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Violet-Anne Wynne

Violet-Anne Wynne

Independent

It is an honour and a privilege to serve the people of Clare. In a given week, 30-40 constituents call, ring, or visit my office. Half of all constituents needed help with housing, two in five needed an advocate in medical matters - and I am proud to help anyone who asked, for as long as I can!

  • Priority: Housing

    As someone who has been homeless, I know we need more social housing, more emergency accomodation, and greater protections for renters in distress.

  • Priority:

    Health! We need an A&E for Clare, more investment in GP services, and access for all to essential services like dentistry, AONs, and CDNT.

  • Priority: Transport

    I am a public transport user! We need to make it easy to get around this county for those that don't or can't drive.

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Taxes and spending
1 of 32 questions
Money that is currently being saved for future policy challenges (such as climate change and an ageing population) should be spent now on things like housing and healthcare.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need to address the unmet need of housing and healthcare, especially with the growth in population and an ageing population. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Taxes and spending
2 of 32 questions
Taxes on people earning over €100,000 a year should be increased.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "And I go further; I would like to see an even higher taxation for those earning €140,000 plus "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Taxes and spending
3 of 32 questions
The Universal Social Charge (USC) is a necessary source of revenue and should be kept.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We must hold government to their promises. This was supposed to be a temporary measure and yet it has remained long after the recession ended. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Taxes and spending
4 of 32 questions
Tax on inheritance should be reduced, even if it means cutting back on public spending or increasing other taxes.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I am not in favour of cutting back on public spending especially in respect of health as we know how damaging that can be. There could be room for looking at properties inherited and the tax that may be incurred on that, and examining alternatives."

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Taxes and spending
5 of 32 questions
Universal payments, such as child benefit and energy credits, should be replaced with more targeted measures aimed at the less well-off.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "any benefit or credit going to those who absolutely do not need it is wrong. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Housing
6 of 32 questions
The government should focus on making houses more affordable rather than providing financial supports to first-time buyers.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "financial supports to first time buyers have been mooted as being a cause of hiking up house prices. Making them more affordable would be more advantageous. Delivery of increased supply will be the only way to do that. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Housing
7 of 32 questions
Planning guidelines should be relaxed to allow for more one-off rural housing
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Those who choose to live rural should be allowed to do so"

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Housing
8 of 32 questions
A rent freeze should be introduced across the country, even if it risks landlords leaving the market
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "rents have spiralled way out of control and beyond most households' attainability, thus, leaving many locked out of the rental market and locked into emergency accomodation, if they are lucky to get in. We have to do better and I believe a rental freeze would be immensely beneficial"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Housing
9 of 32 questions
The Local Property Tax should be scrapped, even if it means less money available for local councils
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "It cannot be immediately scrapped as local councils are now dependent on property tax. We need to see a secured annual funding stream from the exchequer to local authorities to ensure services such as road maintenance etc are maintained before we can discuss the reduction or removal of property tax"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Transport
10 of 32 questions
The provision of public transport (trains, light rail, buses) should be prioritised over building roads
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We have been a laggard in respect of prioritising public transport and buses for those in rural ireland in particular. It is not strong enough for people to use it as an alternative to the car. The network we have should be maintained, but we must develop the alternative!"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Transport
11 of 32 questions
The passenger cap at Dublin airport should be lifted
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I would like to see more regional balance when it comes to our airports. 50% of all of our FDI is in the Shannon region and therefore Shannon Airport needs to see more flights going to and from Shannon; I think the removal of the cap would hurt our airport."

