Results 401-420 of 2,402 for speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I hope I will leave time left over and it will balance itself that way. I thank the Cathaoirleach for letting me in. I welcome all of the witnesses and thank them. This morning's discussion has been extremely interesting, to say the least. The main points I noted, especially being from a rural county, County Clare, were the need for the rural town infrastructural fund and an office for...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: In case this is the final time for me to contribute this year, I wish all colleagues in the House, the Ceann Comhairle, or the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach in his absence, and anyone watching at home a very happy and safe Christmas, and best wishes for the coming year. I welcome the establishment of Coimisiún na Meán, and I note this Bill, which proposes to designate the...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Independent Group on bringing forward this important motion on fossil fuel divestment. It is an important part of the just transition conversation. However, in a cost-of-living crisis where approximately one third of Irish households are in energy poverty, and 59% of my Clare constituents have no renewable energy sources in their homes, just transition is a tough one to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific criteria that must be satisfied for a parent or guardian to be granted domiciliary care allowance for a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55829/23]

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...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: Currently, there is a waiting list to access emergency accommodation and hundreds are staying with family. They are ultimately suffering in silence, because they are gagged by the reality of trying to survive with a family in Ireland in 2023.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Like many colleagues in this House, I was also very interested in the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, report and, in particular, its analysis in the area of health. We have heard many comments from the Government benches in recent weeks about just how surprised the members were about the inevitable underfunding or overrun in the Department of Health. I understand that commonsense can...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: In just six days, it will be one year since the heartbreaking death of a beautiful young girl in UHL after she lay in the accident and emergency department for 12 hours with untreated sepsis. As a parent, there is no worse nightmare than what her family went through on that day. I again express my deepest sympathies for their loss. In the days following her death and into the Christmas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare; the number of those filled, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55150/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand places in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces in ASD units in primary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available in ASD units in primary schools in Clare; the number of those filled, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand places in ASD units in primary schools in Clare into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in cases in which no place is available in an ASD unit in a primary or secondary school for a child who requires it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55153/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I fully support this important and timely motion from the Women's Parliamentary Caucus, of which I am an eager member. I thank the chairperson and vice chairperson of the caucus and, in particular, the secretariat staff, especially Eva Nolan, for all their work and support on this issue. I attended this morning's launch of the Family Carers Ireland scorecard for this year. That document...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review into the differential rent scheme for local authority housing support will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54166/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I raise the review of the differential rent scheme for local authority housing support. When is the review expected to conclude? I would be grateful if the Minister would make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I thank the Minister of State for that information. I welcome that the Department recently undertook a scoping exercise. I hope the review into the differential rent scheme will start and finish as soon as possible. I know that Family Carers Ireland made a submission, and I will deal with that in my supplementary contribution. For now, I will speak...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: My constituents in Clare should not be paying the fourth highest rate of local authority rent in the country just because the local authority has decided not to disregard their full- or half-rate carer's allowance. The current system means that because of geography, identical household types are paying considerably different rates irrespective of the quality or size of their accommodation....