Parliamentary questions

Tax Exemptions

Violet-Anne Wynne

158. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for a pre-registration VAT exemption status for qualified and accredited members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17227/24]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

222. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what progress has been made in respect of the two affordable housing scheme applications from Clare County Council for Ennis; if approval has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/24]

Housing Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

223. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update following the recent housing development rejection by his Department in north Clare due to a lack of water infrastructure after approval being received from his Department for the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/24]

Housing Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

224. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures a tenant can take in cases where they do not receive an official notice to quit and therefore local authorities do not accept them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/24]

Disability Diagnoses

Violet-Anne Wynne

279. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that Clare Early Intervention Services often deem children with additional needs as not meeting the criteria threshold, a decision often arrived at without any meeting; if he is concerned that children with additional needs are not meeting criteria in respect of disability in CAMHS and CEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/24]

Primary Care Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

280. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health when the parent of a child (details supplied) will receive a call back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/24]

Departmental Funding

Violet-Anne Wynne

281. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the funding given to an organisation (details supplied); if he accepts that the current 9% it receives is not enough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17222/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Violet-Anne Wynne

282. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the progress made in respect of regulating psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists in light of the number of issues in the media with the lack of regulation of such professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17229/24]

Departmental Funding

Violet-Anne Wynne

305. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the funding difficulties that affect an organisation (details supplied) and its delivery of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Violet-Anne Wynne

306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the waiting lists for adult assessments, such as ASD and ADHD, in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/24]

General Practitioner Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

307. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a patient who needed the services of Shannondoc in north Clare, was told they had to make their way to the service to get treatment and Shannondoc refused to do a call-out to the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17225/24]

General Practitioner Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

308. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if Shannondoc will arrange for a GP to call to a patient's home if they cannot find transport into the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17226/24]

Medical Register

Violet-Anne Wynne

309. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding the delay in establishing a statutory register of counsellors and psychotherapists in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17228/24]

Special Educational Needs

Violet-Anne Wynne

107. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the provision of SET hours for the 2024-2025 academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16468/24]

Road Safety

Violet-Anne Wynne

123. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to adding road safety to all levels of the primary and post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16469/24]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

522. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice how funding will be spent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16467/24]

Housing Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

52. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the provision of affordable housing in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15723/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

70. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the success or otherwise of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

78. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason not one applicant has received the defective concrete block scheme grant in Clare; when he expects the first grants to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15725/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

79. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be conducting an inquiry into the offending parties in respect of the defective concrete blocks issue that has plagued homeowners across the State and destroyed people’s homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

80. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the defective concrete block scheme with respect to homeowners who have mortgages that are worth zero; if he has considered the implications for them in respect of insurance and the liability to have any currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

81. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the significant delays homeowners affected by the defective concrete blocks scheme have been facing with the Housing Agency and the impact that this is having on the homeowners who are already dealing with issues with their property daily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

82. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on significant delays that have been experienced by homeowners availing of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme with respect to ability to contact the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

83. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the point of a damage threshold in respect of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15730/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Violet-Anne Wynne

84. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans for ensuring that service users of emergency accommodation from local authorities will seek their feedback on their experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15731/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

85. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the disagreement in respect of deleterious foundations in properties in Clare affected by the defective concrete blocks scheme; if he will address the matter that deleterious foundations also need to be remediated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15732/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

86. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the appeals process for the defective concrete blocks scheme; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15733/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

87. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that builders in Clare are saying that they will not build on defective foundations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

88. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the trauma that owning a property with defective concrete blocks has been exacerbated by the poor administration of the DCB scheme; the effects on their health and advanced ageing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/24]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered issues of the potential conflict in respect of NSAI panel members in the DCB scheme as they will potentially be regulating their own industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/24]

Housing Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

90. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify that adult tenants in their parents' council house would be in a position to submit their own housing application to the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15744/24]

Hospital Procedures

Violet-Anne Wynne

174. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the closure of elective surgeries in the mid-west region; how the increase in demand due to closures will impact on service delivery in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15737/24]

Hospital Overcrowding

Violet-Anne Wynne

175. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans in detailed timeline with respect to recent measures announced for the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15738/24]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

176. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has confidence in the CEO of the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/24]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

177. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has confidence in the Senior Leadership Team at the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15740/24]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

178. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to reform the senior management structure at the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15741/24]

Hospital Facilities

Violet-Anne Wynne

179. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress of an application submitted for the €9.95 million upgrade of the theatre complex and sterile services department at Ennis Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15742/24]

Departmental Data

Violet-Anne Wynne

180. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of births that took place in County Clare in the years 2019 to 2024 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15745/24]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

181. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 27 February 2024, what the ratio of public health nurse to population is in Clare; whether it is below the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15746/24]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

182. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out public health nurse clinics in areas not covered by a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/24]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

183. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he has the power to terminate the contract of a Hospital Group CEO; what steps he can take up to that point to discipline a Hospital Group CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/24]

Hospital Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

184. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of attendances per month since 1 January 2023 to Ennis injury unit to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/24]

Hospital Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

185. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of attendances per month since 1 January 2023 to the acute medical assessment unit at Ennis Hospital to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15750/24]

Departmental Licences

Violet-Anne Wynne

186. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 15 February 2024, the conditions that the 319 Ministerial licences were granted to treat, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/24]

Bus Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

250. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport for a status update in respect of a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/24]

Bus Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

251. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport for a status update in respect of a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15251/24]

Public Transport

Violet-Anne Wynne

252. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to take a public transport audit in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15254/24]

Public Transport

Violet-Anne Wynne

253. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the issues that people with disabilities face when it comes to using public transport and space for their mobility device; if he is aware that some disability spaces on public transport are not big enough and that mobility devices are being damaged trying to fit in the space provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/24]

An Garda Síochána

Violet-Anne Wynne

330. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of unused or derelict Garda stations in County Clare; if he has any plans for the use of same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/24]

Local Authorities

Violet-Anne Wynne

709. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total social housing output as advised to his Department by a local authority (details supplied) in the years 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/24]