Results 1,361-1,380 of 4,037 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the population figures her Department is using to forecast future student numbers for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10874/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider proceeding with the development of a 1,000 student school at a school (details supplied) in light of a forecasted dramatic increase in the student population based on research carried out by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10875/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum required sport facilities guidelines for secondary schools from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10876/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum required toilet facility guidelines for a student for secondary schools from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport scheme will be free for eligible families for the upcoming 2023/2024 school year; if not, if an announcement will be made regarding the reintroduction of fees in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10878/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will be releasing the results of a review of the school transport scheme which was carried out in February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will mandate his Department to examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended by the expert group report Partnership for the Public Good; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has calculated the additional cost burden on the healthcare system due to an increase in hyperemesis gravidarum patients presenting at emergency services to get an initial cariban prescription from an obstetrician consultant instead of their GP, so that they can claim back the cost of cariban under the new reimbursement scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage directly with an organisation (details supplied), the Irish College of General Practitioners, and other expert bodies on how best to implement the cariban reimbursement scheme in a manner which prioritises and maximises hyperemesis gravidarum patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline what the review of the HSE policy on provision of cariban will entail; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is currently a plan in place to develop the research on the impacts to farmland birds regarding the loss of winter stubbles; when such research is due to be initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10864/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be data available on the impacts to farmland birds regarding the loss of winter stubbles, to inform the Interim Review of the Nitrates Action Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the event of insufficient evidence on the effects of the loss of winter stubbles on farmland birds at the time of the Interim Review, if the requirement to shallow cultivate is to be withdrawn until such a time as there is data to show that this measure is not adversely impacting farmland birds; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming in today. It is really worthwhile having him in as there are a lot of questions we could ask and engage on. I would like to focus on the issue of controlled burning. The Climate Change Advisory Council was reported yesterday as saying that 1.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are released annually in Ireland through wildfires and wildfire practices. Some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does the Minister think it is time to review it? There are other mechanisms to deal with it. I wonder whether there has been enough oversight of the permits and the monitoring of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Are the emissions from those fires incorporated into and accounted for in the Department's targets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: On the basic farm payment, I know that when illegal burning occurs, it can be withheld, but it is only withheld for one year. The reality is that if you burn your land, it takes many years for it to recover and get back to full environmental health. Has the Minister considered extending that fine, so that it is not just for a single year, and that the fine is withheld until the land has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The basic farm payment is not an environmental measure. It is purely a question of whether you farm it, or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister.