Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Mark Ward

124. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance when the issue with regard to disabled drivers and passengers obtaining a primary medical certificate will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Mark Ward

303. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of women that currently share a PPSN with their spouses; and the efforts being made to proactively issue these women with new PPS numbers before there is a need for them to apply for one in the case of death of a partner or divorce from a partner. [39523/20]

Victim Support Services

Mark Ward

169. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the aftercare supports in place for under 18s who are victims of violent crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38912/20]

Victim Support Services

Mark Ward

170. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the aftercare supports in place for adults who are victims of violent crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38913/20]

Crime Data

Mark Ward

173. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of men and women who made reports of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence by county and year in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38918/20]

Victim Support Services

Mark Ward

174. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of females who were assessed for domestic, sexual or gender-based violence programmes; and the number of females who commenced and completed such programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38919/20]

Victim Support Services

Mark Ward

175. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of males who were assessed for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence programmes; the number of males who commenced and completed such programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38920/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

192. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services available for under 18s presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38933/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

193. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the outpatient services available for under 18s presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38934/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

194. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient services available for adults presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38935/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

195. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the outpatient services available for adults presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38936/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

196. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with eating disorders in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the gender, age profile and county of residence of each in tabular form. [38937/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

197. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated for clinical programmes on eating disorders in 2018, 2019 and 2020; if the funds have been released by the HSE; and the amount spent in the same period in tabular form. [38938/20]

School Attendance

Mark Ward

509. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied) for the child to be able to attend school. [38567/20]

Education Welfare Service

Mark Ward

611. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions in place to allow a person (details supplied) to attend school in order that they can become fully integrated in the community while waiting to be assigned a Personal Public Service Number, PPSN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37811/20]

Suicide Incidence

Mark Ward

932. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the deaths by suicide in 2020, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38754/20]

Suicide Incidence

Mark Ward

933. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the average rate of suicide per 100,000 population by county of residence of the deceased in 2020. [38755/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

934. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who have presented with eating disorders by age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

935. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the public treatment services available to persons under 18 years of age presenting with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

936. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who have presented with eating disorders by age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

937. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the public treatment services available to adults presenting with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38759/20]

Sports Funding

Mark Ward

68. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total sports budget for each of the years 2007 and 2020, in tabular form; the breakdown of the areas the funding was allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37170/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Mark Ward

547. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the provisions in place for primary school children awaiting to be assigned PPS numbers in cases in which it is mandatory for enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36978/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Mark Ward

556. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for PPS number applicants pre-Covid-19; and the new processing times since the pandemic began. [36979/20]

Transport Policy

Mark Ward

33. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the transport rationale of allowing less car park spaces than apartments in build-to-rent developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/20]

Bus Services

Mark Ward

37. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport his plans to commence the roll-out of the Dublin Bus strategy, BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

213. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have applied for the community mental health fund to date; the number that were successful; the number that were unsuccessful; the reason they were not successful in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

217. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the sports organisations that have received funding from the HSE national office for suicide to provide suicide or mental health services; the process for applying for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35635/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

218. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and volunteers from sporting organisations that have taken part in suicide prevention training provided by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention by gender and age in each the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35636/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

219. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the policies, plans and programmes designed to integrate suicide prevention programmes through the national physical activity plan; the suicide prevention training and well-being programmes delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35637/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

220. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of sport organisations which have received mental health first aid training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/20]

Driver Test

Mark Ward

284. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to facilitate persons to undertake the driver theory test online and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/20]

Driver Test

Mark Ward

289. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

758. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the mental health experts that were consulted when the decisions were made on the restrictions that would apply when Ireland moved to level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35327/20]

Health Services Provision

Mark Ward

770. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons that are on Tysabri infusions every six weeks for multiple sclerosis in St. James’s Hospital are now been treated as day patients which results in an €80 charge for each treatment for this lifelong condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

771. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if cognitive behavioural therapy groups are provided by the HSE to assist persons with mental health challenges [35364/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

772. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if cognitive behavioural therapists are employed by the HSE; and if so, the way in which a member of the public can avail of the treatment [35365/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

120. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding available for community mental health services that do not receive funding through the HSE or other Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33967/20]

Census of Population

Mark Ward

20. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach his views on the implications of delaying the census by a year. [28809/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

491. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason and evidence used in the decision to close gyms under level 5 restrictions. [32552/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

996. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if music or drama schools are included in the education exemption for level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33024/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

1186. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason and evidence used in the decision to close barbers and hairdressers under level 5 restrictions. [32553/20]

Youth Services

Mark Ward

67. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the process of the development of a youth service in an area with a growing population such as Rathcoole, County Dublin (details supplied). [24194/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mark Ward

356. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the allocation of special needs assistants and rectify discrepancies in the allocation. [31475/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mark Ward

357. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the way in which the additional funding for special needs assistants announced in budget 2021 will be allocated; and the way in which schools will avail of same. [31476/20]

Vaccination Programme

Mark Ward

696. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place for children who are deemed too old for the school catch-up programme for the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31477/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

723. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding from the mental health budget that has been withheld from the HSE by his Department in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31564/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

724. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the areas in which the €12 million allocated for existing mental health services in budget 2021 will be spent; and the reserves in place if this funding is not sufficient to meet the demand. [31565/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

725. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the 2020 mental health budget was released to his Department; the amount that has not been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31566/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

726. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the recommendations in Sharing the Vision that will be financed by the €23 million allocated for this purpose in budget 2021. [31567/20]

Suicide Prevention

Mark Ward

730. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide ASIST suicide awareness training to 12,000 sports clubs on the basis of ten, 20, 30 and 40 persons per club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31591/20]

Suicide Prevention

Mark Ward

731. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide SafeTalk suicide prevention training to 12,000 sports clubs on the basis of ten, 20, 30 and 40 persons per club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31592/20]

Suicide Prevention

Mark Ward

732. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide SafeTalk suicide prevention training to 430,000 volunteers, coaches and extended staff in sports organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31593/20]

Suicide Prevention

Mark Ward

733. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide ASIST suicide training to 430,000 volunteers, coaches and extended staff in sports organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31594/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

734. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to design an applied intervention mental health workshop to be delivered to coaches, volunteers and extended staff in the sports sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31599/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

735. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to develop an e-learning mental health workshop to be delivered to coaches, volunteers and extended staff in the sports sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31600/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

736. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to develop a mental health coach education module to be delivered to coaches, volunteers and extended staff in the sports sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31601/20]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

25. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there is a delay in opening the ASD unit in a school (details supplied); the provisions available for students who were intended to attend the school in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25991/20]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

37. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when the new ASD unit will open in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25990/20]

National Educational Psychological Service

Mark Ward

152. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the contingency plan in place to respond to the expected rise in schoolchildren presenting with mental health issues following their return to the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22334/20]

Light Rail Projects

Mark Ward

67. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to enter the proposed Lucan Luas line and or extension in the planning process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30039/20]

Irish Language

Mark Ward

125. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views in relation to investment being made in Irish language centres in towns and cities here (details supplied); and if she will ensure that the appropriate funding to such centres is included in budget 2021 for Foras na Gaeilge to distribute. [29814/20]

Citizenship Applications

Mark Ward

357. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps to be taken by persons who are entering university while waiting on results from citizenship applications; and the documents that need to be provided to universities in terms of deciding fees and SUSI applications by persons awaiting citizenship applications. [30044/20]

Citizenship Applications

Mark Ward

400. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons waiting on results from citizenship applications. [30042/20]

Citizenship Applications

Mark Ward

401. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of students waiting on results from citizenship applications. [30043/20]

Citizenship Applications

Mark Ward

402. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) due to their circumstances. [30045/20]

Military Aircraft

Mark Ward

27. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence the status of the investigation into the incident when a helicopter door fell off and landed in a school in Clondalkin in May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28896/20]

