153. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the delay in processing address changes uploaded to mywelfare.ie, if she is aware that persons (details supplied) are having their disability payments paused due to address errors that they had already updated on mywelfare.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39436/24]
127. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered lowering the voting age to 16- or 17-years-of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39441/24]
126. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason graduates from private and independent higher education institutions in Ireland, specifically those awarded QQI, HETAC, and NCEA degrees, have been excluded from the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024, when the Bill is designed to extend the franchise to a broader range of graduates. [39435/24]
113. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the average class size of primary schools, by county and local authority area, in the 2023-2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39437/24]
82. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 4 July 2024, if there is to be an update to the disabled drivers and passengers scheme in this budget cycle; failing that, his Department’s recommendations for people currently being disadvantaged by the scheme due to the lack of a blood link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39439/24]
61. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ash dieback scheme recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38144/24]
60. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the challenges with the ACRES scheme, and the repayments that farmers are being requested to repay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38143/24]
47. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on progress in respect of the 50 safe houses; the number that have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38145/24]
41. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the reason the waiting time for visas is over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38146/24]
278. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend fuel allowance in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37683/24]
42. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the hot school meals programme is not serving disabled children as the prescribed menu does not have sufficient flexibility to allow for children with dietary restrictions to be adequately provided for, and that the programme funding cannot be used for bringing in someone to cook, even if the school and chef have agreed a price for nutritious and varied meals less than the total monies already being provided to the school for the purpose of hot school meals. [26240/24]
35. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the use of the supplementary welfare allowance for transport to necessary hospital appointments by constituents, to examine a case for a person (details supplied); if she is aware of the discretion given to members of her Department in deciding if this allowance is awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/24]
7. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37685/24]
72. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to secure home insurance due to the issue of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/24]
64. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/24]
38. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to reopen the Irish college in Carrigaholt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37026/24]
428. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rental inspections completed by local authorities, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37031/24]
427. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the housing assistance payments are in respect of three kids and more; the reason it does not increase for any child after the third; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37029/24]
346. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has plans to regulate the short-term let sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37033/24]
204. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of complaints that have been submitted to the Ombudsman in respect of local authorities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37032/24]
2067. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for people on disability in rural areas, to ensure that they can afford transport to hospital appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35843/24]
2011. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the development of the new veterinary training course; whether the location has been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35810/24]
1914. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the means by which a pregnant person (details supplied) is supposed to avail of sufficient maternity care if no local GPs are willing to take her on as a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/24]
1913. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the progress in extending the LIU hours in each CHO, in particular CHO3, as they are the most pressured CHO in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/24]
1912. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason for delays in tonsillectomy for a child (details supplied) whose health is severely compromised due to the wait for this routine procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35796/24]
1911. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) has been waiting six months for an appointment, after two GP letters regarding the suspected recurrence of skin cancer, although the patient now has an appointment for November, if the Minister is content with this level of cancer care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35795/24]
1910. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the safeguarding policy in place for vulnerable patients (details supplied) once admitted to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/24]
1909. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to accident and emergency charges of over €100 for parents of children with specialist care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/24]
1908. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the long-term illness scheme to more conditions such as early onset Alzheimer’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35792/24]
1546. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the recruitment issue within the CDNT teams; if the HSE are offering full-time permanent contracts when these vacancies are advertised, as opposed to part-time, temporary or agency cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/24]
1545. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on those children referred to primary care receiving more service appointments weekly compared to those children referred to CDNT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35782/24]
1544. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will accept that the CDNT pathway has not sufficiently alleviated the wait for assessments of needs and services; if he will consider an integration of services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35781/24]
1543. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress his Department has made in respect of adding the socio-economic grounds, as a ground for discrimination, in the Equality Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35780/24]
1542. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the current occupational therapy vacancy still exists within the Blackberry CDNT in Tipperary, causing at least one patient (details supplied) to wait two and a half years for an appointment; when the HSE expects the position to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35779/24]
1541. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancies that currently exist within the CDNT teams, by each CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/24]
1018. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available for people on disability in rural areas, to ensure they can afford transport to hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35807/24]
889. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the 16-week wait time for pre-planning applications of water connectivity with Uisce Éireann. [35806/24]
888. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an increase of current expenditure to Clare County Council to meet the specified requirement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/24]
887. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delays in processing housing applications and HMD1 forms by local authorities, with a current waiting list of 12 weeks in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/24]
886. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down for Traveller-specific accommodation in County Clare in the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/24]
696. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35789/24]
695. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the cost of transporting children to and from schools by way of taxi, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35788/24]
694. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of children that had an SNA at the start of the academic year in September 2023 and September 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35787/24]
693. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of special needs assistants and vacancies for each county; how many vacances there are currently in County Clare, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35786/24]
692. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the failure of the roll out of the pilot school transport scheme in County Clare, the fact that parents are now avoiding the service and that it is disincentivising rural people from using the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35785/24]
691. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on students being asked to take public transport options that will leave them arriving at school before the buildings are opened (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35784/24]
494. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that key social enterprises in Ireland have equal access to enterprise support, such as funding and mentoring from Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), especially considering the reported difficulties these organisations are facing accessing LEO support due to their legal status or perceived lack of commercial viability. [35790/24]
306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the status of the approval of funding required for the Ennis town bus to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35809/24]
305. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has not rolled out the 90-minute Leap card travel window to counties outside of Dublin, such as County Clare, which has recently had its 343 bus route cut into two requiring customers to pay twice; if he will consider introducing this measure in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/24]
2469. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the unpredictable nature of satellite Shannondoc service hours in west Clare; if he will facilitate a meeting with service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33070/24]