Results 1-20 of 2,449 for speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State for the new statistics showing that 362 licences have been issued, which is very positive. Recently a patient reached out to me who had applied for a ministerial licence. The Minister for Health will be very familiar with this case because I submitted a number of parliamentary questions on the matter. What has come to light is that because the consultant is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am delighted that this Topical Issue was selected and thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this important discussion. It is an issue I am very passionate about and I hope to shed a bit of light on what the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, and the ministerial licence mean. As we all know, the MCAP was established in 2019 as a five-year pilot scheme. However,...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I start by thanking the NCSE for assisting me with a very serious and complex case in County Clare. A child was left with no school place, which was a very serious and time-pressured situation, but I am happy to say the child now has a place. The NCSE was a great help in that case. I have raised previously the need for better forward planning for autism classes in post-primary schools....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise a very serious matter in UHL, namely, the embargo in place for certain positions. It is having major effects on service delivery. I heard how ultrasound, nuclear medicine and other important services will suffer closures because at least 15 radiography positions have not been filled. I heard that morale is non-existent at this stage and more staff will leave because they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I also want to raise the need for additional funding for the LIS in County Clare. There are a number of live applications, but the local authority has advised that it does not have the necessary funding to include a number of them on the roads programme for this year. I recently raised the case of an area of where people cannot even get deliveries of food or heating oil to their homes....

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity for the House to focus on people whose lives are literally falling apart outside these doors because they cannot find a home, cannot find security, and therefore, cannot find stability. What I hear from people, which I am sure many Members also hear day and day out, is "we have no home, we have no hope". What they have in abundance due to years of lack of supply of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [18272/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise the matter of childcare with the Taoiseach. As he knows, the workforce in the sector is 98% female. The sector has had a very hard time trying to be heard by the Government. Meaningful engagement has been lacking. I specifically want to refer to Shannon. Last year, I raised the imminent closure of one of only two childcare providers in Shannon. I said then that they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17612/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [18273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to accommodate those who will be undertaking remediation of their properties under the defective block scheme in Clare; if he is considering side-by-side building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the reckonable income directions under Section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 sent to local authorities in December 2023; the reason persons in receipt of carer's allowance would be disregarded for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer's allowance is considered an eligible form of income for the tenant incremental purchase scheme. [20067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction his Department has given local authorities in respect of providing homeless services to persons who may be in arrears with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20065/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied), as their parent has been informed that there is a three-year waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will reimburse a family who have paid €1,600 for a private assessment for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20063/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants living in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20066/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if a product approved under the MCAP, as listed on S.I. No. 5/2023, can be prescribed to the holder of a valid Ministerial licence; if the licence holder can purchase their prescribed product at a pharmacy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20060/24]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that women are now being asked to prove that they have breast cancer in order to avail of the two bras and prothesis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20064/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (2 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 297. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to scrap the medical card review for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/24]