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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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (4 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 187 of 23 January 2024 and 181 of 20 February 2024, for an update on establishment of an additional NCT testing centre in the Clare-Limerick area to reduce the waits in the area; his views on the RSA’s position that there are no plans to develop a centre in the Kilrush area; and if he will...

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to focus my speaking time on the high levels of demand on refuge centres such as Clare Haven Services in County Clare. In June alone, it received 54 requests for refuge for women and for every single woman and family in refuge, there is another at risk in the community pleading to gain access. Currently, the service can only accommodate six families at any one time and the point and...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Labour Party on bringing this well-thought-out motion before the Chamber. It allows us to pay tribute again to the fantastic Natasha O'Brien and the focus she has ensured has been placed on this extremely important societal matter. I also pay tribute to all the victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I commend the great courage and bravery they have shown in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise the issue of the co-ordination of Ukrainian refugees in County Clare. For the last 18 months, 21 refugees have been located in Loop Head. Loop Head, by the admission of Clare County Council, is a community in terminal population decline. It has seen 21 individuals being integrated into that very peripheral community, six of whom are children in school and four are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics currently serving in Clare; if there are plans to expand, maintain or reduce advanced paramedic recruitment; the number shifts in the last twelve months have not had an advanced paramedic serving on them in spite of the Government's promise to maintain 24-7 advanced paramedic presence when closing Ennis Hospital; and if he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where the EU just transition funding is to go; the reason it is being focused solely on the midlands instead of including areas like County Clare that are also losing our fossil fuel power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Minister to provide a detailed breakdown of where the EU just transition funding is to go; the reason it is being focused solely on the midlands instead of including areas like County Clare which are also losing fossil fuel power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: As the Minister has outlined, I understand that significant funding is being made available for Ireland to assist the regions and communities that are most negatively impacted by the transition to climate neutrality and to promote socioeconomic transition. Ireland is assessed to receive €84.5 million up to 2027 and the Government plans to match this funding with Exchequer resources....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that the midlands needs that extra assistance and I appreciate what the Minister said in respect of Moneypoint, but I have outlined the employment opportunities for the community. Responses to parliamentary questions have shown that when it comes to the construction of the offshore wind farms at Moneypoint, there may be employment of up to 600 positions but outside that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate the Tánaiste's response. Since the conflict began, 37,202 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 85,000 injured. I acknowledge that 1,200 Israelis are reported to have been killed, with nearly 5,500 reported as injured. Some 17,000 children are now known by the descriptor, wounded child with no surviving family, WCNSF. Approximately 70,000 homes have been destroyed and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I echo the concerns expressed by colleagues in the House and by the people of Ireland. I appreciate the Tánaiste's statement that there is no evidence of weaponry being transported through Ireland to Israel. However, there is also nothing to point to the contrary. The question is: how do we know? Do we take the word of those who possibly are supplying the arms being used in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason US planes stopping at Shannon Airport are not searched to see if they are carrying arms for use in Palestine; his views on whether these actions are compatible with the historical and foundational Irish position of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27593/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Tánaiste to set out the reason US planes stopping at Shannon Airport are not searched to see if they are carrying arms for use in Palestine; his views on whether these actions are compatible with the historical and foundational Irish position of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what his Department plans to do for the people of Palestine beyond merely recognising their right to exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that a €1.2 billion data centre has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in Clare; if his Department is comfortable with Ireland’s 83 data centres using as much electricity as all urban households combined according to the CSO 2022 figures; his views on whether data...