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Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am glad to be able to make a statement on the Bill, essential legislation that will amend and extend the protections and rights of retired workers and certain representative associations in industrial relation matters. There are approximately 500,000 pensioners in the country and they are understandably very eager to see the legislation pass. This is not just about their rights, however,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body that funds the homeless action team at Clare County Council; and if the provision of a 24-hour service can be included for Budget 2022 in order that rough sleepers and other marginalised persons can access showers, laundry and other services. [35322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who availed of July provision in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [35325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider incentivising the July provision programme for teachers more (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual incremental increases in the disability allowance each year since 2008, in tabular form. [35395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement applications made in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number approved and rejected in each year; the number of these applications approved on the grounds of domestic abuse; the cost of rent supplement in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disabled persons in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme and the ability programme. [35397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Programme (29 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020. [34627/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Indecon report on the cost of disability was commissioned in 2019 with the aim of better informing relevant budgetary allocations for 2020. Two years later, it is unacceptable that the report is still not published in time for the 2022 budget. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, stated in the Chamber last November that the disability capacity review was completed and would be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he will engage with Hungarian elected representatives in the wake of the legislation that was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 15 June 2021 that is contrary to the LGBTQI+ policy advanced in the remainder of EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33838/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will refer the findings of the summary of social housing assessments 2020 and elaborate on the fact that 16,832 of the 61,880 persons on the qualified household waiting lists for local authority housing have been waiting more than seven years; if there is a strategy in place to reduce these writing times; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the operation of the EU Magnitsky Act enacted in December 2020; if Ireland has implemented any of the powers of this legislation to date, for example, in relation to Bahrain in which an activist (details supplied) recently died of Covid-19 in prison given no sanitisation measures are in place; if the EU Magnitsky Act allows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Ombudsman and the officials from the Department and thank them for their opening statements. My questions are based on the information in their statements and things I found striking. In the Department's commitment to undertake a national survey to ascertain the exact number of individuals who find themselves living involuntarily in nursing homes, assess their will and...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: We are discussing relevant and potential legislation. The housing crisis is an area of particular concern for Sinn Féin and so we are happy to see motions and Bills proposing solutions before this Chamber. The average rent across this country is €1,256 per month. Rent in Dublin is, on average, €1,745 per month, but in many parts of Dublin rents are more than...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The maternity sector in this country has been critically and consistently understaffed for many years. We have one of the lowest levels of consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists in the OECD, which is shameful. Maternity services have been pockmarked by multiple investigations and inquiries into care, standards and practices. Sadly, the development of a new and improved national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I echo everybody else's welcome to the guests here today and thank them for their submissions and information, which were very informative. My questions may touch on issues raised previously. I will start with the recent announcement by Aer Lingus and the closure of its cabin crew base. In light of the fact that there has been no commitment to resume the vital Heathrow route, could the...

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, outlined previous funding announcements in her statement that were very much welcome at the time but I am here to tell her that it is not enough for Shannon Airport. I take no pleasure in commenting on the sorry state of aviation recovery this afternoon but I know that the people of Clare are absolutely exhausted and frustrated by the lack of direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the clear public interest justification has been solicited or assessed further to his statement in response to a previous Parliamentary Question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (17 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has chosen to propose a once-off gratuity for the community enterprise scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors as opposed to the pension scheme recommended by the Labour Court in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32045/21]