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Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: We have been flagging transport issues in the House for months now. Transport was severely impacted by the difficulties of Covid-19, but people want to hear solutions and action. To date, we have seen bus routes cancelled or reduced in capacity, the total collapse of the aviation sector and serious issues exposed in our school transport scheme. Locally, in my constituency of Clare, I have...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will use this time to address the issues caused by Brexit here and across the world. In June 2016, England and Wales voted to leave the European Union and this vote would change the landscape of the EU, the UK and Ireland for years to come. In effect, the North of Ireland and Scotland were forced out of the EU against the will of their people. Four years on, we are still talking about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: We all appreciate that Covid-19 has thrown up some unprecedented challenges for our health service and staff and it most certainly did so for our patients in vulnerable positions and their families. Covid-19 arriving on this island has seen great demands on our people, including behavioural and habitual changes to what we have long been accustomed. That should be recognised by this House. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate the Minister of State's presence here. The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, needs to look into this matter personally. We need to end the blanket ban on visitors in our hospitals and other care facilities. We need more humanity, more leadership and more solutions. Warm winter gardens could be considered for nursing homes. We are social creatures after all, and...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am pleased to be able to speak on this motion and to outline my sheer disgust that this statutory instrument was signed into law by the Taoiseach in the absence of his second Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. While I understand that the Minister was not sitting in that seat when this statutory instrument was signed at the end of August I feel that he and his party have not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review that he is carrying out into a company (details supplied); and the timeframe for the completion of this review. [26750/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Department that is carrying out the review into a company (details supplied). [26751/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is carrying out a review into company (details supplied); and if so, if this review is separate from that of the Department of Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 866. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access a family general practitioner in their locality [26743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 867. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access a family general practitioner in their locality [26744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 868. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access a family general practitioner in their locality [26745/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the shortage of general practitioner places in Killimer, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons in County Clare are being forced to travel to Limerick city to access testing for Covid-19 when there is a testing centre in Cusack Park, Ennis, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons in County Clare who do not drive are expected to attend a drive in Covid-19 testing centre in Limerick city while being advised not to use public transport and asked to self-isolate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the only treatment for persons with dry age-related macular degeneration disease, MacuShield, is not covered by the medical card reimbursement scheme in view of the fact that this mainly effects older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26749/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 993. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for persons in County Clare getting access to their yearly flu vaccination; when the vaccine will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27342/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: We are again debating a Bill representing a reaction to issues that have been allowed to develop rather than being nipped in the bud and dealt with head-on when they first cropped up. The issues facing the forestry industry have long been mooted and were mentioned in an article in the Irish Farmers' Journalas long ago as December 2019. As per usual, when questioned about this in May, the...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I would like to address the House briefly on the new Covid roadmap announced by the Government a number of days ago. We all appreciate that this framework was needed and that it is a roadmap for living with the virus over the coming months. However, it quickly became clear that the announcement was not as clear as was hoped. From day one, we heard Dublin was being placed on a type of level...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister of State announced €10 million for disability services. That is shameful, as it falls well short of the money required to properly fund and resource the sector. Since the election I have been contacted by several people who are experiencing serious issues in access to housing, healthcare and disability services. It has been truly appalling. Just last week, I again...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: First Stage (7 Oct 2020)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to bring the perspective of the residents who endure the constant flooding that happens in their areas, particularly, the residents of Springfield, Clonlara. I attended a public meeting there before Covid-19 hit Ireland in early March and was horrified at the stories relayed to me by these residents. These people endure extreme stress and some would call it trauma. We have had...