Results 221-240 of 4,659 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the work done by his Department to date on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place that set the national standards for pedestrian crossings; if any of these standards could preclude the design of pedestrian crossings whereby crossings are painted in the pride colours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Emergency Services (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason search and rescue crew members, who perform duties for a continuous 24-hour period, have their recorded working hours reduced to 16.5 hours; if this practice is consistent with national and EU legislation on working time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 637. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €3.15billion climate and nature fund that has been ringfenced for nature-specific projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 638. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of where the €3.15billion climate and nature fund is going to be spent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 653. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding has been allocated to Wicklow town courthouse under the NDP and the details of that allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 654. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the works undertaken on Wicklow town court house in 2024 and to date in 2025; the works, if any, planned over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to share the details of the school bus routes not operational for the start of the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis; the number of students impacted by those lacking services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the bidding for school bus contracts closed for the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis, if applicable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the Department will pay the exceptional no service interim grant up front rather than retrospectively due to the financial impact on parents of the lacking school bus services at the start of this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46067/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that approval will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1027. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the assessment of the impact of the use of the Difco cutter in peatlands, as mentioned in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the feasibility study on the creation of a national peatlands-wetlands park as committed to in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Programme for Government commitments regarding peatlands and maximising benefits for biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the restoration plan for 60 hectares of blanket bog in the Wicklow Mountains National Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46044/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct his Department to prepare legislation to ban the sale of Cherry Laurel in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department undertakes studies on the damage done by Cherry Laurel to biodiversity and environment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify which environmental projects have been submitted by his department officials as part of the National Development Plan bidding process; the budget allocation for said projects; which of those projects are directly linked to the implementation of Ireland’s legal obligations under the EU Nature Restoration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dedicated funding the Government has allocated for the implementation of the Nature Restoration Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46059/25]