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Tue, 31 May 2022
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Departmental Data
Violet-Anne Wynne
475. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for persons with disabilities; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of advocates by 8, 15 and 40 staff respectively, in tabular form [27869/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Violet-Anne Wynne
595. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. [27872/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Violet-Anne Wynne
831. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the frost reconstitution applications that have been received to date that his Department expect to approve in June and by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27856/22]
Tue, 31 May 2022
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
832. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated timeframe for the completion of Project Woodland and the implementation of the Mackinnon Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27857/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Public Transport
Violet-Anne Wynne
148. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the public transport spend per capita per county for each of the years 2016 to 2021 inclusive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Public Transport
Violet-Anne Wynne
149. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the public transport spend per capita for each of the electoral divisions in County Clare for each of the years 2016 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Departmental Surveys
Violet-Anne Wynne
159. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a labour force survey in County Clare; the estimated household sample size required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23946/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Central Statistics Office
Violet-Anne Wynne
160. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a survey on income and living conditions for County Clare; the estimated household sample size required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23950/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Fuel Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
169. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been put in place by his Department to alleviate fuel and energy poverty in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Fuel Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
170. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the methodologies, reports, databases, statistics and all other relevant sources used by his Department to measure fuel and energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23962/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Child Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
268. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the research and data material that was used by her Department for the purposes of measuring child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23951/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Child Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
269. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the research and data material that was used by her Department for the purposes of measuring child poverty in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23952/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Food Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
270. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the research and data material that was used by her Department for the purposes of measuring food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23953/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Food Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
271. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the research and data material that was used by the Working Group on Food Poverty in pursuit of its goals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23954/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Food Poverty
Violet-Anne Wynne
272. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the selected case study areas to be used in her Department’s research proposal to analyse the prevalence of food poverty; the drivers of food poverty that have been identified to date by his Department; the service providers and actors relating to food poverty in the State; the gaps identified by his Department in the service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23955/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Tax Code
Violet-Anne Wynne
132. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate for hospitality and tourism-related services until 31 December 2023. [22453/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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State Bodies
Violet-Anne Wynne
165. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff vacancies by grade currently in the Residential Tenancies Board; the estimated cost of filling each of those vacancies; when each of the vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [22455/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Schools Refurbishment
Violet-Anne Wynne
185. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of the major refurbishment works being carried out at a school (details supplied); and when these works will be completed. [22456/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Violet-Anne Wynne
204. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardai by rank attached to Clare Divisional Protective Services Bureau as of 1 May 2021 and 1 May 2022, in tabular form. [22454/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
232. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown by date of the last visit by HSE personnel to each school in County Clare with an ASD unit in tabular form. [22450/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Eating Disorders
Violet-Anne Wynne
233. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to provide treatment centres or community specialist services to support those with eating disorders in CHO area 3. [22451/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Hospital Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
234. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the minor injuries unit at Ennis Hospital in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [22452/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
925. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of private sector forest road licences with an attached single consent application that remain to be processed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
926. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the years the applications for forest road licences with single consent applications attached which remain unapproved were received by his Department on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17806/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
927. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Coillte forest road licences with an attached single consent application that remain to be processed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Forestry Sector
Violet-Anne Wynne
928. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that his Department is consistently processing more Coillte felling licences than private sector felling licences each week since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17808/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Departmental Surveys
Violet-Anne Wynne
48. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a labour force survey for County Clare; and the estimated household sample size required. [10297/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Local Authorities
Violet-Anne Wynne
117. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the decline in the number of staff employed by Clare County Council from 907.9 full-time equivalent in Q4 2008 to 794.05 full-time equivalent in Q4 2019 as expressed in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform databank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Local Authorities
Violet-Anne Wynne
118. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the decline in the number of staff employed by Clare County Council from 794.05 full-time equivalent in quarter four 2019 to 328.74 full-time equivalent in quarter four 2020 as expressed in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform databank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10301/22]
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Violet-Anne Wynne
99. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider removing the restrictions regarding work permits that limit those in receipt of the permits to only accept work from limited industries given that this limitation is currently preventing persons (details supplied) from taking up work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/22]
Thu, 17 Feb 2022
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EU Directives
Violet-Anne Wynne
163. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU directive allowing for class action lawsuits is still scheduled to be transposed into Irish law in December 2022; if so, when in 2023 it will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/22]
Thu, 17 Feb 2022
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Traveller Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
211. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the recommendation from the Traveller accommodation expert review group to repeal trespass laws is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8830/22]
Wed, 16 Feb 2022
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Employment Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
160. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021 in view of the difference in the figures in reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 934, 938, 939, 965, 969, 1007, 1011 and 1012 of 19 January 2022 and the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 19 January 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8819/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
103. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation of the report by the Ombudsman, Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes, for access to transport for disabled persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62412/21]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Public Sector Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
259. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if Government policy during the pandemic can be taken to mean that public servants working under the auspices of his Department were protected from short time working notwithstanding the commercial position of the employer as per the Labour Court recommendation regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8233/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Housing Policy
Violet-Anne Wynne
341. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a provision for a situation in which a perpetrator against whom a safety order limits proximity to a person (details supplied) is forced to reside under the set distance prescribed by the safety order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Emergency Accommodation
Violet-Anne Wynne
378. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a national or local policy stipulating that emergency accommodation must be wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Hospital Admissions
Violet-Anne Wynne
750. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due to diabetic ketoacidosis in persons with pre-existing diabetes; the number of admissions that were due to diabetic ketoacidosis in persons diagnosed with diabetes on or during admission in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [7937/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Hospital Admissions
Violet-Anne Wynne
751. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due to severe hypoglycaemia in each of the years 2017 to 2020 in the age ranges 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64 and over 65 years of age in tabular form. [7938/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
793. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the section 38 agencies that operate in County Clare; the type of service provided by each; the total grant received by each agency in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8074/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
794. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the section 39 agencies that operate in County Clare; the type of service provided by each; the total grant received by each agency in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8075/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Medical Cards
Violet-Anne Wynne
795. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population of County Clare with a medical card or general practitioner visit card in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8076/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Medical Cards
Violet-Anne Wynne
796. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the percentage and number of the population with a medical card who are receiving a prescription for a chronic health condition in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8077/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
797. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of practising general practitioners in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8078/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
798. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of practising general practitioners per 100,000 population by county in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
799. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of general practices in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8081/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
800. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly employed community nurses in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
801. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public and private non-acute physiotherapists in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
802. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute occupational therapists in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8084/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
803. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute speech and language therapists in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8085/22]