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Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Departmental Data
Violet-Anne Wynne
422. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of private beds, by unit, in tabular form, at University Hospital Limerick; if those private beds can be used by public patients as a surge capacity measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11442/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Departmental Data
Violet-Anne Wynne
423. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the full list of defined roles under the patient and client care heading of the HSE health service personnel census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11443/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
180. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the new rail stations to be opened under a strategy (details supplied); when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10438/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
181. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the PSO funding required for the procurement of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10446/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
182. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters currently in County Clare; his plans for future shelters, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10447/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
183. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the shortfall of bus shelters in County Clare; his plans to address that shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
184. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the number of bus shelters in County Clare with no up-to-date timetables displayed; his plans to replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10449/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
185. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport what plans his Department has in respect of signs or plaques to denote bus stops on buildings and in areas where buses stop but there is no bus shelter present in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10450/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
186. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if an online timetable will be updated to adequately reflect arrival and departure times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Banking Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
223. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance his views on what work he is undertaking with respect to banks and financial institutions accepting disability allowance and carers allowance as income when an individual applies for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Violet-Anne Wynne
450. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of applications received for exceptional needs payments from County Clare in the past 12 months; how many were granted; how many were rejected, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10440/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Work Permits
Violet-Anne Wynne
526. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of farming work permits taken up in Clare over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
722. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
723. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
724. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
725. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
10. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Health Service Executive
Violet-Anne Wynne
129. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Violet-Anne Wynne
132. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Customs and Excise
Violet-Anne Wynne
165. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Violet-Anne Wynne
206. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Violet-Anne Wynne
207. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Electoral Process
Violet-Anne Wynne
217. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
222. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 22 February 2024, his views on two further applications for affordable purchase schemes in Ennis that were received by his Department in December 2023 and January 2024 and are currently under assessment; if that assessment has now been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9875/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Wastewater Treatment
Violet-Anne Wynne
223. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his plans in respect of each of the 51 individual settlements in County Clare without wastewater treatment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9879/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Water Quality
Violet-Anne Wynne
224. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the works to improve water quality in west Clare with respect to remedying the continued issues with drinking water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9883/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Law Reform Commission
Violet-Anne Wynne
245. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice about the publication of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9873/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Animal Feedstuffs
Violet-Anne Wynne
252. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the recent meeting of the Agriculture Water Quality Group and his commitment to immediately implement the flexibilities on concentrate feed and the calf N allocation, which was previously committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
253. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestation licence issuances are still not matching the rate of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Violet-Anne Wynne
275. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revisit the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017 and progress it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9874/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Statutory Instruments
Violet-Anne Wynne
299. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will bring forward a statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6425/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
318. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason that a site in Limerick as opposed to a site in Clare was selected for a surgical hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9881/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Further and Higher Education
Violet-Anne Wynne
31. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will comment on his future plans for the expansion of further and higher education in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Violet-Anne Wynne
154. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a point of policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Violet-Anne Wynne
351. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider putting a regulator in place to assist people in availing of the remediation scheme in respect of the not our fault campaign and issues arising with management companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9121/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Violet-Anne Wynne
576. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid to an out-of-hours GP service by his Department under a service level agreement in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Emergency Departments
Violet-Anne Wynne
577. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current situation where 450,000-plus people in CHO 3 can only avail of one emergency department at UHL Dooradoyle, which is consistently the most overcrowded emergency department in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9122/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Patient Transport
Violet-Anne Wynne
578. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients in CHO 3 to haemodialysis treatment by taxi for each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9123/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Eating Disorders
Violet-Anne Wynne
579. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the funding provided for treatment centres and specialist community services to support those with eating disorders in CHO 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9124/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
580. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses and areas covered by each in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9125/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Eating Disorders
Violet-Anne Wynne
581. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist dieticians, nutrition specialists and therapists specialising in eating disorders who work out of Ennis General Hospital through the CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9126/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Nitrates Usage
Violet-Anne Wynne
63. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will comment on agricultural sustainability in the context of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8371/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Electoral Process
Violet-Anne Wynne
165. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an accessibility update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8541/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
178. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 15 February 2024, the number of houses that will be remediated in 2024; the targets he has set in relation to completions for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8544/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
179. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what proposals have been received from a local authority (details supplied) with respect to support from his Department for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8547/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
235. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the future of Irish agriculture following the ending of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8545/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Violet-Anne Wynne
292. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing patients with a ministerial licence to access the products that are approved under the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8542/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Hospital Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
293. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual salary of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8543/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Student Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
302. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the availability of student accommodation in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Code
Violet-Anne Wynne
60. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update with respect to the Green Paper on disability which has been drafted by her Department and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7912/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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National Car Test
Violet-Anne Wynne
181. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 23 January 2024, to seek an update on the establishment of an NCT testing centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7907/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Violet-Anne Wynne
382. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7910/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
461. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 30 January 2024, if he is satisfied with the international standard ISPM No.15 for regulation of wood packaging in international trade and its effectiveness in finding contaminated wood and preventing Ireland’s exposure from future threats similar to the recent bark beetle issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7911/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
597. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to comment on the appointment of an official (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7908/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
598. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 23 November 2023, if he will outline the findings from the recent injury unit review and if he will comment on a possible extension of opening hours at Ennis injury unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7909/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
133. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the provision of affordable housing in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Tourist Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
221. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the progress made within her Department on a short term lettings register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7327/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
243. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 25 January 2024, the total amount of the significant investment referenced in addressing defects in housing to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Local Authorities
Violet-Anne Wynne
244. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 25 January 2024, if he will provide an update on the establishment of a national steering group set up under the new governance structure within CCMA; if he will outline the list of the full membership of the steering group; when the group is scheduled to meet next; to provide an update on the work programme agreed; what resources and funding have been deemed adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7330/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
269. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a situation (details supplied); the steps she will take to reinstate funding as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7326/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
316. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the waiting list for assessments of need for children in Clare, by time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
317. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to create a database for a centralised system to monitor and manage applications and referrals for PA service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Departmental Licences
Violet-Anne Wynne
401. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of licence applications he has received to date under Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 known as the Ministerial licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7328/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Violet-Anne Wynne
86. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will comment on the provision of ASD units in primary and post-primary schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6361/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Road Signage
Violet-Anne Wynne
209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the ongoing use by his Department of "accident black spots", and their proven effectiveness as speed reduction measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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School Admissions
Violet-Anne Wynne
300. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a family in securing a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6426/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
405. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the success or otherwise of the cost-rental tenant-in-situ scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6360/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
586. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the availability of private capacity to be used as a surge measure by a hospital group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6356/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
587. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health for the corporate structure of the full complement of a senior management team at a hospital group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6357/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
77. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport when the rollout of QR code train tickets on all rail routes in Ireland will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5310/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
78. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the infrastructure upgrades that will be required at Ennis train station to allow for the use of QR code/digital tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5311/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Violet-Anne Wynne
351. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 25 January 2024, if any of the Cuan safe homes referred to were delivered in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5304/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Violet-Anne Wynne
352. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 25 January 2024, if any Cuan safe homes were delivered in County Clare; if not, will any housing supports be delivered to support Clare Haven services refuge in Clare for 2024/2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5305/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
528. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what is meant by the term “digital wards”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
529. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he can advise on a tender process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5307/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
530. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 18 January 2024, the number of homebirths by county for each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5309/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
531. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide a service at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5312/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
532. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide a service at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5313/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
533. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide a service at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5314/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
534. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take in 2024 to extend the opening hours of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5315/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
535. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take in 2024 to extend the opening hours of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5316/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
536. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the progress of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5317/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
537. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and what services will be based out of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5318/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Violet-Anne Wynne
538. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 to expand the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund so that they may facilitate a subvention of public funding to provide private assessments of need for the 20 children waiting the longest in each county each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5320/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Regional Airports
Violet-Anne Wynne
29. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his view on Shannon Airport becoming a permanent member of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
31. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the future of rail transport in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
87. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4611/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Violet-Anne Wynne
97. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the decision to remove the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53599/23]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Violet-Anne Wynne
214. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the reason hairdressers fall under the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/23]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
30. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4652/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Violet-Anne Wynne
101. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused an exceptional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4632/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Violet-Anne Wynne
102. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection that average length of time it takes from the day of application for an applicant to be either granted or denied disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4651/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Invasive Species Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
119. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department has had with Scottish authorities on matters of biosecurity with specific reference to the bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4628/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Tree Remediation
Violet-Anne Wynne
120. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the issue of ash dieback in respect of roadside recovery and felling, who is responsible for clearing ash dieback effects from the roadside; what role his Department has in this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Tree Remediation
Violet-Anne Wynne
121. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with local authorities on the recovery of ash dieback from the roadside; if he has a role in requesting a local authority to remove ash dieback related debris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4630/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Invasive Species Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
122. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he will ensure biosecurity measures at Irish points of entry are increased as a preventative step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Invasive Species Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
123. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to temporarily suspend the importation of timber into Ireland while simultaneously setting up a taskforce and a National Forestry Strategy in his Department to oversee and investigate the biosecurity failings that allowed bark beetle to enter County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4633/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
124. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the significant lack of confidence from farmers in respect of the delays with the forestry programme and the need for the urgent establishment of a national forestry strategy taskforce to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
180. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on any developments made by his Department with implementing the 49 recommendations identified in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
181. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that 35% of the members of an organisation (details supplied) have said they would not feel comfortable to make a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4636/24]