Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Carer's Allowance

Mark Ward

723. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (detail supplied) did not receive carer's allowance while caring for their dying spouse; and if the allowance can be paid retrospectively and an acknowledgment be made for the care given by the person to their spouse. [21986/20]

Public Services Card

Mark Ward

744. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for persons renewing the public services card; if the process has changed due to Covid-19; the measures in place for persons in cases in which their card has expired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22222/20]

Student Support Schemes

Mark Ward

863. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a response will issue to matters raised in a media article (details supplied); the status of the promised €2 million directed in 2019 to mental health and well-being services in the higher education sector; the way in which the funding is drawn down; the amount that has been allocated; and the colleges that have received the funding. [21751/20]

Direct Provision System

Mark Ward

924. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if provisions have been or are being made to provide PPE for persons in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21618/20]

Garda Strength

Mark Ward

940. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed in Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown and Rathcoole stations in August in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the opening times of each station for these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21967/20]

Crime Data

Mark Ward

941. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice her views on recently released Central Statistics Office national figures that revealed that Rathcoole, County Dublin had the fourth highest increase in crime; the plans in place to open Rathcoole Garda station on a full-time basis; and the youth diversion projects available in Rathcoole. [21968/20]

Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes

Mark Ward

964. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who accessed community Prison Link services in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by prison and gender in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22621/20]

Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes

Mark Ward

966. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the cost to implement video calls between prisoners and the Prison Link service on an on-going basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/20]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Mark Ward

967. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda youth diversion programmes in each CHO; the number of young persons by gender and age cautioned by the Garda and linked in with a youth diversion programme in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22673/20]

Prisoner Data

Mark Ward

986. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of prisoners who entered prison in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date 2020 under the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22672/20]

Health Services Provision

Mark Ward

1013. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports in the delay of the HSE homebirth services since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/20]

Maternity Services

Mark Ward

1180. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the birthing pool in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital is being removed; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21500/20]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

1181. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation and description of expenditure for the clinical care programme on eating disorders in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the reason for underspends; the number of posts progressed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21501/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1192. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the total mental health budget between 2007 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/20]

Disabilities Assessments

Mark Ward

1218. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was on a waiting list for early intervention and did not receive treatment; and if he will arrange for an assessment of needs and the appropriate treatment. [21621/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1223. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1327 of 30 July 2020, his views on the fact that almost 800 children are waiting over six months for a mental health appointment with CAMHS with particular emphasis on CHO4; the way in which waiting times will be reduced; and when waiting times for same will be reduced. [21644/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Mark Ward

1235. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there are provisions in place to allow older persons and persons in receipt of a pension to avail of free masks. [21682/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1286. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1330 of 30 July 2020, if the beds are at full capacity all year round; if not, the factors prohibiting them from being at full capacity; the breakdown by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21987/20]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Mark Ward

1298. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if plans are in place to regulate fertility treatment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/20]

Direct Provision System

Mark Ward

1299. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from direct provision centres presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and or overdose by location in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22029/20]

Homeless Persons Data

Mark Ward

1300. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of homeless persons presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and or overdose by location in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22030/20]

Education Policy

Mark Ward

31. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if addiction awareness programmes are delivered in schools; the person or body that delivers same; the person or body that decides the content delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17129/20]

State Pensions

Mark Ward

22. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person will be entitled to a State pension when they turn 66 years of age before a review is completed by the commission on pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17967/20]

School Meals Programme

Mark Ward

95. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the schools lunch programme with a view to expanding it throughout school holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17130/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Mark Ward

630. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to award self-employed persons the pandemic unemployment payment is based solely on 2018 earnings; if so, the reason; if it has been legislated for; if not, if it is at the discretion of her Department; and if there is an appeals process for those who have had their payment reduced. [19051/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1040. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the appointment of a national director for mental health in the HSE (details supplied); when the examination will conclude; and if the new national director for mental health will report directly to the CEO of the HSE. [18884/20]

Health Services Funding

Mark Ward

1047. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there is funding available for voluntary organisations that are providing a service for persons with both substance addiction and mental health issues; if so, the Department responsible for same; the process involved in submitting an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/20]

Suicide Incidence

Mark Ward

1058. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on reports that data collection on suicide for hospitals was suspended due to the Covid-19 lockdown; the reason for same; when such data collection will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18947/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1073. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding available for non-governmental organisations to provide mental health supports in the community; and the process for applications. [19049/20]

Housing Policy

Mark Ward

40. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the affordable rental scheme; his views on using public land for public housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17124/20]

Sports Capital Programme

Mark Ward

94. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sporting organisations that are in receipt of funding through the sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17822/20]

Sports Organisations

Mark Ward

95. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of volunteers that are working with persons in sports; the different sports these persons are volunteering in, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17823/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

201. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if grants are available for clubs to access training in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

216. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to end the practice of placing children into the care of adult psychiatric hospital and units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17740/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

217. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children placed in adult psychiatric hospitals and units to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

218. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on matters contained in Sharing the Vision in which it states that a person with an addiction has a right to access relevant mental health supports; his further views on whether this should include access to non-State organisations that receive funding from the State to provide mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

236. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to national governing bodies for mental health in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17819/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

237. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of sporting national governing bodies in receipt of mental health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17820/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

238. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health training to persons involved locally and nationally in sporting organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17821/20]

Free Travel Scheme

Mark Ward

124. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons with the free travel pass have in obtaining travel on Irish Rail due to social distancing rules and the fact that paying passengers are given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17434/20]

School Uniforms

Mark Ward

390. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can ignore the guidelines of her Department which state that all elements of school uniform should be purchasable from various stores and only iron or sew on crests should be used; the recourse parents have if this is ignored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16777/20]

Mental Health Policy

Mark Ward

166. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will implement the recommendations of Sharing the Vision over the next five years including costings, key objectives and outcomes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/20]

DEIS Scheme

Mark Ward

105. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the new DEIS identification model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

140. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if priority will be given to recommendations on access to counselling services in the community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16184/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

1090. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the budget for mental health provision in 2020; the priority areas to which the funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15024/20]

Prisoner Health

Mark Ward

290. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that access to prisoners by addiction practitioners working for the community prison links service has not been consistently available across all prisons since the onset of Covid-19, in particular in Mountjoy and Wheatfield prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12951/20]

Prisoner Health

Mark Ward

291. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will direct that prisons include the community prison links service on the list of professional contacts for prisoners in order that access to clients can be had via telephone and more comprehensively post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12952/20]

Mental Health Policy

Mark Ward

375. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a contrasting document will be produced to highlight the differences between the new Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone 2020-2030 and A Vision For Change documents [12694/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

377. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their waiting time backdated [12728/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

399. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he has requested the HSE to examine the finances of an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason for the examination; when the examination will be concluded; if the results will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/20]

Substance Misuse

Mark Ward

424. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to include information on nitrous oxide under the solvent's category on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12931/20]

Passport Services

Mark Ward

16. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department will deal with the backlog of passport applications due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/20]

School Staff

Mark Ward

181. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details suppled) will have the same amount of teachers as 2019 in view of the fact it had been notified of a reduction in teachers and this will have a detrimental impact on the ability of the school to develop its pupils. [12062/20]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

413. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a comprehensive report on the purpose for which funding is being used by an organisation (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11734/20]

School Meals Programme

Mark Ward

795. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the school meals programme over the summer holidays for the provision of food services for disadvantaged school children. [12356/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mark Ward

184. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the number of special needs assistants for schools in view of the expected increases in mental health and development needs of school children due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10624/20]

Substance Abuse Prevention Education

Mark Ward

488. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will create an awareness programme on the dangers of using nitrous oxide as an inhalant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10571/20]

A Vision for Change

Mark Ward

494. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the updated document A Vision for Change will be published; the reason it has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10623/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

509. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on matters (details supplied) regarding gyms operating under phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [10730/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mark Ward

132. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the allocation of special needs assistants to five, as it was in September 2019, instead of the reduced amount of four after a review was carried out a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9917/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mark Ward

133. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special needs assistants across the State to help with the potential fallout from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9919/20]

Primary Care Centres

Mark Ward

511. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary healthcare facilities in Clondalkin and Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

525. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment at 30 April 2020 or the latest date available in Cherry Orchard, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7204/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

526. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment at 30 April 2020 or the latest date available in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7205/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

922. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be legal implications arising from fathers not being able to be added to the birth certificate of their children online in view of the fact they cannot register a birth personally due to Covid-19 restrictions; her plans to allow fathers to register online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7955/20]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Mark Ward

20. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time clinical psychologist for the Defence Forces. [6788/20]

Defence Forces Data

Mark Ward

21. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members who have applied to re-enlist on the introduction of the recently amended emergency legislation; and the number re-enlisted. [6792/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mark Ward

90. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if an organisation (details supplied) has benefited from the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/20]

Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation

Mark Ward

521. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had contact with the tattoo industry in relation to when it can reopen under Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6111/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

724. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when tattoo parlours will be allowed to reopen under Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6110/20]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

725. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the financial supports provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/20]

Vehicle Testing

Mark Ward

1000. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers who have an out-of-date NCT but cannot get a test date due to Covid-19 restrictions, can continue driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6112/20]

Motor Insurance

Mark Ward

1001. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for drivers with their insurance company in cases in which they have an out-of-date NCT due to temporary closures of NCT centres if they are involved in an accident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6113/20]

Public Transport Fares

Mark Ward

1002. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a partial refund on yearly Leap card subscriptions due to reduced use during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6114/20]

Motor Tax

Mark Ward

1072. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount collected by vehicle category. [6789/20]

Vehicle Testing

Mark Ward

1073. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which cars with out of date NCTs that are unable to acquire a new NCT due to restrictions will impact on drivers and their insurance. [6791/20]