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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that Ireland has the largest disability employment gap in the EU; if his Department has been working on the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities, as promised by the Taoiseach on 29 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30477/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the current SET allocation system; the reason her Department is no longer considering the complex needs of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30481/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 20 September 2023 (details supplied) has not yet been implemented across the board; the timeline for its full implementation including proper regard for CNS and CPCs; the reason for delaying the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30662/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 20 September 2023 (details supplied) has not yet been implemented across the board; the timeline for its full implementation, including proper regard for CNS and CPCs; the reason for delaying the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30661/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I also thank the Minister of State and her officials. I missed her opening statement for which I apologise. I have a few questions on matters I am looking to get an update on. There is an issue in respect of filling vacancies in CHO 3. When I asked about that in May or June, 2.1 posts were not filled at that stage. Have those posts been filled or are there still vacancies? As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State. At a recent University Limerick Hospitals Group briefing to this committee, representatives mentioned that they noticed that there has been an increase in the number of people with disabilities presenting to the emergency department. I think a new respite house may have opened in the interim but what they said at the briefing was that there was a need for an...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Bill 2024: First Stage (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to facilitate the making of standing orders in relation to certain absences from each House of the Oireachtas, to amend the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Facilities) Regulations 2021 and for that purpose to extend the entitlement of members to additional secretarial facilities in certain...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Bill 2024: First Stage (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Social Democrats for this important and thoughtful motion. It provides us with a further opportunity to highlight the blight of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in our society. I again pay tribute to the fantastic Natasha O'Brien, Bláthnaid Raleigh, the courageous Women of Honour - and men - and the many others we know who have been, and still are, suffering in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been unsuccessful in applying for disability allowance; if her Department will reconsider the application given the available evidence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30124/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (10 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he approves of the decision to relocate Ukrainian families who have settled in and become enmeshed within the community of Kilbaha, County Clare; the reason such a decision was considered necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29542/24]

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank Deputy Carthy for this important motion and for the opportunity to add my name. I commend the O'Farrell family for their steadfast determination, their tenacity and their outright dignity. They are an inspiration to us all and I have no doubt that they will keep going completely undeterred and unwavering until they get what Shane deserves, which is to rest in full peace with his...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise the issue of access to risdiplam for adult spinal muscular atrophy, SMA patients. Risdiplam is a lifesaving drug that stops the progression of SMA. It reduces required hospital time, restores motor neuron function, gives back strength and breath control and gives people back a full life. We approved the equivalent Spinraza two years ago, two years after the rest of the EU,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason those seeking to convert valid foreign licenses to Irish ones must submit their documents at the beginning of the process, rendering them unable to drive on the foreign licence for the many months it takes for the process to finish; the reason a case (details supplied) has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if the catering service in the UL Hospitals Group is in-house or outsourced; if the same provider is in use across the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I put it to the Tánaiste that 27% of those who are hospitalised for eating disorders, which is the deadliest mental illness, were in hospitals with no eating disorder trained staff and 83% had no access to a therapist or a psychiatrist after their discharge. Is it any wonder that 41% would be re-admitted for the same problem within two years? Last week we heard from a number of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will send on the information about the case I mentioned. I heard in one of the responses earlier that another group will be established and it will report in the autumn. People watching at home will see another group and another report and will ask whether it is absolutely necessary. In a response I received in February, the Minister's predecessor outlined to me that he submitted a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 25 January 2024, if he is aware that the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is limited to family members of the disabled person; his views on whether this restriction is in line with the Government’s commitments to the rights of people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I acknowledge Deputy Chambers's recent elevation to the post of Minister for Finance and I wish him well in his new role. I have been raising in the House a particular case for the guts of two years. William cares for John in Kilkee, but purely on the basis that they are not related, they have been deemed ineligible for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. This has had...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has plans for further regional airport development after 2024; if it is likely that Shannon will receive further funding in this or similar schemes from 2025 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28517/24]