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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Taoiseach to engage with the Department of Education, the Minister for Education and the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, as the issues and dire circumstances experienced by the only Educate Together school in my constituency in Clare require urgent and interdepartmental attention. In the programme for Government there is a commitment to ensuring plurality and delivering...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to comment on this motion, which offers inroads to diversifying the range of services provided through post offices, including renewals of motor tax, offline services for people who struggle to process their paperwork online and personal banking services, among others. I support all these suggestions. The post office network has shown its adaptability and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the development and implementation of a national autism strategy. [36231/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Minister of State for her views on the development and implementation of a national autism strategy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. I have posed the question as a public representative and also as a parent of a child with special needs and a diagnosis of autism. Therefore, it is a matter that I will be following very closely. It is most important that there is an urgent commitment to undertake the development needed to recognise the diverse needs that people with autism...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wonder whether there is an opportunity for parents to join the working group to which the Minister of State referred. Perhaps she will consider that. I highlight as a cause of concern the lack of opportunities to collate CSO data on the number of people with autism in the population. Let us be realistic, however. The lack of disaggregated data is not what is preventing a more...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the commitments of the White Paper published in February 2021 in relation to ending direct provision; and the action that has been taken by his Department since then to progress this objective. [36230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the reporting system in place since 2017 to record the deaths in direct provision settings; his further views on whether the omission of the cause of death on the records is cause for concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will adopt the United Nations recommendation that transparency must be ensured with reference to the current fatality rate in direct provision centres and the concerns over the recording of these deaths; and if he will consider releasing the details again as per the previous recording system. [36513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the lack of transparency around the number of persons who have died in direct provision; and if he will consider the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism recommendation that the recording system is amended as at present the cause of death is not recorded and official records since the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the A5 motorway project; and when the work is set to commence. [36238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the six pilot community car schemes that were approved for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposal for a shared Government data services centre as per the Recovery and Resilience Fund will be publicly run and not contracted out to a private provider. [36239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider representation by a group (details supplied) on the steering committee that has been set up to advise on the roll-out of a redress scheme. [36370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the explicit inclusion of County Clare homeowners in all issues pertaining to the pyrite and mica defective block remediation going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have signed up for the enhanced summer July provision programme for children with additional educational needs between the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [36386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department did not announce the details of the July provision programme until mid-May impacting on the time for schools and parents' ability to resource the programme fully; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that have accessed and attended July provision over the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [36388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal of a review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if this will be a full legislative review; if it will update all of the provisions within the Act to better reflect the contemporary understanding of disability and best practice for inclusive education as outlined in the UNCRPD; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing a working roadmap to fully amend and implement the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 which will include appropriate resourcing and costings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36390/21]