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Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Independent Group for bringing forward this timely and important motion. We all received the briefing last week and it was one of the most intense briefings that I have attended to date. It was incredibly interesting to note that the role of principals has not been reviewed since 1974. We heard from a principal who is a special needs teacher four days of the week and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that the Minister of State will take that information back in respect of St. Anne's and the flexibility for special schools I am looking for. The response that has been provided is rigid and somewhat disappointing. Again, it is a one-size-fits-all approach that will not be workable in some schools, especially rural schools which do not have the options or opportunities that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question. It is a follow-up question, as I have raised this issue previously. I point to the ambition to see every school student with a hot school meal, which has to be commended. I agree that we need to ensure that our children are given all of the support that is necessary to get them the best results and access to education. Equally, it is...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate the response the Minister of State has given and the indication that the service will commence in 2025. It is hard to see how that will transpire given that it is the middle of 2024 and nothing has been progressed. I also appreciate that he outlined that the procurement is progressing in line with national financial regulations but I am unsure as to what that means. I feel...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: First, and I mean this with no disrespect to the Minister of State, I really needed the Minister of Health present here in the Chamber. It was incredibly important for him to be here to answer questions or, at the very least, to have a Minister of State here from within his Department. I am struggling to be able to see where the Minister of State will be able to provide any clarification,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I also welcome the Minister's earlier announcement in respect of legislation to ensure that students are not locked into 51-week leases. I also commend the USI on its serious campaigning on the matter. I was hoping to get a bit of clarification as to whether that will include digs accommodation. The USI's 2023 student digs survey included stark findings. Only 11% of students reported...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the national student accommodation policy, which is now overdue by a full year; if funding it is a priority for his Department in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Will I get to come in a second time on grouped questions or is it just once?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Perfect. I also met with representatives from the USI. They have given us a number of briefings over the past two years or so. They pointed to the fact they have waited three years for the publication of the national student accommodation strategy. I also appreciate the Minister is new in the role, but I point to the fact this issue is damaging relationships between students and the...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion, especially given that electricity prices in Ireland are two thirds above the EU average. The rising cost of living has had a detrimental effect on households, families and workers, leaving so many having to choose between heating and food. The households most at risk are those that are most in need. The ESRI compared recent data...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to again raise emergency accommodation with the Taoiseach today. I do so for two main reasons. The first is that I am generally concerned about the standard of these buildings but also about capacity issues. I note from a previous response that responsibility for the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with the local authorities....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: More than 40,000 calls have been made to Women's Aid and nearly 60,000 domestic abuse calls have been registered in the Garda PULSE system. These are indefensibly high numbers and are getting higher year on year. Many victims who experience domestic, sexual and gender-based violence have nowhere to go except back to their abuser. We often hear that it can take up to eight attempts to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department plans to address the critical shortfall in mental health services for university students, which currently stands at one counsellor for every 2,240 students, when an organisation (details supplied) recommends 1 to 1,500 students at maximum and 1 to 1,000 as an aspirational ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: As the Tánaiste can tell, a number of us attended yesterday’s briefing by primary school principals. It was one of the most intense briefings I have attended since my election. Principals are at breaking point. They relayed a number of issues to us, but I will focus on SET allocations. The principals pointed to the fact that these allocations were based on historical data...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Domestic Abuse Intervention Policy review; the progress of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26543/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any progress from the Cabinet committee on implementation of the UNCRPD (details supplied). [26239/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (19 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has considered, as advocated for by an organisation (details supplied), the alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, such as community-based sanctions or diversion programmes, to reduce prison overcrowding and the socio-economic impact of short-term imprisonment; and if she will make a...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I support the motion and welcome the opportunity to speak of the legendary work that carers do for the most vulnerable people, day in, day out. Carers save the State an estimated €20 billion per year and that is the equivalent of a second HSE. Carers are predominantly female and, for the most part, are alone and isolated. They are not respected for the work they do or the moneys...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to voice my views on the EU migration pact and will do my very best in my limited time as I have a lot to say on the matter. It is completely disingenuous of the Government to steamroll ahead with a single vote on this pact. There is no need for that, it has the public's back up and I take real issue with that. One point has been completely lost by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1347 of 17 January 2024, if he has followed up with the Minister for Social Protection on the issue of pension support for foster carers, as he promised in a response (details supplied); his views on whether the situation foster carers are in is acceptable; and if he will...