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Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
182. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to exclude children with autism from the CAMHS hub pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4637/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
183. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the full detail of location, composition, staffing complement and services offered at each of the new CAMHS hubs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4638/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
184. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has any future plans for a CAMHS Hub in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4639/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
185. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the full staffing complement and clinical spaces available to the east Clare CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4640/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
186. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the full staffing complement and clinical spaces available to the west Clare CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4641/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
187. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the success or otherwise of the Vision for Change target of establishing 129 CAMHS teams nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4642/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
188. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on whether CAMHS teams should continue to govern themselves independently; his future plans for further cohesion, oversight and accountability from his Department over CAMHS teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4643/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
189. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on a service level agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4644/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
190. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to report on the number of children who were refused support from a CAMHS team (details supplied) in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4645/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
191. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that parents are now being advised not to disclose an autism diagnosis when accessing support from CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4646/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
192. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that children with a primary diagnosis of autism are routinely refused support from CAMHS; the threshold or criteria set out in policy that allows these refusals to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4647/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
193. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reinstating a director of mental health services; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4648/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
194. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the need to regulate CAMHS and if that need has been costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4649/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
195. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the proposed telehealth option for those awaiting CAMHS support; the timeline for when this option will come onstream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4650/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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International Agreements
Violet-Anne Wynne
170. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland plans has any plans to exit an international treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4311/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Airport Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
206. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport to comment on the current iteration of the regional airports programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Airport Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
207. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport when a review into the Regional Airports Programme will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4314/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Airport Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
208. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the total to the nearest euro in State aid received by each airport in Ireland over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Aviation Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the steps that need to be taken in order to bring Irish aviation policy into line with the objectives of Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
225. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to allow non-blood recipients of carer's allowance to be eligible to apply for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Violet-Anne Wynne
361. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that homeowners affected by fire defects (details supplied) must go outside of Ireland to insure their home and contents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Departmental Policies
Violet-Anne Wynne
362. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4319/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
363. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the full rollout of the interim fire safety funding for apartment owners affected by fire defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4320/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Violet-Anne Wynne
390. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4330/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Prison Service
Violet-Anne Wynne
431. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the overcrowded conditions in the Irish Prison Service; if any changes have been made to the conditions of temporary release; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4321/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Violet-Anne Wynne
432. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the removal of the Ombudsman for Children's Office in the Domestic, Sexual & Gender Based Violence Services action due to the failure of delivery of required resources from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4322/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
450. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to increase biosecurity measures in light of the outbreak of bark beetle in Cratloe, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
451. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what ongoing supports his Department is offering to a cohort of farmers (details supplied); what engagements he has had with those farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
455. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the recent findings from the HIQA report into a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
492. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to amend the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 to expand the role of the NTPF 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. [4324/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
493. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 12 October 2023, if the promised additional 70,370 PA hours were delivered in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4325/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
575. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health when he plans to establish an alongside birth centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
207. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 20 June 2023, if he will agree that Regulation 10(5) is no longer legal and needs amendment; if he will agree that this amendment should extend to non-blood related carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3636/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
265. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the status of a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3625/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
266. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 841 of 17 January 2024 if he is satisfied with the target of ten units in Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3626/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
267. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on a recent report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
268. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for delay with granting the Enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant to homeowners in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
269. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional resources he has provided to the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office, if any, to assist Clare homeowners affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3629/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Violet-Anne Wynne
270. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full complement of staff and percentage of staff vacancies at the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3630/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Violet-Anne Wynne
283. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will comment on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3624/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Violet-Anne Wynne
301. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 11 October 2023, the number of safe homes delivered of the 50 that were committed to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3637/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Violet-Anne Wynne
302. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 11 October 2023, what refuge centres are expected to do in cases where service users cannot access the rental market after six weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3638/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
321. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on a recent report of the Health Information and Quality Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
343. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total waiting list for assessments of need, by length of time waiting, for children in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3635/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Health Service Executive
Violet-Anne Wynne
367. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his confidence or otherwise in the CEO of the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3631/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Health Service Executive
Violet-Anne Wynne
368. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his confidence or otherwise in the senior/executive management team at the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3632/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Industrial Disputes
Violet-Anne Wynne
369. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the total number of Parliamentary Question replies embargoed as a result of industrial action by an organisation (details supplied) in the HSE, by member, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3633/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
370. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the lack of step-down beds throughout the UL Hospitals Group; what measures he will implement to increase set-down capacity across the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3639/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
88. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the exact reason that a bus (details supplied) was delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
221. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his spending plans for an additional €10 million investment to support the development of mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
222. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review into maternity services with specific reference to homebirth being unavailable to those who live more than 30 minutes away from their nearest maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Tribunals of Inquiry
Violet-Anne Wynne
76. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will comment on the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2794/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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National Car Test
