Results 161-180 of 2,400 for speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding maternity pre-natal services to Ennis Hospital; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locum GPs that have been in place in a practice since a vacancy arose (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10443/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients attached to a practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10444/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of service for each GP practice in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Cathaoirleach for letting me in as a non-member of the committee. My questions are to the departmental officials. I want to focus on hidden homelessness in Ireland. A Red C poll was conducted for the Simon Communities last year which found one in four people either experienced it personally themselves or know someone who has experienced hidden homelessness. Myself and my...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I take this opportunity to commend the great work of the Clare branch of the Irish Kidney Association in supporting thousands of patients and their families since its foundation in 1989. Its work on campaigning and advocacy is owed a lion's share of gratitude for the development of the unit, which will be a terrific asset to Ennis hospital as we look to build capacity and increase services...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant funding for a satellite haemodialysis unit at Ennis hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9592/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Can the Minister provide an update on the establishment of a haemodialysis unit in Ennis hospital and when he expects works to begin?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: It definitely would, for north Clare and west Clare specifically because of the geography and the distance patients have to travel. Most often, the treatment requires three trips per week so it is a significant stress on my constituents. For those who cannot drive or do not have access to their own transport, it is a significant distress that they face on a weekly basis. That is something...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate an accident and emergency department at Ennis Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9591/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I have raised this with topic with the Minister and his Cabinet colleagues on many occasions. There has been considerable consensus on those occasions that the reconfiguration failed. I would be grateful if the Minister would put on the record of the House whether he intends to reinstate the accident and emergency department at Ennis Hospital

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister. I would like to receive that information. I had a recent response from the HSE on the expansion of the injury unit. It seems it is not possible to expand it any further than has been done up to now. There were 121 people on trolleys this morning in UHL during morning rounds. This is 50 patients more than the next most overcrowded hospital in the State. There is...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister has mentioned increased investment in UHL but as it currently stands, we still need the revenue to provide the first 96-bed block and the capital and revenue for the second 96-bed block to be progressed as a matter of urgency. The Minister could be building capacity at Ennis but instead the surgical hub is located at an old school in Limerick city. The HSE has told me in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will discuss the issues faced by service users with respect to agencies who contracted to deliver their PA hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide on update on Ireland's progress in ratifying the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision to introduce an increase in fuel excise on 1 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reevaluate and redraft the allocation model for special education in view of the fact that the proposed new allocation model streamlined to three pillars instead of five may exclude children with complex needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the proposed plans to reduce the support teaching hours, and the impact that this will have on children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (29 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 22 February 2024, if any of the inaccessible polling stations referred to are in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9872/24]