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Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. I welcome the motion put forward by People Before Profit-Solidarity on this very important issue. I have been raising the waiting lists, specifically in Clare, for the last number of months, and I have the numbers of the first contact and those waiting on the initial contact. There are still 36 children in care who are waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (19 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to reopen the Irish college in Carrigaholt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37026/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to secure home insurance due to the issue of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/24]

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: From reading this motion, one thing is absolutely clear: an election is coming. There is a clear omission of the usual Government rhetoric of requiring clinical advice. What happened? Have those on all sides of this House finally conceded that the writing is on the wall or is it the case that, as the saying goes, even on the dogs on the street know that the mid-west needs an additional...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: No, I am after that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37685/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Will the Minister consider the abolition in the upcoming budget of the means test for carer's allowance?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I acknowledge the Minister's work. As she has pointed out, she was one of the first Ministers to make changes in this area for many years. As she knows, however, this is a matter that is close to my heart. I have been working with Family Carers Ireland. It has refuted the statistics she has given, in particular relating to the cost. It has estimated that the total cost of abolishing the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that and, again, I acknowledge the work the Minister has done. It is not about this term, however; it is about the fact that the carers are coming from a very low bar. Some 69% who took part in the Family Carers Ireland survey find it difficult to make ends meet. There is an issue with loneliness as well. The long-standing issues and the challenges that carers face, are down...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 262.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the Ennis town bus service; whether his Department has released funding to ensure it moves to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33050/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 263.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on allowing the 336 bus route to stop within Ennis town; the reason for the delay in changing the route; the timeline for implementation of this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33051/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 833.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans with respect to the education of teachers, SNAs and others employed in education settings around foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in advance of the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33020/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 834.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount being spent transporting children to school, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 951.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of recently announced journalism schemes; if they are “platform neutral”; her views on whether they will adequately support independent radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33029/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 952.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the recently announced journalism schemes, if consideration will be given to removing the requirement to have 20% news and current affairs, which Independent Broadcasters of Ireland believes will require regurgitating stale news, and further disadvantage these important stations. [33030/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1005.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the progress of the One Shannon Hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1150.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 28 May 2024, for an update on the review his Department undertook in respect of the differential rent scheme for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1148.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations that are currently in place to protect tenants, including local authority tenants, from living in a property with only one exit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1149.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority properties require occupational therapists to review properties before they are assigned to tenants with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33041/24]