372. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there has been communication between his Department and residents of a nursing home (details supplied) about the long-term future of their care; if communication can be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/24]
371. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is willing to take over the full control of a nursing home (details supplied); what discussions have taken place on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26208/24]
304. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the CDNT funding grant that an organisation (details supplied) applied for in November 2023; when these grants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/24]
872. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if elective procedures in a hospital (details supplied) are being cancelled as day surgeries are being used for accident and emergency cases; how many have been cancelled because of this in the past 6 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25514/24]
814. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to report on the status of the waiting list action plan for psychology services for children and young people that has been funded through the HSE's National Service Plan 2024; the actions being taken under the plan; the impact of the action plan to date in 2024; the targeted outcome of the plan by the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25245/24]
813. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25244/24]
812. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25243/24]
811. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the target number of psychologists that need to be employed to ensure full national coverage of Psychology in Primary Care for those under 18 years of age, the current number of child psychologists (counselling/educational/clinical) employed in these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25242/24]
715. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the medical trials in which a person (details supplied) was involved in the Eastern Health Board between 1981 and 1998; to outline the uses of several medications and trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24837/24]
689. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if brincidofovir can be used alongside a bone marrow transplant treatment; how patients can apply for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24656/24]
536. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports to gardaí of incidences of arson attacks on homes in Dublin Mid-West in the past 12 months, by housing estate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24856/24]
321. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when this project will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25279/24]
320. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when this project will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25278/24]
293. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the options available to a person (details supplied) who was partaking in the Carline Project until this year and who has no school place for the coming school year; if Youthreach is an option for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24952/24]
245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages will be implemented by the Government; if apprentices will be included in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25060/24]
251. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of funding for trainee counselling psychology positions at Trinity College Dublin; what options are available to students in positions that are unfunded; if efforts will be made to fund these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24485/24]
245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in relation to a nursing home (details supplied), who made the decision to deregister, HIQA or the management company;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/24]
483. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); the person who made this decision; where the residents will be relocated to; when this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24013/24]
463. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of beds that have been booked by the HSE in Bartra nursing home in Clondalkin Lodge; the duration these beds have been booked for; the cost of this; when this was first agreed; how many beds were for residents of Willow and Sycamore units in Cherry Orchard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23875/24]
221. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to open a special school in the Citywest area of Dublin; if so, when this would take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23839/24]
82. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new rate of pay of €12.90 per hour for security guards, proposed by the Labour Court, has taken effect; if so, when this took effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23280/24]
309. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she has received the postcards sent as part of a campaign by the students and parents of a school (details supplied); if she has responded to the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/24]
308. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tender offers will be issued for school building projects in the Dublin Mid-West area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22712/24]
302. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers who cover Dublin Mid-West; if all areas in Dublin Mid-West have access to a SENO; the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22639/24]
252. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to explain the rationale behind CORU’s recommendation that observers sit in on psychotherapy sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/24]
250. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a GP will be employed in the primary care centre on the Boot Road, Clondalkin; when this will be in place; when they will take on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/24]
234. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels in the Clondalkin community disability network team; the vacant positions; if they have been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22165/24]
233. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of community disability network teams in the Dublin mid-west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/24]
231. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no social worker is employed in the Clondalkin community disability network team; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22166/24]
180. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if funding is available for a secondary school student from a disadvantaged area to access the DBS International Soccer Academy Transition Year Programme 2024-25; if so, the way to apply for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22263/24]
104. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the model of care for ADHD in children and young people by the HSE; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21914/24]
81. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of prescriptions for anti-depression and anxiety medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/24]
80. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on anti-depression and anxiety medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22075/24]
79. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of prescriptions for anti-psychotic medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22074/24]
78. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on anti-psychotic medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22073/24]
73. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of people on waiting lists for mental health treatment in Irish prisons in 2024; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21966/24]
654. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the threshold level for regulation of psychotherapists through CORU; when regulation of psychotherapy through CORU will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/24]
319. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the widow's pension is classified as reckonable income when applying for the SUSI grant, as according to SUSI, the widow's grant is not reckonable income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20994/24]
256. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the decision support service; the number of applications that have been started; the number of applications that have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21111/24]
224. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the circumstance where someone is in receipt of the widow's pension, works part-time but their job closes during the summer months, there is any additional payment to their widow's pension that they are entitled to during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21071/24]
173. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 25 April 2024, to clarify the number of classrooms in the new building project; if the original application by her Department included a total of 20 classrooms; if this has changed; if so, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21011/24]
155. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if he can clarify if, in a situation where a local authority has awarded a grant to a community centre for works to be carried out, both the local authority and community centre have to pay the relevant contracts tax for the same work project; if not, who is responsible for paying the relevant contracts tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20993/24]
99. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on when the Government will recognise the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/24]
85. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will recognise the State of Palestine; the work being carried out by the State in the European Union to promote Palestinian statehood. [12763/24]
588. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the heating system at the Central Mental Hospital; to confirm reports that the temperature was set below the HSE comfortable range at night time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20601/24]
581. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of eating disorder beds to be provided in the new Children's Hospital; to confirm the expected opening date of the new Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/24]
580. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to confirm the opening date for the eating disorder out patient service at Mount Carmel Hospital site in Dublin; the number of staff to be employed in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20529/24]
579. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of athletes in sports who died by sudden arrhythmic death syndrome from 2019 to the latest date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/24]
269. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will allow the remaining 16 Cherry Orchard Residents in the willow and sycamore units be moved to willow east; if the repair work in willow east has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/24]
268. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will allow an independent examination into the decision to move the elderly residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital from their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/24]