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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: In addition to having our lively discussion on the sheep farming sector, I spoke to the IFA in Clare about the nitrates derogation. I heard many colleagues from many countries raise this issue in both Houses in recent weeks. I would be very grateful if the Minister could inform me about the measures, financial or otherwise, that he will take to assist Clare farmers in meeting potential new...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a rescue package for the sheep sector can be set up through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund with respect to the extreme financial pressures being faced by sheep farmers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18589/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Can a rescue package for the sheep sector can be set up through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, BAR, fund with respect to the extreme financial pressures being faced by sheep farmers in our country?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a fhreagra ansin. I was delighted to meet with Tom Lane, Tom Holmes and Stephen Walsh from the Clare Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, branch a few weeks ago and we had a very long conversation about the pressures being faced by farmers in County Clare. I know that it is the same story in his constituency and throughout the country, where farmers are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: On the issue of the review into open CAMHS cases I mentioned earlier, I would appreciate if the Minister of the State would inform me of the steps that have been taken to follow up with the 140 children and young people who fell between the cracks and crucially what steps have been taken to ensure that never happens again. I do not think I can underscore enough the fundamental importance of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 15. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 9 March last, the reason that all CAMHS appointments in County Clare take place in the same venue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18587/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I raise the issue of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in County Clare, specifically further to the reply I received from the HSE regarding a question I submitted. Will the Minister of State please explain why all the CAMHS appointments in County Clare take place in the same venue in Ennis? Will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: This is my second time, two days in a row, that I have raised the issue of CAMHS in County Clare in the House. Yesterday, I raised the issue of the significant deficit in staff. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, was unfortunately unable to give me a direct reply as to what aggressive recruitment strategy was being undertaken by this Government. Today, I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Most likely, I will have time left over. I hope it can be divvied out. Senator Black has everyone in the room thinking because the right to social welfare and certain entitlements sounds amazing. The witnesses also pointed out that those most affected are the most vulnerable, including children, women and young girls, those with disabilities and our carers, who are providing an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 42. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the establishment of a national register of persons with neurodevelopmental disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18586/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures he will take financially or otherwise to assist farmers in meeting potential new targets with respect to the new Nitrates Action Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 361. To ask the Minister for Health what steps have been taken to end the practice of children being admitted to adult psychiatric inpatient wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15776/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: This week I spoke to Maria from Kilkee. She has a 16-year-old son who is deeply depressed and has had suicidal ideation. She has had to go outside the county to get two private diagnoses in Dublin. Even then, she was still left contending with Clare's extensive waiting list. When her son eventually received an appointment, it was unfortunately cancelled the day before due to a red weather...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units to be retrofitted in County Clare in 2023, by municipal district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants currently available through his Department, excluding the housing adaptation grant for the replacement of windows and doors in private houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce emergency access pathways for those who already hold medical cards to be reimbursed via the primary care reimbursement scheme for those who have been approved by ministerial licence for access to medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18590/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (18 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State and the officials in his Department for the changes made to the atypical working scheme, AWS, to date. I welcome in particular the shortening to one month of the cooling-off period, which now means two AWS can be availed of in a 12 month period, and there is the ability to spread the 90 days over six months, supporting travel into and out of Ireland. As the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (18 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. The issue of Garda resourcing in County Clare must be raised again. As the Minister of State will be aware, Clare received the fifth lowest divisional influx of gardaí into its operational area since 2015. Only 51 gardaí have joined the force in Clare in that time. In 2022, only two gardaí were allocated to Clare, and no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (18 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the failure rate for employers applying for atypical work scheme permissions by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18085/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (18 Apr 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise the atypical work scheme, AWS, and specifically the failure rate for employers applying via AWS by county, and I would be most grateful if the Minister would make a statement on the matter.