Results 41-60 of 97 for long speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...xed;ochas 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 facing...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...the Minister to reconsider the timeframe of 18 months, however. I want to be clear that I am not contesting that it will take time; I am contesting the timeframe proposed, which, because it is so long, could be viewed by the public as kicking the can down the road. As he will be well aware, this is not just a motion plucked out of thin air; it is a direct response to what was promised...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...throughout Europe. However, in recent years we as a State have fallen behind as 20 other European states have codified socio-economics as a ground for discrimination in law. Our laws have come a long way, and I acknowledge the strides that have been made, however this is one missing piece of the puzzle which I believe we must fill in. Like myself, the Minister and other Deputies will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...this time. I wish to state again what Mr. Major has stated. I hope no one person, group, political party or ideology will now risk imperilling the peace so carefully constructed by so many for so long. I ask Mr. Major to elaborate a little more as to what the concerns may be from his standpoint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. John Bruton (8 Dec 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank Mr. Bruton for his contribution. Some have already referred to how long it was but it was truly beneficial to someone like me. It provided much-needed background. In some ways it painted quite a picture for those of us who were not involved. This is the first meeting of the committee in which I have been able to take part. It is very apt that it is with one of the architects of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (6 Dec 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...had to turn away two. These heart-breaking bottlenecks point towards the need for service-based organisations and wraparound supports to be directly involved in ramping up the provision of long-term accommodation for survivors of domestic violence. These people need beds, but they first need dignity. Refuges across Ireland are like accident and emergency departments. They are not just...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...; 11,422 have been on the list for over 18 months. That is almost 26% of the overall figure of those on the list. As a former Minister for Health, I hope the Tánaiste will appreciate that these long delays for scheduled care directly relate to overcrowding in the one emergency department in the region which is consistently the most overcrowded emergency department in Ireland. We...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...matter of priority and put a referendum to the people on the right to housing. We need to abolish no-fault evictions and improve security of tenure. This would establish the private rental sector as viable long-term housing. According to Threshold, nine in ten tenancy terminations are landlord-led and seven in ten are no-fault evictions. According to the Simon Community, the true...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Oct 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application to the HSE to have the NovoPen 6 and the NovoPen Echo plus smart insulin pens included for reimbursement on the long-term illness scheme; and the reason that this application still has not been concluded over 12 months after the application was submitted. [47994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term residential care centres and long-term residential care beds in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that her Department has taken to address the difficulties those suffering from long-Covid have in accessing social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (16 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 569. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed long-stay unit in St. Joseph's Hospital in Ennis, County Clare will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62758/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It has been interesting. This has been a big week in Ireland with the publication of the Indecon report, which is long overdue but is a comprehensive document of 200 pages looking at the nitty-gritty of the extra costs incurred by disabled people. Most of the speakers referred to the cost of disability and it is something the committee is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: .... ME is not a new condition. I find it concerning that across the whole of the HSE, there is no specialist. Ms McGreehan mentioned that 50 years down the line, lupus still does appear on the long-term illness list. In respect of Parkinson's, I know that there are only three neurologists when there should be 11. This shortfall of eight massively impacts on access to services across the...

Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 air accident: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...over the management and safety procedures of the Coast Guard. They feel their concerns, their fears and, obviously, their voices are not being heard. These are not new issues. There are countless units along our coastline that have had these experiences. Unfortunately, they feel they cannot speak out. The dark irony that volunteers honour the loss of their colleague by launching a...

Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland: Statements (4 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: .... Many good points were raised by my colleague. We always raise points here in the Chamber, as has been mentioned previously, including in respect of affordability, access, and medium- to long-term tenure. I will focus on two cohorts in my community, which the report has highlighted as suffering acutely in the context of adequate housing. In Clare, based on information compiled by the...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Long before Covid 19, crucial targets in the national cancer strategy were missed relating to timely access to diagnostics, surgery, radiotherapy and screening. We are in the middle of the State's third national cancer strategy and services are still under-resourced, including breast cancer services. This month, as it is breast cancer awareness month, it would have been prudent, moral...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...shine a light on the key issues hampering women's full and free access to and participation in all areas of our economy and society. This should not be so prevalent in 2021. We have a long way to go yet. We know that Covid-19 disproportionately impacted women and, unfortunately, that still is the case. We know too about the feminisation of poverty. We have heard that we are on the...

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...difference of 1 million after separation. We now know with certainty that the separation did not work but failed drastically. The proof showed itself in the name of Covid-19. We in Sinn Féin, along with the trade unions, opposed separation. We vigorously opposed the privatisation of Aer Lingus in 2015 by Fine Gael and Labour. We said at the time that it would cost jobs in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Oct 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...cancer parents as per the pre-Budgetary 2022 by an organisation (details supplied) request in view of the fact that cancer patients face additional financial pressures and invariably have to spend long periods of time in the hospital receiving treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49029/21]