Results 281-300 of 1,369 for speaker:Mark Ward in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if he considered piloting a 24/7 mental health ambulance service similar to Sweden to assist with suicidal behaviour and other mental health incidents within communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5315/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that is dedicated to mental health provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5334/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the specific mental health services available to persons who do not have English as a first language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 41 short-term recommendations in the policy Sharing the Vision, A Mental Health Policy for Everyone which have been fully implemented since it was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CORU registration process for psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; when he will indicate his plans to give proper and meaningful priority to the Shared Vision recommendations on access to counselling services in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in legal fees since late 2018 in defending the 115 court cases brought by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner set out in the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive report on the mental health budget for 2020; the budget allocated; the way in which it was spent; the services it was spent on; the details of overspends or underspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (3 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychotherapists employed directly in the HSE; the educational criteria required for psychotherapists to work for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for persons that are suffering from mental health issues which are affecting their ability to work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have presented for self-harm to accident and emergency departments by CHO area and month in 2020 to the latest date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented for self-harm to accident and emergency departments; the number that were referred for psychiatric evaluation; the number of persons that received a biopsychosocial assessment, by CHO area and month in 2020 to the latest date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the pilot telepsychiatry service as set out in the programme of Government (details supplied); if the service has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 881. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan will be released given, that many organisations in the charity sector are waiting to find out if they will have sufficient levels of funding in 2021 to be able to provide essential mental health services in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 964. To ask the Minister for Health the persons or bodies who are members of the implementation committee for the recommendations in Sharing the Vision; when they will commence; and if the committee is a separate entity to the monitoring committee. [7430/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (10 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 971. To ask the Minister for Health when and the location of the children’s disability teams that will be set up in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient perinatal facilities available for mothers and babies for mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 251. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will commence specialist mental health services for the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant psychiatrist was appointed for specialist mental health services for the deaf community; if so, the date of the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which consultation will commence for patients of specialist mental health services for the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)

Mark Ward: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to ensure that the over-70s receive vaccines in a prompt manner if Covid-19 vaccines are deemed not suitable for over-70s. [7784/21]