Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

212. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 26 September 2023, when her Department expects to receive the 2nd 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. [43937/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

483. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

484. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for Jigsaw services, by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43567/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

485. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on primary care psychology services, by age and the length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43568/23]

Rail Network

Mark Ward

17. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the development of Kishogue train station; when this can be expected to be completed; the additional cost to works caused by the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43175/23]

Bus Services

Mark Ward

53. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the proposed changes by BusConnects for services that operate through Clondalkin, particularly the 13 and 68 bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/23]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

187. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an individual who is approved for 24-7 adult disability services can also attend adult disability day services; how funding for both types of services is co-ordinated for the individual; if funding can be rearranged to meet the need for the individual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42989/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

206. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a young person can be referred to a different CHO area for CAMHS-ID services if their CHO does not have a team in place; if so, to outline the procedure for this to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42987/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mark Ward

15. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [41222/23]

Flood Risk Management

Mark Ward

267. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is any rationale for an area (details supplied) to be considered a flood risk; if recent reviews of the area have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/23]

Sports Organisations

Mark Ward

342. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of people and volunteers who have applied for Garda vetting through sporting bodies, by sport, from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42310/23]

Child Protection

Mark Ward

343. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of people who have completed child protection training through sporting bodies, by sport, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42311/23]

Sports Organisations

Mark Ward

344. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of registered sports exercise performance psychologists who are registered members with Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42314/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

263. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the current and planned eating disorder services for adults and CAMHS in CHO8 under the National Model of Care for Eating Disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41948/23]

Community Development Projects

Mark Ward

84. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been progress in relation to the multi-annual funding of community projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41241/23]

Community Development Projects

Mark Ward

88. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to deal with the retention of staff in community development projects in view of the fact that large numbers of staff are leaving to take up employment in statutory organisations; if there is a plan to introduce pay parity to encourage more people to join the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41242/23]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

272. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will see work commence on its new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41450/23]

Mental Health Commission

Mark Ward

3. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Government’s response to the Mental Health Commission’s reports into CAMHS; if the Government will accept and implement the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40786/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

7. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason no additional funding was given to the national clinical programmes in mental health for 2023; what this means for the timelines for completion of the expansion of the national clinical programmes; if increased funding will be delivered in budget 2024 for the national clinical programmes for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40731/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

56. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the Government has any plans to regulate CAMHS under the Mental Health Act 2001 to give the Mental Health Commission statutory oversight of CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/23]

Medical Qualifications

Mark Ward

74. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts that are being made to expand places in third-level courses for mental healthcare; what assistance is being given by his Department to assist third-level institutions in offering these increased places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/23]

Further and Higher Education

Mark Ward

107. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the specialist MSc in children’s mental health at Trinity College Dublin (details supplied); the efforts his Department has made to enable this course to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40605/23]

Health Services

Mark Ward

253. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on patient and public involvement within the health service; if the Government has plans to pay those involved in PPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40781/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

252. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if the Government plans to fund SNA teachers for primary school-aged children who attend Montessori schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39535/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

890. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 13 July 2023, to provide a breakdown of where the €14 million of new development funding was allocated for new services in mental health; for an update on any overspend or underspend of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/23]

Census of Population

Mark Ward

5. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach the reasoning for the 100-year rule for releasing census data; and if it has been considered to reduce the 100-year rule for genealogy purposes. [37651/23]

Rail Network

Mark Ward

252. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the refurbishment of Kishogue train station, County Dublin; when it will be in operation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37343/23]

Rail Network

Mark Ward

291. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if the additional delay in the tender process for the redevelopment of Kishogue train station has added to the cost of works; the total development costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37875/23]

National Car Test

Mark Ward

325. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if the decision by the Road Safety Authority to move to cashless payments for NCTs will be reconsidered; the options available to persons with digital literacy issues that are unable to pay online; the additional costs that these persons will incur if carrying out payment by postal order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/23]

Departmental Data

Mark Ward

391. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport for an update on waiting times for driving tests in each testing centre; how many people are waiting for tests at each testing centre; what plans are in place to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38743/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Mark Ward

527. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform who is responsible in paying the pensions of gardaí who joined An Garda Síochána on or after 6 April 1995; how it will be paid; how it is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38003/23]

School Funding

Mark Ward

702. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding provided to primary schools for the delivery of the physical education curriculum in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38727/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

759. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if an organisation (details supplied) can apply for funding announced this year for counselling within DEIS schools; to outline the qualifying criteria and application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39149/23]

School Transport

Mark Ward

771. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to allow people who are contracted by Bus Éireann to drive buses for children with additional needs to continue to do so after they reach 70 years of age; her views on the current policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39273/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mark Ward

1151. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have resigned from An Garda Síochána, by county, per month in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38217/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mark Ward

1152. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if exit interviews are being carried out for gardaí who are resigning from An Garda Síochána. [38218/23]

Departmental Schemes

Mark Ward

1237. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the rollout of the crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; when this will be in operation; to provide details on the make-up of the team, by funding and staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39272/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

1287. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from a team (details supplied); the way the team can avail of Government funding to send two teams to the Culinary Olympics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38001/23]

Health Services Staff

Mark Ward

1588. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason no allocation of advanced nurse practitioners were allocated to neurology services in 2022 and 2023; if there are plans to allocate advanced nurse practitioners to neurology services going froward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37638/23]

Health Strategies

Mark Ward

1639. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of an implementation plan to deliver on the objectives of tackling loneliness and isolation; when this will be published; if funding will be provided for same in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37842/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1640. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated acute mental health beds for older people per CHO; the staffing levels of mental health services for older people for the previous from 2018 to date per CHO; if there will be an increase in funding for both in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37843/23]

Health Service Executive

Mark Ward

1746. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the HSE on legal cases, by year, from 2018 to date; the amount spent on covering legal fees of plaintiffs in the cases the HSE did not win; the types of cases brought against the HSE in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38348/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1776. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to introduce a single point of entry triage system for referrals to children's mental health services; how this would operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38515/23]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

1859. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the funding provided for section 38 and 39 organisations; the funding provided for these organisations, by year, from 2020 to date; if this funding will increase in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1893. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the service level agreement between an organisation (details supplied) and CHO 7; what is causing the delay; when it is expected to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39137/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

1894. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that are neurodivergent-friendly; the policies in place to ensure that they are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/23]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

1895. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary care centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin; if it will be neurodivergent-friendly; what will be put in place to ensure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39139/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1896. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacists that work in CAMHS, per CHO area; if there are plans to increase these numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39140/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1897. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the online referral and case management systems being developed for CAMHS; if the systems currently in place in Lucena CAMHS are being considered for upgrade and roll-out nationwide; the budget for developing these systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39141/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1898. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding that is available to CAMHS teams to carry out electrocardiograms, blood tests and other necessary tests for people with eating disorders; if this funding will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39142/23]