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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (21 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 18 October 2023, how persons in Clare can avail of the use of time-related savings to source assessments of need privately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (21 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 31 January 2023, if he is satisfied that only 49 patients to date proves the success of the MCAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50914/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and contributions. I commend the work that has gone into their campaign. The collection of the 15,000 signatures is extremely significant, as is the time they have spent on this matter, raising it as best they could. I have several points I wish to raise and then one or two questions, which I might just leave until the end. Between them, the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Was the Minister aware this group was coming here today, do we know?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I know that the committees can request a Minister to come in at any given time.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Fair enough.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I think I touched on everything. The only thing I did not mention outside Shannondoc was the issue with GP care in County Clare and how we have 25 fewer than the national average of GPs. I am contacted quite often - every week, actually - by people who are either unable to get an appointment for two or three or they have no GP whatever. Then there are those who have relocated to County...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the designation in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50464/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria or threshold to be met for a secondary school (details supplied) to be designated as a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50465/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will lay out the exact social housing competencies for which local authorities are responsible, as opposed to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if anything can be done in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50463/23]

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The objective for all of us in this House should be to stand up against the brutality and injustice that has been unfolding in front of our eyes. Yesterday I stated that the public are outraged by the scenes of inhumanity and that they could care less for the differences in this House, especially when it comes to atrocities on a scale such as that we have seen. I acknowledge the emails my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, outlined to me yesterday evening that she would not be in a position to take this question here this morning. Nonetheless, I am very grateful to the Minister for her engagement on the matter and for ensuring that the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, is present in order for the question to be taken today. It is vitally important for me,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate all the information outlined in his response. The ideal outcome is that the school gets the hot meals programme reinstated as a matter of urgency because its withdrawal has caused considerable distress for the pupils and staff. The situation arising in the first instance indicates that there is a wider picture issue here around the amalgamation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long-term sustainability of GP services in County Clare in view of an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 155. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to actively recruit GPs to come and work in rural practices from outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50284/23]

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will begin, as I always do in these important and serious contributions, by condemning unreservedly the actions of Hamas and the war crimes and genocide being perpetrated by Israel. Since I last spoke on this matter in the House, the power to the Al-Shifa Hospital and all hospitals in northern Gaza has been cut. Babies are being taken out of incubators, wrapped in foil and placed next to...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to begin by acknowledging the good work of the Electoral Commission. I am delighted to speak on the Bill. Along with other Members, I also support the reduction of the voting age to 16. It is a progressive, inclusive and absolutely necessary step that could have been taken long before now. Nonetheless, it is a positive move that I welcome. I welcome that my constituency of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (14 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a situation at Shannon Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49638/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I will try my best. I raise the issue of the imminent closure of a GP surgery in Kilrush in west Clare. For the past number of years, the HSE has provided temporary locums but that solution has been completely inconsistent and not ideal, as the Minister can imagine. I am looking for the Government, but, in particular, the Minister for Health, to give this GP practice their attention. As I...