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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the guidelines in relation to informal childcare arrangements during the current lockdown for when primary school finishes in the early afternoon and a childminder is available to assist in which parents are working full-time; if these arrangements are permitted during March 2021; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the circumstances regarding the assessment of needs in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15006/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their really interesting contributions. I have a question for Dr. Sloman on the roads building programme. We are in the middle of revising our national development plan. In 2018, €5.7 billion was committed to road building. Does she believe that there should be a complete stop to road building at this point or would it be more appropriate to examine the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: They are for any witness who might have thoughts on them.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming before us today and talking us through the Estimates. My questions cover the framework. I will start with youth organisations. I know there was a €5 million increase allocated to those but young people have been particularly hard hit during Covid and there are many who would have disengaged with the education system and from their social circles and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Gorse Burning (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome that national parks are being tasked with more intensive targeted measures, but, unfortunately, it seems to me like it is more of the same. Each year this happens, there are calls for more penalties and greater investigations, but each year it happens. We need a rethink and to look again at how we are managing this problem because the solutions that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Gorse Burning (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. As he is aware, just four days ago, on Sunday 7 March, 18 firefighters, two Civil Defence units and the National Parks and Wildlife Service tackled a large gorse fire at Scarr Mountain in County Wicklow. This fire ended up scorching 50 ha of land designated as special area of conservation, which is our national park in Wicklow. These...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parent’s leave and benefit (amendment) Bill 2020 will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13575/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: It has been 83 days since the committee handed back the recommendations so I hope the time the Minister has taken has been to incorporate those recommendations, not to get rid of them. The frustrating thing for me is the sense of urgency with this. There was a huge sense of urgency in getting this Bill up and running. I do not know if the Minister can picture that image by the Spanish...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: For a lot of what we are trying to get into place, infrastructural changes will be required and there are lead-in times for that. The Government has a target of 2030 as the next major step. We had the transport discussions yesterday with the climate committee. It came as a surprise to me that when the National Transport Authority is putting in applications for Government funding or putting...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the new climate action and low carbon development (amendment) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13252/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: It reflects the importance of the Bill in question that it is also the subject of my priority question. I would also like to ask the Minister for an update on the Bill. To take it a bit further, what are the actual delays with it? The Minister has said that considerable work has gone into it. When the committee first received the document, the Minister hoped for a two week pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of microgeneration; when persons will be able to sell power back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of retrofitting homes in the country; the number of those who have availed of the retrofitting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45096/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Commissioner (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the just transition plan; when he will establish a just transition commissioner as a statutory office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to legislate for a ban on the importation of fracked gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45094/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount spent on the EWSS for the childcare sector on a monthly basis since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she will ensure that the €50 million to be provided for promoters, producers and live music venues will filter down to individual small businesses in this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12840/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for the introduction of special schools from 50% to 100% capacity in the next few weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of admissions to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12838/21]