Mark Ward

Create better awareness of how to sustain good mental health

Greater understanding of the issues affecting child and adolescent mental health services

To have the Mental Health Bill 2024 scheduled for Second Stage Debate on the first day back after summer recess - Wednesday, 18th September

To secure MHR messaging and priorities in Dáil Speeches and to ensure a respectful debate with non-stigmatising language

for candidates running in the General Election for Galway East, Galway West and Roscommon-Galway to attend and be part of a hustings panel discussing mental health priorities for government

To inform the development of a holistic model of gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary people in Ireland.

MS Ireland General Election asks included in party manifestos

due to the scale of the psychiatric nursing staffing crisis, mental health services must be exempt from the Pay and Numbers Strategy. We believe that mental health services have been largely abandoned and excluded from staffing increases over the last five years. This view is…

ICP launched a Pre-Budget 2025 Submission to Government, & General Election Manifesto addressed to all political parties. Both documents include a call for the inclusion of specific commitments by all parties in health/mental health, education & finance. ICP calls on all…

Seek support of Sinn Féin in the early introduction of the bill to reform the Mental Health Act and to progress the bill as far as possible before an election ::Seek support of the Deputy in the early introduction of the bill to reform the Mental Health Act and to progress the…

Mental Health Reform requested copies of the Mental Health Bill 2024 to review and examine. Arranging meetings on the Bill and asking for replies to PQs around costings that the Deputy had submitted.

To inform deputies and senators about the benefits of adult vaccination including details of a piece of research commissioned by GSK which demonstrates that implementing adult vaccination programmes in Ireland delivers a return

Expansion of the programme to increase the number of conditions screened for, to be in line with the European average of 18 conditions. In 2022, the condition, ADIA-SCID was added to the NBS programme, however this hasn’t been fully implemented yet. In November 2023, Spinal…

Increased knowledge and understanding of unmet needs of people living with rare diseases.::PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver expanded newborn bloodspot screening program.::Expansion of newborn bloodspot screening panel to bring us inline (at minimum) with average…

Inclusion of rare disease priorities in political party manifestos.::Inclusion of rare disease priorities in programme for government following next general election.