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Environment, energy, agriculture
12 of 32 questions
Carbon taxes should continue to increase each year
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Not for the customer, Government need to tackle the big polluters who are making large profits"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Environment, energy, agriculture
13 of 32 questions
Ireland should give up its exemption under the EU Nitrates directive
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "we need to protect our family farms. They are the custodians of the land and should be respected more by government, especially when our car based transport (due to lack of public alternatives) and industries are major pollutants"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Environment, energy, agriculture
14 of 32 questions
The government should introduce measures to significantly reduce the extent of livestock farming in Ireland
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Rising costs have caused farmers to reduce their herds themsleves, last year saw a reduction of 30,000 cows. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Environment, energy, agriculture
15 of 32 questions
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals should be allowed in Ireland, to improve security of supply
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "government committed to not progressing the LNG in the program for government and should stick to that commitment. They are too environmentally damaging."

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Social issues and education
16 of 32 questions
Abortion should be allowed in a wider range of circumstances.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I support a compassionate response to abortion. I am pro-choice and believe it is a personal decision for each individual to make. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Social issues and education
17 of 32 questions
Policies to increase the representation of women in politics have gone too far
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need to see more support for women in politics and I do agree with gender quotas, only because it is the only fool way of ensuring that parties put forward and support women candidates. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Social issues and education
18 of 32 questions
New laws on hate speech should be introduced to protect vulnerable communities
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Hate speech is abhorrent, but the government are not capable of bringing forward a hate speech bill that is definitive and therefore have lost support for such a bill"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Social issues and education
19 of 32 questions
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have too much power in Irish policy making
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "after the care referendum I am concerned about the relationship"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Social issues and education
20 of 32 questions
Religious instruction should only take place outside school hours in Irish primary schools
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Social issues and education
21 of 32 questions
Gender diversity and transgender issues should be taught in Irish primary schools
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I want to see education more inclusive and tolerant in all settings, however, I do think that we need more discussion on what the appropriate age for these discussions is "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Immigration and asylum
22 of 32 questions
More resources should be given to improving conditions for asylum seekers
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Noone wants to see another human being suffer, sleeping in tents and on the streets in the Winter weather is not acceptable for anyone. The Government has poorly managed accommodation thus far. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Immigration and asylum
23 of 32 questions
Communities should be obliged to take their fair share of asylum seekers, even if there is local opposition
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Government have completely mismanaged communities and locations of accommodation - i believe if there were services brought in with IPAS centres there would be a lot less opposition!"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Immigration and asylum
24 of 32 questions
Accommodation centres for asylum seekers should not be located in economically disadvantaged areas
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I fear that if we add vulnerable people to an already vulnerable community, tension will increase as both communities will feel they have to fight the other for vital services. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Immigration and asylum
25 of 32 questions
Rules on immigrant work permits and student visas should become more restrictive
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "we have a lot of sectors where there would be big gaps in the workforce if such rules came in!"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Crime and policing
26 of 32 questions
The solution to anti-social behaviour lies in tackling poverty and disadvantage rather than tougher policing
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "we need more action on dereliction and vacancies as there is a known link between dereliction and anti-social behaviour. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Crime and policing
27 of 32 questions
Gardaí should take a more robust approach to dealing with political protests
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Gardaí have enough to be doing, the Government need to be more transparent and held to account as this is what is driving social unrest. "

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Foreign policy and defence
28 of 32 questions
Ireland should continue to provide financial and political support to Ukraine in response to the ongoing war
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We should be supporting the calls for peace and standing in solidarity with Ukraine"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Foreign policy and defence
29 of 32 questions
The EU should suspend its trade agreement with Israel
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "With immediate effect"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Foreign policy and defence
30 of 32 questions
Ireland should retain its ‘triple lock’ rule for deploying troops abroad
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "it is so important that we do not allow our neutrality to be weakened in any way and I have said such in the Dáil Chamber"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Foreign policy and defence
31 of 32 questions
Ireland should collaborate more with other EU member states on defence and security
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "we are a neutral state and should do everything to protect our neutrality"

- Violet-Anne Wynne
Irish unity
32 of 32 questions
A referendum on Irish unity should be held in the next five years
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "As a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement I am sick of the government putting United Ireland on the back burner. A referendum and its results should be planned for in the immediate future."

- Violet-Anne Wynne

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