Results 61-80 of 121 for long speaker:Mark Ward

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Mark Ward: Absolutely. Is there an average length of time a child might find himself or herself in such a situation, or is it a question of how long is a piece of string?

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...effects of war and displacement. The Government must plan to provide mental health services in a culturally appropriate manner and to consider language and other factors. We do not know how long these people will be here. Looking at the structural damage to their homeland, many may not get the opportunity to return home. Therefore, we must do everything humanly possible to help them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...2018. That is my experience. I do not know if it has deteriorated in a neurological sense. I can only say in a physical sense for myself that I have not felt physically or mentally better in a long time. I have to say that. My situation within the public service is not unique, however. It is an indication of the systemic failures in the system through years of underinvestment in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...is very early with Covid and I am not trying to speculate. Would Covid itself be a new neurological condition, however? Could it be classified as a new? For some people who have the effects of long Covid, could that be deemed a new neurological condition?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...To date - this is where the shame comes in - Ava has received none of these interventions. I received a response from the HSE six days ago that stated that it is still not possible to tell me how long Ava will have to wait for each specific intervention. It is five years since she was referred to the HSE and two years after she received a diagnosis and a referral for intervention, but...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...mentioned banning the use of mechanical restraints on children. How often is this practice used? What are these mechanical restraints? Even reading those words, it sounds very draconian. How long are children being restrained for? What alternatives can be used instead?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of his Department to utilise the two-kilometre-long bus lane on the Adamstown Road that leads to a strategic development zone that has gone unused for ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11580/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Mark Ward: ...returning to what was said earlier about other treatments being undertaken in conjunction with medication. Her parents immediately asked what other treatments were available and she was put on a long waiting list for cognitive behavioural therapy. On the third visit to the CAMHS, her medication was increased. She was turning into a virtual recluse. Her parents reported, as did the...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...Forces] that takes responsibility for lower ranks to the point of disabling them, and is resistant to females and so creates an uncomfortable place for them to work. This culture is grounded in long outdated social concepts, such as the male being the breadwinner in a family, a creation of male and female roles and linking salary to self‐worth. This is 2022, not 1922. Only last...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...treatment, including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology, dietetics, physiotherapy and many others. It is concerning that more than 19,000 of these children are waiting longer than a year, and many of them much longer, with no light at the end of the tunnel for desperate parents. I have pointed out before to the Minister of State that the Ombudsman for Children...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (8 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...for taking the time to address this matter. A state-of-the-art primary healthcare centre is badly needed in north Clondalkin. As Deputy Ó Broin mentioned, this situation has been ongoing for a long time. In 2015, there was an agreement between the Department of Education and the HSE on the transfer of lands at Collinstown Park Community College. Planning permission was granted in...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...people receive. It was mentioned that Ireland's percentage of the budget is almost half of the international best practice. I have been trying to change the postcode lottery of treatment for a long time and I have highlighted this for a long time. Treatment should be based on need and not where someone lives. I want to mention CAMHS in Kerry, because it was brought up. I travelled...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...over a year. That is the deficit in services we have. If these services were running properly and in parallel with one another, there might not be the need for children to be on medication for as long as they are. That is one of the issues I have heard from talking to parents of children in CAMHS.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: I know there is probably another long waiting list for that child to get a service. Are they referred back into services?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: 274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the long-term plans for Cathal Brugha Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5615/22]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...a Google search. It was definitely in our Private Members' business on emergency response with regard to Covid. It was also in our pre-budget submission. It is something that we have been calling for for a long time. There are other matters in the motion that we need to look at, which were mentioned by other Members. We have to look at how whistle-blowers are treated. We need to...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Mark Ward: ...children on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists as of October 2021, including 863 waiting greater than six months and 202 waiting greaqter than 12 months; — there are particularly long CAMHS waiting lists in Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) 4 (Kerry, North Cork, North Lee, South Lee, West Cork) and CHO 8 (Laois/Offaly, Longford/Westmeath,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Mark Ward: ...are desperate to find care for their children, such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and child psychology, but because the waiting lists in the public health system are so long it is having a detrimental impact on children's development. Can she elaborate on her experience of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Mark Ward: ...this is coming home to roost now. It reminds me of a saying that my own nanny used, namely that a stitch in time saves nine. There has not been any stitching in the Owenacurra centre for a very long time. Red flags were raised on numerous occasions. It was reported in 2016 that electrical repairs were needed. Other reports were prepared that referred to structural concerns and the...