Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services

Mark Ward

650. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade for CHO7 in tabular form; the number of headcount posts; and the WTE to which these relate. [52484/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

655. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new Boot Road, primary care centre in Clondalkin; the breakdown of the staff to be recruited, by WTE; if the HSE recruitment embargo will impact on this recruitment if staff will be in place for the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52523/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

659. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the cost of completion of the new Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52572/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

277. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people who have had e-assessments for autism spectrum disorder in children's disability network teams, by year, since 2020; the reasons for a re-assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51685/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

278. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options open to the families of individuals who have had an autism spectrum disorder re-assessment, which has overturned the original diagnosis; what supports are available to the families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51686/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

291. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the funding for the national clinical programme for ADHD in adults in each of the years from 2019 to date; his views on the roll out of the national clinical programme; how this operates in the new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51606/23]

Departmental Data

Mark Ward

292. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the CHO areas that are funded for adult ADHD services; when the remaining services are expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51607/23]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

293. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on waiting lists for adult ADHD services, per CHO; what efforts are being taken to reduce these waiting times; if those in catchment areas without adult ADHD services in place can access services in surrounding CHO areas, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51608/23]

Departmental Reviews

Mark Ward

294. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if reviews of adult ADHD clinical teams have been carried out; if teams will be allowed to expand in personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51609/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

295. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if additional funding is available to pay external recruitment agencies to fill vacant positions within adult ADHD services; if this funding is separate to funding allocated to the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51610/23]

Health Services Staff

Mark Ward

296. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the current vacancies within adult ADHD services, per CHO; if the HSE recruitment embargo will affect the filling of the positions; how this will affect the level of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

297. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on accommodation for adult ADHD services in Kerry/Cork west; if the accommodation is up to standard; if new accommodation is being sought and for an update on this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51612/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

298. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of accommodation for adult ADHD services in CHO7; what sites are being considered; when the service will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51613/23]

Medicinal Products

Mark Ward

299. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the medication that is prescribed for ADHD; what measures are being taken to address shortages of these medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/23]

Health Service Executive

Mark Ward

329. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a letter of determination has been sent to the HSE outlining priorities and funding levels for 2024; if the details of this letter will be published; when the National Service Plan for 2024 is expected by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51678/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

225. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the catchment areas for consultant psychiatrists in the Galway area; if an individual can be seen by these services outside of their catchment area; and to outline the options available to individuals who do not have a consultant psychiatrist in their catchment area. [51513/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

226. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if resources are in place to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if he will provide an update on the provision of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

227. 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. [51516/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

488. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of eating disorder services at Mount Carmel Hospital; when construction works will be completed; when services will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50634/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

489. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of operational eating disorder beds in Linn Dara; when capacity will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50635/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

490. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the current status of the eating disorder unit in the new children’s hospital; how many eating disorder beds are included in the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50636/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

228. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times from date of referral to actual first-time appointments in CAMHS for routine, urgent and emergency appointments, in tabular form; for a breakdown of these waiting times per CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50340/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

229. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the average time it takes from the day of referral and to the day of refusal of acceptance to CAMHS; for a breakdown of this by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50341/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

239. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of CAMHS-ID teams, per CHO area, in tabular form; the staffing level per team; what options are open to young people who require the services of CAMHS-ID if there are no teams in their CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50392/23]

Primary Care Services

Mark Ward

139. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on primary healthcare nurse staffing levels in Rathcoole, County Dublin; how parents can access their child's three-month primary healthcare nurse check-up in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50058/23]

Hospital Facilities

Mark Ward

496. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the significant structural problems that were identified by HIQA in the Sycamore and Willow Unit within Cherry Orchard Hospital, in May 2023; to outline the extent of these structural problems and when they will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49387/23]

Health Service Executive

Mark Ward

514. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health how much the HSE has allocated for the refurbishment of Keltoi; if it has gone to tender; when it will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49530/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

3. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/23]

Community Welfare Services

Mark Ward

336. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify if the funding for local community staff that is part of the community services programme, managed by Pobal, will be increased for 2024 to match the increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49125/23]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

45. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education , further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 26 September 2023, when her Department expects to receive the second tender report for a school (details supplied); when the school can expect to be contacted on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49014/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Mark Ward

79. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection in the scenario where a person is homeless and trying to avail of a social welfare allowance but they do not have an address and are not staying in homeless accommodation, how they can avail of their social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49029/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

989. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding steams are available for a group (details supplied) to be able to deliver a counselling service to its members and wider community. [47582/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1163. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the percentage of the health budget that is allocated to mental health in each year from 2019, up to and including Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/23]

Health Strategies

Mark Ward

1171. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 20 June 2023, if he will provide an update on funding for the Changing Lives Initiative in Budget 2024; if an expansion of the initiative will be considered in the upcoming HSE Service Plan for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47712/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1224. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 13 July 2023, for a breakdown of the more than 25,000 young people refused access to CAMHS since 2020; for a breakdown of the reasons they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48109/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1225. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 13 July 2023, how many of those refused access to CAMHS have a diagnosis of autism; if those with autism met the criteria of moderate to severe mental ill-health; and to comment on the policy of refusal to CAMHS in relation to those with a dual diagnosis of autism and mental ill-health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48110/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1226. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on a presentation (details supplied); if children are being excluded from CAMHS because they also have a diagnosis of autism; the mental health supports that are available within CAMHS to young people with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48111/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1227. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if children with a dual diagnosis of autism and mental health will be included in the CAMHS Hub Pilot phase; his views on the criteria for being included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48112/23]

Health Services

Mark Ward

1228. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health how many primary care occupational therapists are in place in Rowlagh, Clondalkin, and Rosse Court, Lucan; and the average waiting time for an appointment for children in both locations. [48118/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mark Ward

128. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind a person who is receiving the State pension and is carer for their partner not being entitled to receive the full-rate carer's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46925/23]

Airport Policy

Mark Ward

173. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order for US military contracted planes to take weapons through Shannon Airport and Irish airspace, if he can clarify what weapons, if any, have been transported through Shannon Airport with the purpose of being transferred to the Israel Defense Forces to be used on Palestinian civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46491/23]

Airport Policy

Mark Ward

174. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that all US military contracted planes that have transported weapons through Shannon Airport and Irish airspace since 1 October 2023 to Israel have been checked for appropriate cargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46492/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

567. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of mental health spending by the HSE in tabular form, per capita, per CHO in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46498/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mark Ward

231. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection what child benefit supports are in place in 2023 for parents whose school-going children reach the age of 18 years in the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45809/23]

School Staff

Mark Ward

166. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the teacher vacancy rate in a school (details supplied); the assistance her Department will offer to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45721/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

167. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the SNA vacancy rate in a school (details supplied); the assistance her Department will offer to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45722/23]

School Staff

Mark Ward

168. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the average teacher vacancy rate in secondary schools in Dublin Mid-West, by school; what assistance her Department will offer to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45723/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

169. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the average SNA vacancy rate in secondary schools in Dublin Mid-West, by school; what assistance her Department will offer to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45724/23]

Youth Services

Mark Ward

170. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to extend Youth Reach to include 13/14-year-olds; if not, what options are available to parents who would like their children to attend a Youth Reach service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45728/23]

Health Services

Mark Ward

284. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there is a process within the HSE where a person (details supplied) can access the long-term illness card for treatment of hereditary spastic paraplegia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45760/23]