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Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is in the past and going forward, they will be full-time jobs. I welcome that. I was not aware that these staff can be moved. One could be living in Dublin and be required to go to a centre that is a long commute away. I imagine that lack of certainty makes it difficult to recruit when people are required to travel considerable distances. I acknowledge the current staff, who...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The last time we discussed driving test wait times was in February as part of a Sinn Féin motion. At that time, the wait time in Wicklow was 26 weeks. It is now 33 weeks so the situation has got unusually worse. In Meath, the wait time is now a staggering 43 weeks. According to CSO data, wait times have grown in nearly every county. The situation is going backwards, unfortunately....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish a revised Energy Poverty Action Plan; the measures he proposes to take to address the incidence of energy poverty in Ireland in 2025 and throughout the lifetime of this Government; if he will implement the recommendations of the public consultation process conducted in 2024; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the €24 million committed by the ISIF has been transferred to the developer of the Greystones media campus to date; if conditions were placed on that funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement there has been between the ISIF and the developers of the Greystones media campus in relation to the site since the lease was entered into; if the ISIF raised concerns regarding a lack of progress to date with the developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the ISIF invested in the Greystones media campus project; and when the ISIF envisaged it would be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24616/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the bodies he has engaged with in relation to the Greystones media campus from 2020 to date; the extent of the engagement he has had with each body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance for a progress report on the development of the Greystones media campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mechanism is in place for the State to recoup any or all of its investment in the Greystones media campus in the event that the development does not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24619/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the conditions placed by the IDA on the long-lease of land in Greystones for the purposes of the development of the Greystones media campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24556/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA placed a development timeline on the developer of the Greystones media campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a rent review is part of the lease condition between the IDA and the developer of the Greystones media campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24558/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the properties and land rented by IDA in Wicklow from 2020 to date, in tabular form; the yearly rent paid per site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24559/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement there has been between the IDA and the developers of the Greystones media campus in relation to the site since the lease was entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date the lease between the IDA and the developer of the Greystones media campus was entered into, and with whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue surrounding the use of nicotine pouches during school hours by school students on school property; if she has had any discussions with the Minister for Health in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports the call by an organisation (details supplied) for health advisory guidelines to be issued to schools related to nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered sending out guidelines from her Department to provide advisory support to schools related to nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24624/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that are seen on a weekly basis by occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists, excluding those receiving initial assessments, in each quarter of each year from 2023 to April 2024,by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if she will incorporate nicotine pouches into the upcoming vaping legislation to restrict the use of flavours and the sale of nicotine pouches to under-18s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24627/25]