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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the witness.

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: It is timely that we are having this debate on child and youth mental health after the Minister of State voted to delay the Sinn Féin legislation to regulate CAMHS by nine months last night. The Minister of State's rationale to vote against this important legislation to improve services within children and adolescent mental health services is compromised. The Government spent its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 34. To ask the Minister for Health for an update the movement of elderly residents out of the willow and sycamore units in Cherry Orchard Hospital; if he will provide a progress report on works carried out at the units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9582/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 74. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in its report on CAMHS; how many of these recommendations have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9605/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: The Government's response to the text of this Bill is just smoke and mirrors. I know this, the Minister of State knows this and the people listening know this as well. If the Government is not happy with any aspects of this Bill, then it should send it to the joint committee for pre-legislative scrutiny. This is what the committee is there for.

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: If the Government is not happy with the Bill, why not just vote it down? It will be the same Bill nine months from now. What the Minister of State is doing is contradicting herself. That does not surprise me. The entire Opposition is in favour of progressing the Bill rather than it being kicked down the road to be dealt with in nine months' time. We need to stop this nonsense. I...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I want to start by recognising the hard work by dedicated staff in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in trying to meet the needs of children with mental health difficulties. Any criticism I have is aimed directly at the Government and the systemic failures within the HSE. I listened to the response of the Government to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: It has had four years

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when applications for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9211/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it will be possible for a person to apply for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme if their relative who was the deceased relevant person died prior to 13 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9330/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for an appointment through the counselling in primary care service, by CHO area and by time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8988/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who received counselling from the counselling in primary care service, by year since 2019 and by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counselling sessions delivered by the counselling in primary care service, by year since 2019, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8990/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the counselling in primary care service, by year since 2019; the average cost of delivering a session, inclusive of staffing and administration costs, in the same period; the funding allocated to the counselling in primary care service per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8991/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 31 January 2024, why the Garda National Vetting Bureau does not have a role in vetting local authority housing applicants; if there is capacity within the Garda National Vetting Bureau to assist local Garda superintendents with this process; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister for taking this question. I would like to know why the Garda National Vetting Bureau does not have a role in vetting local authority housing applicants. Is there capacity in the Garda National Vetting Bureau to assist local superintendents with this process? Is there a more efficient way to process Garda vetting for local authority applicants?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: This is probably where some of the confusion arises. I got in touch with my local authority, which said it is waiting for the Garda to get back to it about the vetting so tin order that a particular housing applicant can access a home. I have no reason whatsoever to criticise the Garda vetting process, which needs to be robust, especially when it comes to children and vulnerable adults....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: I thank the Minister of State. As I said, there is confusion. The applicants are coming back to me and saying they are awaiting Garda vetting. The local authority has come back to me to say it is waiting for Garda vetting. For example, South Dublin County Council has more than 10,000 applicants on the list waiting for social housing. That council's process is that it seeks some sort of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on a school extension (details supplied) to the final stages of the tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8548/24]