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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the remote working strategy which intends on supporting 4,000 workers to continue working remotely will be accessible equally across the island given that there has been reports of a lapse of up to 18 months for the installation of fast speed internet in certain areas of the west coast; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan. [29467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (1 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publication of a report (details supplied) given that there is a mounting concern that the delay in publishing the report will negatively impact its consideration and inclusion in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29717/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise Shannon Airport and the announcement made last week. I encourage the Tánaiste to take the three and a half hour journey down to County Clare and engage with the workers and hear how they are being directly impacted by the recent announcement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Go raibh maith agat. I extend a welcome to our witnesses today and thank them for their time and for the information that they have provided in their submissions. We are talking about the UNCRPD. The European Disability Federation referred to it as a convention of many firsts. First, it is the first human rights treaty to be adopted in the 21st century. Second, it is the first...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion, which is the continuation of a long stream of activism to protect the viability and interests of the small to medium-sized beef farmers, and I want to focus in particular on farmers in County Clare. For far too long, there have been extremely unfair trading practices that have disadvantaged small-scale beef farmers. Traditionally, Ireland...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to use my time to focus on Shannon Airport. It is the international airport with the longest runway in the country and was first to establish a sensory room, two years ahead of Dublin Airport. Shannon Airport and its survival is vital to my home county of Clare and the mid-west region. Therefore, the importance of its survival post Covid cannot, and should not, be underestimated....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless over the past ten-year period from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [27658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital investment allocated to social housing over the past ten-year period, 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [27659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses affordable or council built over the past ten-year period 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [27660/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of acquisitions or takeovers of private rentals that have been repurposed as social and or council houses over the past ten year period 2011 to 2021, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding acquisition funding for 2021; when the local authorities will be in receipt of these funds; if there is a possibility of emergency acquisition funding as there are many persons in County Clare that are facing evictions due to their landlords wanting to sell the property and the county does not have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if the person's documents are in the Irish Consulate in San Francisco or in the Passport Office, Dublin. [28351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason he, through statutory bodies such as the HSE and Tusla, continues to make Irish children wards of court and to send them abroad at the cost of €400,000 per child, per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently under out-of-state care after having been made wards of court and emancipated from the care of their family; and the amount such out-of-state care incurs as a cost to the State per year. [27982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not received any update on their citizenship status despite the fact their relative of comparable circumstances and who submitted their application after this person has already been granted status. [28368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was designated to the summer provision programme in 2019 as compared to 2020, with reference to the predicted sum for the upcoming summer period of 2021, in tabular form. [27297/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (20 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the decision support service will become operational; and the financial investment since the inception of the service. [27298/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Decision Support Service (20 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank all of our guests for attending and the information that they have given so far has been very extensive. I want to use my time to relay the frustrations of the people who have been impacted by the fact that the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act has been delayed in its commencement and the implications a delay has on individuals. The time that lapses between the introduction of...

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: It is an indictment of this Government and successive Governments that many of our towns and villages do not have waste water treatment services in 2021 and those that do most often need a serious upgrade as they have been operating over their capacity, causing all sorts of issues and disruptions for the community. Recently, I received a response from the relevant Department advising that...