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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a scheme (details supplied) will extend beyond March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (25 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 28 February 2023, what land has been made available to the OPW, by local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the increase in the income disregard for the carer’s allowance announced in the budget. I, like many colleagues from throughout the House, lobbied extensively on this, so it is a move I warmly welcome. I note the interdepartmental working group and review the Minister mentioned. Like many others, I met representatives of Family Carers Ireland ahead of the budget. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I was delighted to meet Vicky and Fiona from Family Carers Ireland before the budget and we spoke at length about the importance of family carers and how under-appreciated they are. As the Minister knows, unpaid family carers save the State about €20 billion per year, or the equivalent of a second HSE, a point that is timely given the statements taken earlier in the House. Before I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent changes to the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46416/23]

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Under this Government, UHL has broken yet another record. There were 130 people on trolleys there yesterday, the highest number in the history of the State. That will be the legacy of the Minister for Health and Colette Callan, as CEO of the UL Hospitals Group. The people of the mid-west are dying at the feet of the Government and nothing is being done. Since 19 September, there have...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will talk about tourism and hospitality because somebody needs to do so and this Government refuses to do so. When this country was coming out of recession, it was tourism and hospitality, alongside agriculture, that led the way, and the Government acknowledged that in the form of the 9% VAT rate. That rate allowed businesses to be bold, to take risks, to improvise and to adapt. As we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare who availed of an additional need's payment since 1 January 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the test that must be satisfied in order for a person to avail of a fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 558. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the success or otherwise of an agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide increased support to community radio in respect of high inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent statements by the President of the European Commission in support of Israel's breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department's allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Middle East (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on continued trade with the state of Israel, following its breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/23]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the length of time a property must be vacant from two years down to six months to be eligible for funding under the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46049/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 367. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ability of a hospital group (details supplied), to comply with the HSE Urgent and Emergency Care Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 368. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the uptake of the winter flu vaccine in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46047/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent announcement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to express my sincere and heartfelt condolences to all who have lost their loved ones in recent days. Excruciating pain resounds across the world as we watch in utter despair at the sheer destruction unfolding. Over the last days, my office has received thousands of emails from people across Ireland as has every Member of this House. I want to take the opportunity to state my full...