Results 41-60 of 3,645 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts tendered to private transport companies to cover routes previously covered by public transport companies from 2010 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the withdrawal of the 863 direct bus service between Blessington and Dublin city centre by a private operator in April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20920/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the NTA on providing a coastal local link bus serving towns between Arklow to Greystones in the last six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20921/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what progress his Department has made in drafting and adopting of a statutory code of conduct for preventing the wilful and deliberate harassment of basking sharks in Irish territorial waters where they are now legally protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20924/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the exemption for those people with status and-or leave to remain in direct provision centres who have been issued transfer letters to lone parents and their children, like has been done for those who are over the age of 65 or with significant medical or welfare needs; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of long waiting list times for an initial assessment with National Counselling Services; what he is doing to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing minor citizenship certificates; when the minor citizenship certification will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the translation supports, if any, that are available to GP practices that do not qualify for assistance from HSE primary care or HSE social inclusion but provide service to a large cohort of Ukrainian patients. [19701/24]

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank my colleague Deputy Gannon who has very strongly and adeptly described the flaws and gaps in this legislation, and indeed the trauma still experienced by so many survivors in the State. I want to talk about another group of men and women who deserve recognition and the support of the State but who have been completely ignored by it to date, namely the survivors of Westbank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for coming in today. My daughter asked me to say "Thank you very much" on her behalf as she makes an absolute killing from returning bottles and cans, which also considerably reduces the amount of pocket money required from her parents. I want to raise the issue of disability proofing the new recycling machines. When the circular economy Bill was before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: A huge amount of money would have been spent on designing these machines. They will not be easily retrofitted to make them accessible so this work should have been done. Re-turn Ireland won a contract or was the designated body that the Government established to run the scheme. I gather from what the Minister of State has said is that there was no direct consultation with the likes of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would like to get an understanding of exactly what level of consultation took place, and perhaps this needs to come from Re-turn Ireland itself. My guess is that either there was no or very limited consultation or that when consultation happened, the feedback it got was not incorporated into the design because we essentially have machinery in all the major supermarkets across the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is just to use them, however. Essentially, Re-turn Ireland was to set up a scheme that was accessible under the rules that Government set down. Dopes the Minister of Sate believe it has set up a scheme that is accessible, and, if not, what is he going to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a binary thing for someone in a wheelchair who cannot reach the hole to put in the container.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is hard, though. I am really conscious of my time, so the Minister of State might forgive me if I am cutting across him. If a blind person goes up to a machine to try to access it, there is no voice telling him or her what to do. There are no buttons, symbols or Braille or anything on the machine. The first time I used it, I was sort of standing there wondering what to do. If a person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am sure it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: However, the Minister-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, but we are not talking about shopping. We are talking about-----