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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting time that a person has to wait before they can change their name on their passport via a deed poll; the current conditions as set out for persons seeking to change their name on a passport; if he will consider reducing the timeframe for persons who are due to get married or travel and wish to do so under their new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools which will get solar panels; the number of schools on an annual basis that will be fitted with free solar PV panels under recently announced proposals; the total amount of funding that will be made available on an annual basis to complete this programme of works; if she will outline the process by which this will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for when each school in Ireland will get free solar PV panels as part of budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the college fee re-imbursement announced in budget 2023 will apply to Irish students studying abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the particular situation facing a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50176/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(5) The Minister will establish a committee to look into ways by which future schemes, in relation to the provision of electricity costs emergency benefit payments, are allocated in a targeted manner direct at individuals most vulnerable to fuel poverty or who are financially vulnerable. The Committee...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will come back in again. The amendment made an important point which I think the Minister of State has missed. I am pleased there is a cross-departmental stakeholder group looking at energy poverty. That is important. However, this amendment also says the results and analysis of the committee will be incorporated into any future schemes with regard to this electricity emergency Bill....

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Where in this Bill is the committee's advice? Where is it reflected? There has been zero targeting in this Bill. We are seeing €34 million going to people who have a household income of more than €200,000. A figure of €170 million is going to people whose household income is €120,000 and €50 million is going to people who have holiday homes. There has...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: There we have the answer. I am glad there has been some honesty regarding this particular aspect. When it first came to the Dáil and was discussed in December, the reason we were told it was not targeted was because the capability and mechanism was not there. Now, there is an acknowledgement that this was never to be a target mechanism of getting money out and that it was always going...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The student accommodation crisis is making equal access to third level an impossibility for many students throughout the country. Access to third level should not depend on where one’s home place is or how wealthy one’s parents are. Anything less than full access for all students is discriminatory, bad for society and bad for our economy. I express solidarity with all those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I absolutely agree with Deputy Bruton and the approach he has taken. In a time of emergency, where resources are limited and there are constraints around the availability of construction workers to do this work, the focus must be on those homes where people are at risk of, or are already in, energy poverty and where the upgrades can be done quickly and efficiently. That is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: How long is the waiting list? At one stage it was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: These are very much the homes where we are looking at attic insulation and so on. They are not the major retrofits. These should be the easiest and quickest homes to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: On another issue, a low-cost loan scheme was announced in February. When will that be made available? My understanding is the scheme would be worth €8 billion. According to the statistics provided in the opening statement, 36,000 applications have been made to the one-stop shop. How many of those are actually in progress and how many are waiting for information on a loan? I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: If I was doing a retrofit and I knew there were going to be low-cost loans coming out, I would not progress with it until I knew how much that loan was and whether I was going to be eligible for it. How can people progress through the one-stop shop in the absence of that loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What percentage of people are waiting for information on the loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does Dr. Byrne have no oversight of who is coming in to the one-stop shops, how long they are on waiting lists, what they are looking for, or any of that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: On the one-stop shops, how many people have applied and how many homes have started? How many have people working on them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: And how many have applied?