Overseas Missions

Mark Ward

54. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence the provisions in place for Defence Forces personnel who will be serving overseas with the United Nations for a minimum of six months to receive leave to return home during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/20]

Health Services Staff

Mark Ward

231. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for counsellor roles from the recruitment drive be on call for Ireland; the number that were recruited for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29065/20]

HSE Expenditure

Mark Ward

245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report into a service (details supplied) operations being managed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29191/20]

HSE Expenditure

Mark Ward

246. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the private, fee paying part of a service (details supplied) will now be managed by the HSE; if it will now become a public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29192/20]

Local Authority Housing

Mark Ward

334. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the maximum net income limits in the Social Housing Assessment Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28258/20]

Local Authority Housing

Mark Ward

335. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to allow all local authority RAS tenants to have access to the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/20]

Student Support Schemes

Mark Ward

572. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports available to students who have been denied SUSI because they did not meet the criteria; if other supports are available to persons who are still struggling to pay fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28118/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

26. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the additional supports in place for local sports clubs to avail of during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27392/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

35. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to support the live gig industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27393/20]

Military Honours

Mark Ward

170. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence if a 1916 centenary medal will be awarded to a person (details supplied) who served for 45 years in the Reserve Defence Force until they retired in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/20]

Public Services Card

Mark Ward

157. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for persons applying for a public services card; if the process has changed due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27438/20]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

210. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity available for HSE patients in private mental healthcare facilities; the process to avail of same; the breakdown of bed capacity in each private mental healthcare facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27439/20]

Mental Health Policy

Mark Ward

214. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a model of care has been drafted in respect of the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis; if it has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27402/20]

Hospital Data

Mark Ward

220. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and overdose by location in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27446/20]

Census of Population

Mark Ward

154. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach Taoiseach if the geographic area, population, female population, age profile, employment rates and map, in respect of Rowlagh and Ronanstown, Clondalkin Dublin 22 will be provided. [27110/20]

Bus Services

Mark Ward

232. 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. [26623/20]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

435. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary schools, respectively, that applied for a physical education build and modernisation programme in both large scale project and small scale project under Project Ireland 2040; the number of applications granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26631/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

823. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the mental health budget between 2007 and 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26507/20]

Railway Stations

Mark Ward

56. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport when Kishoge railway station will open; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

39. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for parents if their children are sent home from school due of Covid-19 and who have to miss work to care for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25080/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mark Ward

42. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for a husband and wife to separate their social welfare payments from their spouse; if the husband and wife have to agree; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25081/20]

Waste Management

Mark Ward

165. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the evidence base for prioritising the buy-one-get-one-free offers measure in relation to the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/20]

Waste Management

Mark Ward

166. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks his views on the positive environmental impacts that would result from returning waste management to local authority control; if such a move will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25356/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

695. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2019 to date by CHO area in tabular form; the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/20]

Stroke Care

Mark Ward

697. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the work carried out by the HSE on a costed five-year strategy for stroke in the key areas of prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and restoration to health; when this strategy will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/20]

Suicide Incidence

Mark Ward

741. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that died by suicide by age, gender and CHO area in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24934/20]

Community Development Projects

Mark Ward

6. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the number of organisations which applied for the community and voluntary stability fund; the number of applications granted; if the fund is still open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24195/20]

Garda Strength

Mark Ward

155. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in each division over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24456/20]

Garda Strength

Mark Ward

176. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if the August 2020 Garda figures include the latest gardaí attested in 2020; the breakdown for each division of the new gardaí deployed in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24683/20]

Garda Strength

Mark Ward

177. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of new gardaí deployed to the area of community policing over each of the past five years, including the latest recruits attested in 2020, by division, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24684/20]

Hospital Staff

Mark Ward

179. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if funding will be secured for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant urologist for Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24465/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

180. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year capital and current costs of doubling the number of beds dedicated to eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/20]

Fire Safety

Mark Ward

53. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of call-outs from the fire brigade in relation to the illegal use of fireworks in each of the past five years by area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24247/20]