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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Last night "RTÉ Investigates" made for difficult viewing for parents of children all across the country. Not only did it, once again, highlight the scandal of the incredible waiting lists for children awaiting assessment of needs, but it also exposed the incredible situation that, when a parent is unable to get the supports from the HSE in the public system and they manage to scrap...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will follow on from Senator Dooley's questions. Is conflict so intrinsic to the role of IFI, as an entity, that there will always be problems when it comes to its governance? For example, under the Inland Fisheries Act 2010, the functions of IFI are to promote, support, facilitate and advise the Minister on the conservation, protection and management of inland fisheries and to encourage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: On that point, IFI has no remit when it comes to habitat protection so it is essentially just looking after the fish. If one arm of IFI is saying it wants to increase the number of fish and the other arm is saying it wants to encourage a reduction in the number of fish, then that is a difficult position in which to put the organisation. The staff do great work but that is a very difficult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does the Minister not think that is part of the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does the Minister not think it should be separate? There was a missed opportunity when the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service took place. There should have been an element of fisheries conservation incorporated into that review. The reality is that if someone rings up IFI and says they think there is an issue in a river, unless there are fish floating on the surface, IFI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline what is envisaged in terms of the proposed administrative scheme to deal with costs associated with initiating proceedings relating to non-compliance with national law relating to the environment; if the scheme will replace existing protective costs orders; if it will provide for public interest and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify when the Annex of Actions to the Climate Action Plan 2023 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10872/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the implementation plan for the Climate Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10881/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded under SEAI energy poverty schemes on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022; if he will provide a breakdown of works undertaken under those schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of live applications for the better energy warmer homes scheme; the average waiting time for an application to be assessed, both countrywide and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications for the SEAI warmer homes grant; the current average length of time persons are waiting for SEAI warmer homes grant works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded to BER B2 under SEAI retrofitting schemes on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of heat pumps installed on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022 in existing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-interest loans to enable homes to retrofit will be available; the number of grant applications awaiting the finalisation of this rate before progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have applied for SEAI solar grants; the number of homes that have been approved for solar for each year since its inception, up to and including 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of the small-scale generation support scheme; the policy measures that will be included in this proposal; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed State-owned vehicles on the national vehicle and driver file in each of the years 2018 to 2022; the number of hybrid and electric vehicles in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to grants for the purchase of electric vehicles over the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by electric and hybrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heat pumps that have been installed on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022 in new homes. [10885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can supply a timeline for works to be carried out at a school (details supplied), including when the work will be put out to tender, planning permission dates, a date that the works will be completed by, and a date that the new classrooms will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10873/23]