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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to include in the CSP in order to redistribute funding to smaller and poorer family farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38543/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: My question is on the measures the Minister plans to include in the CSP to redistribute funding to smaller and poorer family farms.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to reform the organic farming scheme to remove preference for larger holdings above smaller farms. [38544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the activity of community group projects across the country; and her views on whether funding is distributed evenly across the country. [38666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether her Department’s engagement with the charities it provides funding to aligns with human rights models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38667/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: University Hospital Limerick, UHL, consistently has the highest number of people on trolleys. Yesterday, for example, 42 people were accommodated on trolleys in the hospital. That represents dire, abysmal and abject service provision in 21st century Ireland. We also know that this week 17 registrars and special registrars drafted a letter highlighting a series of concerns, including that...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Sinn Féin is against a property tax, generally, and would dispose of it in favour of a wealth tax when in government. However, the fact that the Act is being amended at this time deserves some scrutiny. The local property tax was designed to pay off austerity-era banking debt and has no place in our society. It has never taken the ability to pay into account and it does not represent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 71. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to financial, service-based schemes to provide for the growing needs of community mental health and to ensure that Covid-19 crisis and emergency mental health teams are better resourced going forward in view of the fact that mental health support services were inundated pre-pandemic and that there are studies providing evidence that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the reinstatement of ShannonDoc services in County Clare, specifically in Ennistymon, Kilrush, Killaloe and Shannon, areas geographically challenged in their own right (details supplied). [23060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the pyrite remediation scheme that encompasses counties Mayo and Donegal and has not as of yet included County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will acknowledge the submission from the local authority in County Clare that conclusively outlined the presence of pyrite and the prevalence of defective blocks in the random samples across the county. [37600/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction that has been given by his Department to Clare County Council in respect of the homeowners affected by the pyrite issue; if further information will be provided on the new report that has been requested; the projected timeline for completion of the report; and the level of work required to complete the report....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason homeowners in County Clare affected by the pyrite issue and who have organised themselves into a group (details supplied) have not been included in the recent local property tax exemption that has only included homeowners in counties Mayo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has undertaken to date with a group (details supplied); if there is a proposed meeting in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include a representative from a group (details supplied) in further discussions concerning the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been provision made for the third-level students who cannot for physiological reasons avail of the Covid-19 vaccine but wish to return to campus physically in the 2021-2022 college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider establishing an engineering certification in the Ennis campus of Limerick Institute of Technology in order to provide qualified engineers which will be needed in the region in the close future with the development of green energy infrastructure such as green Atlantic at Moneypoint project. [36526/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish each of our witnesses a good morning. We are indebted to them for their contributions to the meeting, which will inform our work. Our committee has been tasked with accelerating the transition to a social model, person-centred and rights-based approach to supporting disabled people in living independent and full lives. I will make several observations and ask several questions. A...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: This Bill seeks to extend the operation of the CervicalCheck tribunal until January 2022 and to provide for an additional extension to July 2022, available at the discretion of the Minister for Health. Of course I support this Bill. It makes sense for the period of time in which a compensation claim can be lodged to be extended significantly if we consider the fact that, up to two months...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: This Bill essentially seeks to address the unused legislative powers under section 28 of the Education Act 1998 that gives the Minister powers to intervene and have more of an active role in resolving disputes and complaints that are lodged by parents in respect of schools and their operations. It stipulates that the Minister will engage with stakeholders and prescribe procedures for dealing...