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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [18273/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise the matter of childcare with the Taoiseach. As he knows, the workforce in the sector is 98% female. The sector has had a very hard time trying to be heard by the Government. Meaningful engagement has been lacking. I specifically want to refer to Shannon. Last year, I raised the imminent closure of one of only two childcare providers in Shannon. I said then that they...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [18272/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity for the House to focus on people whose lives are literally falling apart outside these doors because they cannot find a home, cannot find security, and therefore, cannot find stability. What I hear from people, which I am sure many Members also hear day and day out, is "we have no home, we have no hope". What they have in abundance due to years of lack of supply of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I also want to raise the need for additional funding for the LIS in County Clare. There are a number of live applications, but the local authority has advised that it does not have the necessary funding to include a number of them on the roads programme for this year. I recently raised the case of an area of where people cannot even get deliveries of food or heating oil to their homes....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise a very serious matter in UHL, namely, the embargo in place for certain positions. It is having major effects on service delivery. I heard how ultrasound, nuclear medicine and other important services will suffer closures because at least 15 radiography positions have not been filled. I heard that morale is non-existent at this stage and more staff will leave because they...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I start by thanking the NCSE for assisting me with a very serious and complex case in County Clare. A child was left with no school place, which was a very serious and time-pressured situation, but I am happy to say the child now has a place. The NCSE was a great help in that case. I have raised previously the need for better forward planning for autism classes in post-primary schools....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am delighted that this Topical Issue was selected and thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this important discussion. It is an issue I am very passionate about and I hope to shed a bit of light on what the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, and the ministerial licence mean. As we all know, the MCAP was established in 2019 as a five-year pilot scheme. However,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State for the new statistics showing that 362 licences have been issued, which is very positive. Recently a patient reached out to me who had applied for a ministerial licence. The Minister for Health will be very familiar with this case because I submitted a number of parliamentary questions on the matter. What has come to light is that because the consultant is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what penalties Ireland will accrue if it does not meet its 2030 targets of a reduction of 50% on emissions and the 2050 target of 100% reduction on emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that there were two orange alerts on the grid in recent months as high energy demand units continue to be added to the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the recent planning permission granted for a data centre in Ennis; if he is concerned by the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he accepts that there is an urgent need to accelerate our offshore wind projects to allow for economic development based on renewables; if he is satisfied that his Department is doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider freezing data centre projects until we have sufficient renewables to supply the energy required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify her Department's position on the Leaving Certificate 2024 in respect of the Covid leniencies being extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress in respect of the Leaving Certificate reform; when she expects that work to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken regarding the lack of options available to students in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21456/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the lack of clear guidance on future options; if she will ensure that all schools and pupils have access to a guidance counsellor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many guidance counsellors there are currently in schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including mental health training for all educators in the school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21460/24]