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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Do we not have a date?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (24 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 21. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to add the tenth ground of discrimination and codify socioeconomic status as a protected ground under the Equality Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans there are to vindicate the rights of disabled people to access the complaints mechanisms contained in the optional protocol of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department plans to address the low rate of disability employment in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43577/24]

Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I sincerely thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this important motion. Starting with vacancy numbers, a response to a parliamentary question stated there were 240.42 whole-time equivalent nursing vacancies in UHL. As we heard at a recent meeting of the health committee, SIPTU was able to provide information to me that indicated there were more than 70 healthcare assistant vacancies...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (23 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 215. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of the 2024 actions contained in the Trading for Impact: National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027 that have commenced to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43294/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on revised social housing targets in Clare; the progress on the target of 153 new social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42931/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on revised social housing targets in Clare; the progress on the target of 153 new social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The ESRI research is noteworthy and it is positive that work is ongoing. However, I must refer to the low number of social housing homes delivered in County Clare since 2016, namely, zero in 2016 and 2017; two in 2018; 25 the following year; 34 the year after that; 55 in 2021; and it then jumped to 184 in 2022. According to the statistics on the Department's website, there were only 31 last...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Provision (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that it is increasing year-on-year but over 40,000 people are accessing emergency accommodation, and that does not account for everyone who is homeless currently. That is 2,099 families and 4,419 children, which is an increase of 14% from last year. In one year, from August of last year to this year, 1,795 additional people entered emergency accommodation. We know the Simon...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is well aware that I have been raising the issue of affordable housing schemes and the need to expand them in County Clare. I was pleased that he did expand it to three schemes altogether, one in Shannon and two in Ennis, which is a total of 31 units. I thought that seeking and getting approval from the Minister would be the most difficult obstacle in...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Our culture needs to change. This sector is receiving large amounts of money, in the millions of euro, without rigorous animal welfare criteria being satisfied or any conditions relating to workers' rights in the sector being attached to the funding. Is it an oversight issue, considering there have been numerous reports of serious animal welfare concerns? This has been notable in the last...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details on the vacant property refurbishment scheme, by county, in tabular form: the number of applications received; the number applications successful; if possible, the average value of applications per county; and if possible, the most common reason applications were unsuccessful. [42935/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the defective concrete block remediation scheme in Clare; if he has plans to expand eligibility for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Budget 2025 contained €2 million for the expansion of neurological services and funding for hospitals in Kerry, Portlaoise, Wexford, Mayo and Letterkenny. Clare and the mid-west region was the first to set up a community neurorehabilitation team in this country and it has been left behind. It has currently 5.6 whole-time equivalent posts when it requires 12. As this involves Article...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I was speaking about the optional protocol and whether it was signed.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: It is signed and it is with the Secretary General, but it is only 30 days..

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The community neurorehabilitation team.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (17 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise route 336 with the Minister. A lady was in contact with me who has to travel from Kilmihil to Ennis Monday to Friday for her further and higher education course. It is 29.8 km and it costs her €81 per week, which is not sustainable for anyone doing a course. I also want to point to route 343. It has been split into two routes, 330 and 343. This is leading to people...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. People in County Clare are exhausted waiting for delivery. They were hopeful the Government would use the surpluses in this budget as an opportunity to make a lot of wrongs right, including reinstating the accident and emergency department in our general hospital. There is a review ongoing but, as with other issues being experienced in the...