Results 1-20 of 30 for going forward speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...in ensuring that I can raise important issues affecting my constituents. For that, I am grateful. I also acknowledge the consistent civility she has demonstrated towards me in her role. I look forward to working with her for the benefit of my constituents. With that in mind, I point to the serious urgency of forward planning for secondary school places in Clare. Ennis has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...special classes. I found that very interesting. Is there any prioritisation so that such information will be tracked here? Is that part of the review referred to? My major concern is about forward planning of autism classes in County Clare, specifically in west Clare. We have three primary school autism classes but only one post-primary autism class. I am concerned about where...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...mandated to actively listen and meaningfully engage with the parents and patient advocates. That must be delivered at the bare minimum. I say that because trust has been severely severed and the Government must be respectful of those who know best. They surely are the experts on the issue. As has been said, it has been seven years since the then Minister for Health committed that no...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Bill brought forward by Deputy Gino Kenny. It is extremely timely considering the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use launched its report and recommendations last week. It was a positive step that the Government established the assembly. I welcome that an Oireachtas select committee will be set up to look at its recommendations. I have expressed my interest in sitting on the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...to a memo from the Minister's Department. I would appreciate it if the Minister could speak to any potential measures he intends to implement so as to tighten up biosecurity and import controls going forward. The memo rightly identifies the beetle as being Mexican in origin, yet we have no direct wood trade with Mexico. We do, however, have significant trade with the United Kingdom and...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...who are here today in the Visitors Gallery. I acknowledge their presence, if they are still here. Since this process started, there have been a number of actions the Department of Defence has not got right, so we are starting off on the wrong foot. Engagement, for example, has been a major disappointment to those victim groups. That has spoken volumes to them about the commitment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...also the more than a decade that has gone by. It has been no good to them. It has diminished their confidence in being able to address the bark beetle issue as well and also is affecting farmers going into forestry, which is also a major concern. On the questions that I have, people have pushed these guys on the timeline of the temporary suspension and the review. With the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...all three campuses. The school found itself in an impossible situation when the newly sanctioned school meals budget was withdrawn abruptly. The School Food Company has been forced to let three staff go without any notice, just a few weeks before Christmas. One of the staff got in touch at the weekend to make the point that not only has a fantastic service been taken away from the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...even to find the phone number of this new school in its new form and that is massively concerning. I must remind the Government that we are in the grips of a cost-of-living crisis that is not going away anytime soon. There are food banks being operated by the fantastic family resource centres across my constituency, but they simply cannot keep up with the demand. The vast majority of...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Labour Party on bringing forward this terrific motion and I am happy to support it. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has committed to delivering 22 million hours of home care support next year and that she has lauded that this will be the most ever delivered. The question is: will it be delivered? Will the fundamental issues around payment, social welfare payments as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Reviews (7 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...last night was that many of the challenges experienced by individuals enduring disadvantage, exclusion or poverty are beyond their capacity to address. Last year, Deputy Andrews and I brought forward a Bill to add a tenth discrimination ground on the basis of socioeconomic status and accent. As the Minister is aware, the Add the 10th Alliance is a fantastic umbrella group that is...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...in the State for human trafficking was handed down only in 2021. While great strides have been made in recognising human trafficking and exploitation as an issue worth tackling, we have a long way to go in identifying and supporting victims. Ireland was the only country in the EU to be placed on the US State Department’s tier 2 watchlist in 2021. Unfortunately, our place in the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...the most significant provisions in the plan. I deal with constituents every single week who want to build their forever homes on their own land and they are continuously blocked from doing so by this Government. If it is not increasing the VAT on concrete products or making a hames of An Bord Pleanála, it is going after rural Ireland and making it next to impossible to get the...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the rural Independents for bringing forward this very important motion. I also thank my friends in the Independent Group for affording me the time to speak on it. I have spoken in this House on many occasions about the housing crisis, which has affected my constituents in Clare. It is a crisis that affects not just the nearly 3,000 families on the housing list in Clare but also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...delegation so I shall pick out the pieces of hugely positive information and list my main takeaways from our meeting and the report. Like Deputy Conway-Walsh, I wish to state that I really look forward to the joint report by the ESRI and IBEC on the macroeconomic model. As has been mentioned, there is a major gap in policy-making and our guests hope to model a policy that will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Oct 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (11 Oct 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50358/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...differentiation between the disability representative organisations and disabled people's organisations, distinguishing between the two of them in terms of consultation, funding, etc. has been an ongoing challenge in this State. Decentralised funding comes up against a lot of resistance to the idea that an extra responsibility or burden would fall on the disabled person. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Citizens' Assembly (2 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality will be used constructively going forward. [53379/21]

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...shine a light on the key issues hampering women's full and free access to and participation in all areas of our economy and society. This should not be so prevalent in 2021. We have a long way to go yet. We know that Covid-19 disproportionately impacted women and, unfortunately, that still is the case. We know too about the feminisation of poverty. We have heard that we are on the...