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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been added at University Hospital Limerick campus to date in 2021; the reason overcrowding is still such an issue considering additional beds have been made available; his winter contingency plans to combat the consistent over-crowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52966/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1033. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken by his Department to increases access to community healthcare services in County Clare specifically as per commitments made in Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1034. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional staff for children’s therapeutic services (details supplied) that have been instated as committed to in the Budget 2021 announcement; the breakdown of these new staff per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52968/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1036. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional €100 million for the disability budget announced in 2020 for 2021; and the amount of such monies that has been spent to date in tabular form. [52973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1037. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date in 2021 to decongregate under 65s from nursing home residential settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52974/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1055. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Food Safety Authority Ireland warning in relation to cannabis jellies was administered through the school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1056. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent warning issued from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland through the school system may cause negative consequences for the school-going children availing of the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1078. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which minors have presented to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick in need of crisis mental health care due to the non-existence of alternative community care and due to lack of appropriate supervision have left the hospital and ended up missing (details supplied). [53161/21]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Long before Covid 19, crucial targets in the national cancer strategy were missed relating to timely access to diagnostics, surgery, radiotherapy and screening. We are in the middle of the State's third national cancer strategy and services are still under-resourced, including breast cancer services. This month, as it is breast cancer awareness month, it would have been prudent, moral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I extend my deep gratitude and respect to each of our witnesses. It can be daunting and even sometimes retraumatising to have to recount all of the ways in which the State is failing their children and their families. These are difficult matters to talk about, much the same as it is upsetting to even hear the difficulties and, as has been explained quite aptly, the lack of common sense in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the redistributive measures he is proposing in the CAP strategic plan; and if he will bring this plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval. [51080/21]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: The 45 recommendations 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...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: As the mother of a child with autism, developing policy that ensures inclusion and access is of particular significance and importance to me. For this reason, I support the Bill and what it is trying to achieve. I reiterate, however, the point made by Deputy Tully regarding language and terminology. After a recent engagement with the AsIAm organisation, I am aware that a large proportion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to deal with the severe lack of capacity at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) as the winter season approaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to alleviate the situation whereby women have been diagnosed with breast cancer recently and have a more advanced diagnosis as a result of screening being unavailable over the Covid-19 restrictions given that October 2021 is breast cancer awareness month; the actions being taken to assist these women and their recovery; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of helicopter emergency medical services-related calls provided on a monthly basis by a company (details supplied) as part of the overall contract; if this number is capped; if there are additional costs per tasking charged to the State over and above any cap that might exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, the reason and the way in which representatives from other action groups were involved in the discussion around the inclusion of County Clare homeowners. [50545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, the nature of this discussion given that there is no substantive reference to it in the working group's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50546/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, when he will present to the Cabinet his conclusions based on the working group's report and the homeowners' position paper. [50547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of correspondence, including the date of the most recent correspondence, and the nature of communication between his Department and Clare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50548/21]