Parliamentary questions

National Car Test

Mark Ward

175. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting times per NCT centre; and her plans to address this matter. [23926/22]

School Enrolments

Mark Ward

239. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the options that are available to the parents of a child (details supplied) who have been unable to get a secondary school place for their son in the Lucan area. [23924/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Mark Ward

237. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the proposed inpatient perinatal mental health service will be part of the planned national maternity hospital located at St. Vincent's University Hospital; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23527/22]

Budget Process

Mark Ward

275. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the way in which budget 2023 announcements will be delivered in a clearer way outlining the amounts that are new announcement and which are existing announcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/22]

Budget Process

Mark Ward

296. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ways in which Budget 2023 will be delivered in an accessible, inclusive and transparent manner in line with Ireland’s obligations under article 4.3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

582. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of funding a national advocacy service for people with disabilities in 2023 indicating the cost of a youth advocacy programme and adults including the inclusion of psychosocial disabilities in the advocacy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/22]

Assisted Decision-Making

Mark Ward

583. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the Decision Support Service in 2023; the estimated cost of employing community outreach workers in same in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23136/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

666. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistance hours provided in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

667. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the future allocation for personal assistance in 2023 based on the disability capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23131/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

669. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

670. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of persons in receipt of personal assistant hours by 10%, 15%, and 20% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23134/22]

Dental Services

Mark Ward

727. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the dental services that are in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/22]

Health Services

Mark Ward

728. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving treatment for eating disorders who were referred for dental treatment in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

773. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of an independent complaints mechanism for mental health services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23137/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Mark Ward

818. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he has examined adjusting or removing the current age restriction on eligibility for reimbursement for Freestyle Libre device for all persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Mark Ward

819. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device; if not, if a different process will be provided to enable an assessment to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23332/22]

Ukraine War

Mark Ward

91. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if families in local authority homes will be allowed to host Ukrainian families and not be in breach of their tenancy agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15029/22]

Driver Test

Mark Ward

133. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the supports that are available for persons who cannot read or write to assist them in sitting the driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Mark Ward

145. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if persons can make a formal submission to the consultation process in relation to primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22001/22]

Childcare Services

Mark Ward

334. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions that are in place to provide public creches in the Adamstown, County Dublin to meet the growing demand due to population increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21844/22]

Medical Qualifications

Mark Ward

453. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a update on the Health and Social Care Professionals Council to regulate counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

511. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the discussions that his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to provide a dual diagnosis service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22066/22]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

512. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE dual diagnosis programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22067/22]

Hospital Admissions

Mark Ward

513. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the new model of care for persons presenting with self-harm in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/22]

Hospital Admissions

Mark Ward

514. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the new model of care for persons presenting with self-harm that are under the influence of drugs and alcohol and the way that they fit into the model of care; the supports that are available for dual diagnosis in this scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mark Ward

227. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the options that are available to a person (details supplied) who does not meet the requirements for the free travel card; and if they will be considered for same on compassionate grounds. [21517/22]

Medical Cards

Mark Ward

270. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered on compassionate grounds; and the options that are available to them. [21516/22]

Health Services Staff

Mark Ward

132. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in south Kerry CAMHS offered to return to CAMHS on a temporary basis until a full-time consultant psychiatrist was appointed; if so, the response to the offer; the notification the person received; the rationale for the response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/22]

School Staff

Mark Ward

917. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education her recruitment plans for secondary schools that are faced with losing metalwork and engineering teachers due to a shortage of trained teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20516/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Mark Ward

918. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if a person who is a qualified maths and science teacher and holds a four-year degree from Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street in structural engineering can work as a metalwork and engineering teacher in a secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20517/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Mark Ward

1112. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons can make a formal submission to the consultation process in relation to primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19619/22]

International Protection

Mark Ward

1165. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the doors of the Clondalkin Intercultural Centre remain closed; and if he will commit to re-opening the centre which is needed more than ever given the influx of persons from Ukraine. [21250/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mark Ward

1257. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans to redirect money and assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau back into the community; if a call for funding proposals will issue shortly seeking applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19670/22]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

1294. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice when contact visits will be restored in Mountjoy Prison given that relatives feel that no-contact visits only are having a detrimental impact on families' and inmates' mental health. [20512/22]

Health Promotion

Mark Ward

1446. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of the actions in the Get Ireland Active - the National Physical Activity Plan which were completed; the actions completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19605/22]

National Children's Hospital

Mark Ward

1448. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the new children's hospital; if the planned national eating disorders centre is included in the plan; the number of beds that will be included in the build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19609/22]

Health Services

Mark Ward

1508. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that was budgeted for recovery education; the amount that was spent in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19894/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1510. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS that are filled or unfilled on a monthly basis from January 2021 to date in 2022, by CHO area, in tabular form: the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19896/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1511. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health facilities from January 2021 to date in 2022; the dates they were admitted, by CHO area; the reason they were admitted, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19897/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1512. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19902/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1513. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1514. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19904/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1515. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1516. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19906/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1517. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19907/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1518. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders needing public specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service who were referred to a private dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19908/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1519. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders needing public specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service who were referred to a private dedicated eating disorder service in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19909/22]

