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

Mark Ward: When it comes to social media, I have to get my kids to do some of the work. In respect of a solution, there are two lines I would like to tease out a little. In her opening statement, Ms McDonald said, "We need to prevent the amplification of hateful, dangerous and violent content." She also said, "Turning off the recommender system by default would reduce the amplification of content,...

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

Mark Ward: I am sorry to cut across Ms McDonald but can that be done in individual jurisdictions or does it happen across Europe or across the world? Can we in Ireland say we are going to do this?

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

Mark Ward: Most people, myself included, just tick those boxes to keep going.

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

Mark Ward: I thank the Garda representatives for attending. I will touch on the far-right tactics of baiting gardaí into a response and looking for a response. Sometimes when there is a perceived lack of response, that can lead to an escalation of some of the situations we have seen, most notably the Dublin riots and recent events in the Chair’s area in Celbridge where members of An Garda...

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

Mark Ward: I will have to gather my thoughts now. I was on a roll.

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

Mark Ward: That is misinformation and a downright lie. To be serious again, the perceived lack of consequences for actions such as targeting gardaí with fireworks is just not on. That perception can lead to more of these situations and have a snowball effect. Has the Garda learned from this or changed and evolved its tactics for dealing with these more aggressive protests recently? I would not...

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

Mark Ward: I always find it very odd that it is not an offence. I feel it is a real invasion for somebody to go right up into a garda's face with a phone and incite a reaction from the garda. Is it not an offence to do that?

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

Mark Ward: Okay. I have one other point. I mentioned the arson attack when the last group of witnesses was in. It is really reprehensible when that happens. There was a recent arson attack in Crooksling, which is a place I know well. My grandmother passed away in the nursing home there. We have a lot of good memories and sad memories there. I know that a lot of people in the local community have...

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]