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Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Mark Ward
1221. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the eating disorder services model of care is to be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11557/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Mark Ward
1222. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were admitted to hospitals for eating disorders since 2020; the average length of hospitalisation for eating disorders during this time period; if readmissions occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Mark Ward
1223. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the mental health treatments available to eating disorder patients who are reliant on a nasogastric tube; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11559/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Mark Ward
1224. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of specialist eating disorder teams by CHO area; the steps being taken to improve retention and recruitment within eating disorder teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Eating Disorders
Mark Ward
1225. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of eating disorder teams; the funding allocated to the rollout for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11573/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Mark Ward
1293. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new primary care centre in Clondalkin on the Boot Road; the status of staff vacancies (details supplied); how they have progressed since then; if they will be in place for the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11919/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Commission
Mark Ward
1294. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the Draft Overarching National Standards for the Care and Support of Children using Health and Social Care Services standards developed by HIQA and the Mental Health Commission, and submitted for Ministerial approval in July 2022, were approved; if there is a delay in their approval; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11921/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1324. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 29 February 2024, if the HSE can provide an update on the 45 recommendations that fall under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12015/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Mark Ward
1333. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the services that have been reduced at a hospital (details supplied); the steps being taken to restore the level of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12084/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Commission
Mark Ward
1344. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews of reported deaths carried out by the Standards and Quality Assurance division of the Mental Health Commission in each year of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12143/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1345. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in approved centres and mental health services reported to the coroner for the past ten years; the follow up procedures when a death is reported in an approved centre; if records of findings are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12144/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
1346. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of wrongful death cases relevant to deaths in mental healthcare taken in a civil litigation context against the HSE by bereaved persons in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Mark Ward
1450. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the timeline, process and rationale used, that resulted with the need to move residents from a unit (details supplied); what engineering reports and risk assessments were carried out that led to the decision to transfer residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12669/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Mark Ward
1506. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024; for an update on the status of the seven goals in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13040/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Mark Ward
1507. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the aims of goal seven in the Connecting for Life Implementation Plan 2023-2024 in relation to better quality data on suicide mortality across the entire population; for an update on what data is to be collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13041/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Mark Ward
272. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection when applying domiciliary care allowance for a child if a diagnosis is required (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11278/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Mark Ward
273. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the qualifying criteria for an applicant for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11290/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
347. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he has the statutory powers under Section 34 of the Mental Health Act 2001 to regulate CAMHS; if he will do so as it is the primary recommendation made by the Mental Health Commission in its report on CAMHS; why he has not done so to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11235/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Mark Ward
348. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals that have been seen by the national clinical care programme for self-harm and suicide related ideation by year since it was established; the number of individuals that received a follow up appointment after being discharged for the same time period; the services offered to these individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11238/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Health Services
Mark Ward
353. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for a timeframe for the fully domestic provision of gender and sexual health services which are in line with international best practice and based on informed consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11273/24]