Nursing Homes

Mark Ward

1676. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the funding rates that are set by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for individual nursing homes and the way that these rates will reflect the increases in energy prices; the way that these additional costs will be incorporated into a revised funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20513/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1677. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children under the age of 13 who have been diagnosed with avoidant and-or restrictive food intake disorder, ARFID, per community healthcare organisation, CHO. area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20538/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1678. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children under the age of 13 who have been diagnosed with avoidant and-or restrictive food intake disorder, ARFID, who live outside the CHO catchment areas with inpatient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20539/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1679. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for children aged between 13 and 17 years who have been diagnosed with ARFID, per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20540/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1680. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services that are available for adults who have been diagnosed with ARFID per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20541/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1702. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on dietician appointments; the average wait time for the eight community mental health teams under Linn Dara CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1762. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the scope of the nationwide audit into CAMHS on the back of the Maskey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20864/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1763. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to the article in a newspaper (details supplied) that stated the scope of the nationwide audit into CAMHS was narrowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20865/22]

Health Services

Mark Ward

1784. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 of 22 March 2022, if the Dublin North, North East Recovery College can access the funding to continue to provide recovery education in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20921/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1848. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff, the positions they hold and vacancies in CAHMS South Kerry in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21252/22]

Disability Diagnoses

Mark Ward

238. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the children with disabilities who received a preliminary team assessment instead of an assessment of needs will be called back for an assessment of need in compliance with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Mark Ward

250. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if the public can make a formal submission to the consultation process in relation to the primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

677. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a list of CAMHS staff employed for the Clondalkin area will be provided; the roles of each; the number of vacancies that exist in each role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

56. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update into the national review of CAMHS that was to take place after the scandal in South Kerry CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16681/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

107. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of public inpatient adult eating disorder services in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16682/22]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

361. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if resources are in place to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9076/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

362. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the expected cost overruns caused by the delay in providing an eating disorder service in Mount Carmel, Dublin 6; if the tender process has begun; the date that this service will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9077/22]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

363. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9312/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Mark Ward

364. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who had a standard operation procedure assessment rather than a comprehensive assessment of needs since the procedure was introduced, in total and per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15107/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Mark Ward

366. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received actual therapy, that is, speech and language, occupational, psychology, since they received the standard operation procedure assessment, in total and per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

385. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 community swabbers will receive the €1,000 bonus offered to healthcare workers; if not, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17173/22]

Antisocial Behaviour

Mark Ward

25. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the number of antisocial incidents on Dublin Bus, by individual bus routes and by month in each of the past two years, that resulted in bus curtailment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17009/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

193. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to emergency departments in Children’s Health Ireland with mental health issues; the number of referrals to liaison psychiatry services; the average length of wait time from referral to first appointment with liaison psychiatry services by hospital in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17113/22]

Pension Provisions

Mark Ward

467. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [15875/22]

Legislative Programme

Mark Ward

577. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if she has any law reform plans in relation to the rights of cohabiting couples, specifically the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16439/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

811. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the Mount Carmel eating disorder service will be open to the public in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16571/22]

Ukraine War

Mark Ward

820. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to treat the trauma experienced by children arriving from Ukraine who are displaced because of war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16619/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

821. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase inpatient adult beds capacity in St. Vincent's University Hospital for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16630/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

822. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the delays in the Mount Carmel eating disorder hub will impact on the increasing inpatient capacity in other eating disorder facilities like that at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

823. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be using a facility (details supplied) for inpatient eating disorder patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/22]

Overseas Development Aid

Mark Ward

163. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the financial and logistical supports that are available from his Department for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15028/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mark Ward

570. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons to apply for the fuel allowance if the only household members who are not in receipt of one of the qualifying social assistance payments are instead in minimum wage employment. [13833/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

804. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the other doctors who were referred to in a report (details supplied); the number of doctors that this involved; if they are still working for the HSE; the safeguards that have since been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

805. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if all of the families of the children referred to in a report (details supplied) have been notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13858/22]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

844. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning on an external recruitment drive, as in the past, in order to progress the clinical programme on eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

861. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the canteen staff in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin and other hospitals are included in the €1,000 bonus for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14123/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

862. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when front-line workers can expect to receive the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

865. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, that are filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2020 to date in 2022 by community health organisation, CHO, area in tabular form: the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14137/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

877. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

878. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

879. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans to roll-out of hours crisis cafes across the State: the locations of each: when they will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/22]

Health Services Staff

Mark Ward

880. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the CORU registration process for psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Act 2005: the cost involved in the regulation of CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14183/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mark Ward

904. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the €200 million provided to the HSE to address waiting lists and waiting times for acute and community services that was due to be finalised by year end 2021; if it has been finalised; the breakdown of allocation by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mark Ward

905. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health in relation to the €200 million provided to the HSE to address waiting lists and waiting times for acute and community services if progress has been made for persons accessing mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/22]

Health Services

Mark Ward

1009. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the services that are in place and that are planned for persons who attended the Admire clinic in Cherry Orchard, Dublin for ADHD when they turn 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/22]

Health Services

Mark Ward

1014. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding streams and core funding that are open for recovery colleges. [14695/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1015. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place per CHO for peer educators in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14696/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1016. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place in CHO9 for peer educators in mental health; the way that it can access funding and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/22]

Bus Services

Mark Ward

198. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the number of antisocial incidents on Dublin Bus by individual bus routes and by month in each of the past two years that did not result in bus curtailment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13115/22]

Wards of Court

Mark Ward

459. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of children in State care who on turning 18 years of age were made wards of court since 2015. [13101/22]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

479. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in a location (details supplied) for the residents of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas to avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12359/22]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

480. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand counselling in primary care to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12360/22]