Results 1-20 of 120 for long speaker:Mark Ward

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Mark Ward: ...Féin is committed to standing up for Ireland's interests and protecting neutrality. Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel is the headquarters of the Air Corps. It is in my constituency and I know it well. There has been a long history of underinvestment in the aerodrome. The Government has made much-needed investment in some new aircraft but questions remain as to whether Casement...

Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: ...be able to avail of private treatment for their children at the State's expense. Parents of children with disabilities who are waiting for assessments of need currently face extraordinarily long waiting times. While waiting for these assessments, children are often failing to reach their developmental milestones. Some parents get private assessments, often at great personal expense. I...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: ...the authority. If you are taking drugs or alcohol, there is only so much drugs and drink you can take before you either pass out or are taken out of society. If you have a gambling problem, as long as you have the ability to put money on whatever it might be or the ability to get the money to put on, which is often where the problems come in, you can go on 24-7. That is where having...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: ...scramblers scourging our communities. Scramblers are driven at speed, sometimes on one wheel, on roads, green spaces and paths putting the rider's safety and that of other people in jeopardy. For too long, the Government has failed to tackle the use of these bikes which has resulted in fear in our communities. I know how much of an issue it is in my area of Dublin Mid-West. Many people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: ...have seen ten or 12 schools that have been left behind. I would like to know when Lucan Community College is going to get this extension. When will the contractor be confirmed for approval? This long delay may need the tender process to go on longer. The people in the Dublin Mid-West constituency have been let down by the Tánaiste's Government and by Deputy Emer Higgins's...

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

Mark Ward: .... I have often reported posts. There was misinformation involved in the arson attack at Crooksling. It is a place I know well. My grandmother died there. She was in that nursing home for a long time and was looked after very well. When the misinformation started being spread, I tried to combat it on social media. One reports stuff, but there is no feedback and one does not know...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: ...Féin motion. I call on the Government to withdraw its motion - it is the right thing to do - and help us to ensure that our children get the care and timely treatment they have been denied for so long.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: ..., and I was a nervous first-time driver and used to drive around, I would be stopped on a regular basis. That has not happened in my area, on my way in and out of work, or even when driving for leisure, in a long time. I cannot remember the last time I was stopped. I am sure the public would feel the same. We need to properly resource our road policing units. As part of budget...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: ...Bill down the road and denied us the opportunity to discuss it further on Committee Stage. We could have heard about the consequences and positives of the Bill in a more balanced way. For too long, many young people have been convicted simply for the possession of cannabis, which can lead to a lifetime of effects, be it for travel or employment. Young people from disadvantaged areas...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: I have a couple of questions, one of which relates to the community safety innovation fund. It is a welcome initiative. Sinn Féin has for a long time called for money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, to go back into the most disadvantaged communities. While it is the first year of it, I welcome the proposed increase. A number of organisations from really disadvantaged areas...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mark Ward: ...sovereignty. Basically, Israel will not stop until Palestine does not exist. I am from a party that supports a two-state solution, but Israel reneged on that from the get-go. Israel's apartheid regime existed long before 7 October. It has operated for decades. Before 7 October, illegal Israel settlements in Palestine were constant. Ireland can do many things. Words are cheap - we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: 284. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process within the HSE where a person (details supplied) can access the long-term illness card for treatment of hereditary spastic paraplegia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45760/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: ...mental health services, including CAMHS teams, and increasing inpatient capacity. We are serious about delivering the model of care plans for our national clinical programmes. People have been waiting too long and they deserve better. They deserve a Government that cares. It is cruelly ironic that the budget was introduced on World Mental Health, given that the allocation for mental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: ...the darkest parts of our health service when it comes to how we look after our most vulnerable, that is, the young people who engage with the children's mental health services. I will not make a long statement because I want to use my time properly. Since this Government took office, waiting lists for primary care, psychology, CAMHS, Jigsaw and so on have gone up and standards have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: Okay, I accept that for now. Integrated IT systems were also mentioned, which are important in 2023. They should have been implemented a long time ago. I met Lucena CAMHS in CHO 6, which also has an impact in CHO 7 and it has an integrated IT system. The front end does not look great but the back end does its job. That is the way it was described to me. It seems to be working. It...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Mark Ward: ...know very well. I was fortunate to have at least one of my children in the school for more than 20 years. For 30 years, the school has been operating in prefabs that are unsuitable. There has been a long campaign by parents, teachers and board members to get a new school building. Recently, there has been some movement on this but the school has had many false dawns in the past. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Commission (21 Sep 2023)

Mark Ward: ..., only 50% of children had appropriate levels of monitoring of their antipsychotic medication. There are no national standards for monitoring this medication. The report also pointed out the long waiting times between referrals and assessment for high-risk factors, which include deliberate self-harm, suicidal intent, suicidal ideation and eating disorders. Children were waiting for...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Mark Ward: ...and oppression and must act to defend the rights of the Palestinian people. Ireland must lead the way. Rather than further delay, there must be no more excuses and the Irish Government must at long last recognise the state of Palestine. The Dáil passed a Sinn Féin motion in 2014 and the Seanad did likewise. Recognising the state of Palestine is in the programme for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Ward: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what plans are in place to address the long waiting-list for people in prison to access psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33990/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (11 Jul 2023)

Mark Ward: ...I received from the Department of Justice indicates there are 2,259 people in prison waiting up to two and a half years for mental health treatment. What plans are in place to address the long waiting lists for people in prison to access psychology services?