Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]