489/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: 1710. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on psychology registration through CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1490/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing InterSystems TrakCare at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the capabilities of this system; if this system will be rolled out across other mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of November, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale of the proposed educational level requirement for registration of psychotherapy and counselling through CORU; for an update on the registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54333/23]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Mark Ward: The Government has called Sinn Féin's attempt to hold the Government to account a distraction. I put it to those opposite that Fine Gael must have been distracted in the past 12 years that it has held the justice portfolio. On Fine Gael's watch, there are almost 500 fewer gardaí in Dublin since it came into government. Was it distracted when two gardaí who were on overtime...