Violet-Anne Wynne
187. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport to comment on his awareness of the provisional of additional NCT centres in County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2855/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
358. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full complement of emergency accommodation centres in use by local authorities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2861/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
359. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the direct competition between his Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in securing emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2862/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
360. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the oversight applied to the third parties who manage emergency accommodation centres on behalf of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2863/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Departmental Data
Violet-Anne Wynne
403. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a child was refused to domiciliary care allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2859/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Grant Payments
Violet-Anne Wynne
482. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date he will pay all outstanding ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2864/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Grant Payments
Violet-Anne Wynne
483. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will pay interest to those who receive delayed ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments; if so, what metric will be applied to calculate the rate of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2865/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Grant Payments
Violet-Anne Wynne
484. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments outstanding, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2866/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
529. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will receive an assessment of needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2856/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
530. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will receive an assessment of needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2857/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Violet-Anne Wynne
531. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will receive an assessment of needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Violet-Anne Wynne
532. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if TUSLA can make representations on social housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2860/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
624. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health how he intends to implement the 49 recommendations identified in a report (details supplied) in respect of child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2868/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Emergency Departments
Violet-Anne Wynne
625. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of people under 18 years of age who have presented to accident and emergency at University Hospital Limerick with mental health issues and-or at risk of suicide or self-harm in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2869/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
626. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on the increase in recent years of children with medical referrals being refused support from child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
11. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the availability of homebirth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1839/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Violet-Anne Wynne
33. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; what surge capacity measures have been taken in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1838/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Further and Higher Education
Violet-Anne Wynne
94. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that the increase in medical places in Irish HEIs will address the shortfall of general practitioners in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2041/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Construction Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
110. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will comment on the measures he is taking to increase capacity and labour force within the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2040/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Bus Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
156. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the 350 and 333 both run through Ennistymon, however the 350 goes over the bridge at Blake's corner which is a very tight gap and results in traffic bottlenecking there. If both routes could follow the 350 course through the village it would solve this issue [2277/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Public Service Obligation
Violet-Anne Wynne
157. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the course of a PSO route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Wastewater Treatment
Violet-Anne Wynne
220. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will formally communicate with a local authority on the terms of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
283. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the number of afforestation licences issued each week continue to remain so low; if he intends to continue this practice into 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2274/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Referendum Campaigns
Violet-Anne Wynne
296. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on wording of proposed referenda in to take place in 2024 [1837/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Hospital Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
320. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the total complement of off-shift staff accommodation at a University of Limerick hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
299. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the development of a railway station at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1849/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Rail Network
Violet-Anne Wynne
300. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending a proposed rail line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Driver Licences
Violet-Anne Wynne
303. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if the decision to accept non-cash payments only to pay for driver's licences will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2044/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Primary Medical Certificates
Violet-Anne Wynne
370. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if the appeal hearings for the primary medical certificate have recommenced as planned at the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1851/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Provision
Violet-Anne Wynne
838. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
839. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the use of modular housing in tackling shortage of supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1843/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Homeless Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
840. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the recent increase in homelessness, with particular reference to child homelessness; the measures he will take to combat same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1844/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
841. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when housing schemes will be funded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
848. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2045/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Housing Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
849. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria that must be satisfied in order for a local authority to purchase a property under a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2046/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
1432. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
1452. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a collaborative approach involving stakeholder organisations (details supplied) will be used in planning expenditure under the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2043/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
1609. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55825/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Violet-Anne Wynne
1785. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health whether the process of being approved for the MCAP differs depending on the type of eligible condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1846/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Violet-Anne Wynne
1786. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what engagement and training is provided to consultants whose patients have been approved for MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1847/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Violet-Anne Wynne
1787. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the MCAP to include other conditions in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1848/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Tobacco Control Measures
Violet-Anne Wynne
1788. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that e-cigarette and vaping products are currently being sold across a very wide range of retail settings in Ireland; if he intends using the licensing provisions in the new Public Health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill 2023 to restrict the sales of these products to specialist vape stores and only those retailers that currently sell tobacco and alcohol products which are regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1853/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Tobacco Control Measures
Violet-Anne Wynne
1789. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that e-cigarette and vaping products that do not meet Irish product standards are widely available; if he will make it a condition for the licensing of retail outlets under the new licensing system provided for in the Public Health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill 2023 that they can only sell e-cigarettes and vaping products that are fully compliant with the standards for these products in force in Ireland, and what enforcement measures he is planning in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1854/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Tobacco Control Measures
Violet-Anne Wynne
1790. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the wide availability of e-cigarette and vaping products that do not meet standards for these products, and which some estimates put at between 20% to 25% of the market; what actions he and other agencies of the State are taking to combat this and to ensure that only e-cigarettes and vaping products that meet Irish regulatory standards can be sold here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1855/24]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Beef Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
29. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the new EuroStar evaluation for suckler cows and stock bulls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55828/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
31. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for significant delays in the issuance of ACRES payments to many farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55827/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Emergency Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
137. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the success or otherwise of the rapid build programme undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55826/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
418. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on whether farmers who can sell electricity generated by TAMS funded solar panels back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50282/23]