Results 21-40 of 101 for long speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: .... I understand that the Minister intends to put a stay of nine months on the Bill in order that the assisted human reproduction Bill can be commenced first. These families have waited far too long to be equal. It is deeply unfortunate that this Bill should be put on ice because the Government could not get its act together to progress the assisted human reproduction Bill sooner....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (18 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...with the midwives association's call for a reconsideration of this policy by engaging all stakeholders. Will that be included in the review? Women were second-class citizens in this State for long enough. We should not be further restricted. Instead, we should be supported in making our own informed choices about our maternity care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...plan, that is where the anticipation is coming from. Mr. Gorman himself mentioned "the political will". I suppose it is just a trend that we are seeing when it comes to forestry as we know how long it took for the forestry programme to come forward even though most would feel it is not fit purpose as it is. Another part of the ash dieback issue that I wanted to touch on is that...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The last eviction ban did not work because it was not long enough. It was a time-buying exercise by the Government and was subsequently wasted because no new measures were taken with respect to scaling up either social housing or emergency accommodation in real time. Last month, Clare County Council saw 52 new and 428 repeat presentations to their homeless action team. That is an...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...loans to move into a new tenancy, with even higher rents than in existing tenancies. The lack of available properties was a crisis and is now a colossal gap leaving many locked into emergency accommodation for long periods, with others sitting in absolute fear because they do not know what is to become of them and their families. As the Minister of State will know, nine out of ten...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...for two villages to be included in the pilot scheme, namely, Cooraclare and Broadford. I have spoken with the Minister about this on many occasions. Both of the villages have campaigned for a long time. Unfortunately, others have promised them false dawns for the date for this, such as, most recently, 9 October. I would be grateful if the Tánaiste informs House when the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...for obtaining the primary medical certificate have been referred to, even by the Minister, as archaic and arduous for families who are already juggling so much. They have been waiting for far too long as it is. I have raised the matter of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme with the Minister and the Taoiseach. I pointed to the fact that it needs to be amended to reflect that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...answer them all at the same time. The picture our guests have painted is important. I refer to the statement that the differences between the North and South have been too different for far too long. I believe there is a need to quantify and measures those differences. Interestingly, our guests mentioned that there areas where there are comparable similarities and the one that I noted...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...done to date. I ask, for the sake of my constituents, that the Minister meets the Minister for public expenditure and the head of the HSE to find and spend whatever money is needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of our health service and what is left of it in the mid-west region. I listened to the Minister's statement earlier and it can be summed up in one word, which is...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...failed because it was not backed up with resources and funding. Consultants have noted this. The acknowledgement of failure was one thing but the fact it has not been backed up since by any long-term plan or the resources necessary to pave the way to that result has been a disgrace, to put it mildly. I have been trying to follow up on this. I had a meeting with Bernard Gloster. He...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long-term sustainability of GP services in County Clare in view of an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50283/23]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to begin by acknowledging the good work of the Electoral Commission. I am delighted to speak on the Bill. Along with other Members, I also support the reduction of the voting age to 16. It is a progressive, inclusive and absolutely necessary step that could have been taken long before now. Nonetheless, it is a positive move that I welcome. I welcome that my constituency of...

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ..., they feel that it is a direct violation of their rights, and instead seems like the delay is only to ensure that the Government gets its ducks in a row. However, that process is taking far too long, and unfortunately has further embedded the message that people with disabilities are just not prioritised by this Government and, importantly, previous Governments too, as in all those...

European Parliament Directive on Victims of Crime: Motion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ..., I gained an insight into the vast array of victims and the crimes that have been perpetrated against them. From that experience, I can honestly say that victims' voices matter and for too long these voices have been suppressed or denied.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...: I can't use student accommodation due to the cost and the fact that I will be farming at home myself. I did try to get all this done sooner but I only turned 17 in October last, then it took a long time for driving instructors to have availability, then there was an issue with the RSA system that my lessons took weeks and weeks to upload and now I have the issue of waiting on a...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...year of €500. This year, we have dropped the word "disability" from the title, which is a significant step for recognition, and dropped €100 from the payment. What happened there? We waited long enough for a report to quantify the cost of disability, which was acknowledged in the Indecon report and the recent Green Paper, which stated that it can cost more than...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: A tax cut is no good to people when they live as far away as Loop Head and suffer a heart attack. They can only hope they will stay alive long enough for the ambulance to reach them. A wealth fund is little consolation to a cancer patient who has spent an entire weekend on a trolley in a corridor in the most overcrowded hospital in the country, the figure of which stands at 104 this...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...ever conviction in the State for human trafficking was handed down only in 2021. While great strides have been made in recognising human trafficking and exploitation as an issue worth tackling, we have a long way to go in identifying and supporting victims. Ireland was the only country in the EU to be placed on the US State Department’s tier 2 watchlist in 2021. Unfortunately,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...he provided in his reply. I acknowledge his work in making County Clare a university county, as he stated, and making Ennis a university town. Many people were involved in that campaign for a long time. I take this opportunity to acknowledge their hard work in the House. The TUS campus in Ennis currently offers social care work courses up to levels 7 and 8, as well as a business degree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...sentiment. An all-island approach is necessary and important. Does Mr. Boyle have any figures or indications of percentages with regard to teachers who have not been able to secure permanent or long-term contracts? In this jurisdiction, I often hear from teachers who cannot get secure contracts and this prevents them from putting down roots or getting a mortgage, and all sorts of other...