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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Draft Overarching National Standards for the Care and Support of Children using Health and Social Care Services standards developed by HIQA and the Mental Health Commission and submitted for Ministerial approval in July 2022 were approved; if there is a delay in their approval; if so, the reason; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1198. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Jigsaw for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1199. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding reduction of approximately €900,000 for Jigsaw this year and why; if this will lead to a reduction in services and to provide clarity on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 7 March 2024, if he can publish the legal advice given to the Minister for Mental Health in relation to regulating CAMHS under section 34 of the Mental Health Act, 2001; the person or body that gave this legal advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14279/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1362. To ask the Minister for Health how many positions have been offered to individuals in the HSE that cannot be taken up as a result of the recruitment freeze; the breakdown of same, by CHO area; when the recruitment freeze will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14313/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health if any additional units within Cherry Orchard Hospital will be closing over the next 12 months, given that the willow, sycamore and lisbrí units are closing; the plans for the remaining open units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14563/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who was previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes but is now diagnosed with type 1 diabetes cannot receive a continuous glucose monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1490. To ask the Minister for Health to outline an itemised list of how the 2023 mental health budget allocation was spent, in tabular form, including the costs for existing levels of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1491. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the total amount of funds moved from the health budget to the children, equality, disability, integration and youth budget; to report on how the transfer of moneys for the Department of Disability will be recorded in health budgets going forward; to report on how the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1492. To ask the Minister for Health when the new Implementation Plan for Sharing the Vision will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1493. To ask the Minister for Health when the updated suicide prevention strategy will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1535. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to complete the phased opening of the Central Mental Hospital and increase the operational bed capacity to its intended capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14971/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1538. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Office of Suicide Prevention, by year for 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: 1539. To ask the Minister for Health if an individual can receive funding towards a private assessment of needs; if they can apply for this in advance of the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the capacity of public buses along the C spine route from Lucan; what measures are being taken to address overcrowded buses at peak times along this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12767/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: A number of residents from Lucan and Palmerstown have contacted me regarding problems they have experienced along the C spine route. Are there any plans to increase capacity or public buses along the C spine route from Lucan? What measures are being taken to address the overcrowding on buses at peak times along this route? As someone who lives on the route, I can empathise with people who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister. I will touch on the increased capacity in a moment. I received a number of emails on behalf of constituents in Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown. One person said they wrote as a concerned resident of Lucan regarding the state of our local bus routes, specifically the C1 and C2 services. The person said that, as I may be aware, the recent increase in population due to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: If I get onto the C spine route at my bus stop, the route is very good and it takes about 25 minutes to reach the city centre. There are bus lanes all the way. The problem is that by the time the bus gets to my stop, it is full and passes me by. I would love to be able to use public transport to get in and out of work but I simply cannot rely on the service. I am not alone. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the future plans for Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; if the aerodrome has the capacity to maintain the two Airbus C295W’s, located at the site, and the C295 military transport aircraft in production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12765/24]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: The EU waste management policy highlights the need to reduce waste and dumping, and to reach our recycling targets. I highlight the campaign led by Sinn Féin councillor and European election candidate Daithí Doolan to bring the bins back into public ownership. Monthly bin charges jumped by 48% last year. Customers are charged for brown bin collections. These price hikes are...