Results 321-340 of 2,836 for speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (12 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 9 April 2024, the reason only two additional hours were granted for the person; the reason the additional two hours had to be organised as one additional hour on two separate days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25775/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (12 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the delay for a person (details supplied) in accessing an assessment of needs and how this is vitally important in order to enrol in school and receive speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of security and safety technology that can be provided to age-friendly persons; if there is a mechanism in place currently for people with disabilities to enable them to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25778/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether dialectical behaviour therapy can now be accessed by persons in Clare; to confirm if it is a pilot scheme; how many places will be available for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25774/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 144. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if the recruitment process for the MW dual diagnosis team has been completed; if all refurbishments have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25777/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25423/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: This is to ask the Minister to set out her plans to expand the hot school meals programme.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate all of the information the Minister provided. It has been some feat that she has undertaken over the past number of years. I would like to raise St. Anne's with the Minister, a special school in Ennis. It is a fantastic school. I have heard countless testimonies that the staff and the principal go above and beyond for each and every one of the students. They currently have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will ask the school authorities to do so and maybe the Minister could flag it with the Department as well. They have struggled for a long time to pay the cook's wages. They get other funding that is meant to be for vital therapeutic services and they desperately need those services. It would be important for that funding to be used and not any of it to be paying for the cook's wages in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Go raibh maith agat for the information. It is fantastic to hear that there will be a webinar. I decided to raise this matter with the Minister of State because it has been highlighted to me by my constituents that there is an anomaly whereby some foster carers, most of whom are women, find themselves unable to qualify for full contributory State pensions. It is apparently possible to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I acknowledge that the weekly payments have gone up. When the Irish Foster Care Association, IFCA, conducted a survey prior to the increase in the payments, 50% of the carers surveyed said they experienced financial difficulties due to their commitments to caring and have considered giving up fostering because they are worried about being able to provide an adequate level of care. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that foster caring for children with additional complex needs does not qualify one for full pension support, even in cases where Tusla has advised these carers they need to be on call 24-7 to support the child's medical needs and therefore one carer per household should not rejoin the workforce (details...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that foster caring for children with additional complex needs does not qualify one for full pension support, even in cases where Tusla has advised these carers they need to be on call 24-7 to support the children's medical needs and therefore one carer per household should not rejoin the workforce. Has she liaised with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 110.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recruitment and retention plans for mechanics, the lack of which is contributing to the crisis in respect of bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 483.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the rent supplement option to vulnerable persons who are privately renting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 484.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an application for domiciliary allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 485 (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 485.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the disability allowance application for a person (details supplied) could be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 486.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an application for carer’s allowance (details supplied); when the application will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 487.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a State pension (contributory) application by a person (details supplied), as the person would like their contributions reviewed as they would get more on a State pension (non-contributory) pension. [25434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 601.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason emergency funding for sustainability of an organisation (details supplied) has not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/24]