Results 721-740 of 4,037 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the extension granted to the expiry dates of some Irish driver licences will be extended to the 12-month grace period on licences from the United Arab Emirates given the current restrictions in accessing driver licences and test dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the capacity for a Dublin Bus route (details supplied) which accommodates County Wicklow and which is experiencing an increase in demand due to the reopening of secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that all projects funded under Project Ireland 2040 are properly assessed for their full, long-term and life-cycle climate impacts; the conclusion of the recent review considering climate impacts of existing projects; and the corrective measures he will take on projects whose emissions will breach the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include climate policy and environmental expertise in the reformed Project Ireland 2040 delivery board to bring additional independent expert knowledge into the process; and the other areas of expertise that will be included. [16486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Allotments Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of allotments provided under the Local Government Act 2001 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in establishing a working group on the legacy of poor building practices as committed to under the programme for Government; the work carried out on the issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current capacity of special schools since they returned at 50% capacity earlier in March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16480/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to re-establish safe school transport for those attending special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when all therapies will resume within special schools for those children who have high educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maternity supports available for a person (details supplied) who works in academia but who does not qualify for any benefit including child benefit; the financial benefits that person is entitled to while on maternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 690. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks before which there is currently no statutory paid leave for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 695. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women’s refuge centres nationwide and on a per capita basis; the amount of funding that has been provided for a women’s refuge for each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1164. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the efforts undertaken by his Department to date to provide breast milk banks in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17399/21]

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion. As we discuss Project Ireland 2040, it is important that we have a clear vision of what Ireland will look like in 20 years time. As we are all aware, the time goes quickly and we will get there a lot quicker than we think. Come 2040, we will only have ten years left to transition to a net zero-carbon economy. There are still a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason companies that do not have a business premise cannot access funding from the small business assistance scheme for COVID; the funding available to outdoor adventure and corporate events industry that has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (1 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing Gardaí attached to each station in County Wicklow in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the issuing of vaccines to a school (details supplied); the actions being taken to make sure this does not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18073/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Chairman and the witnesses. I thank the Chairman for allowing me to sit in on this very important and interesting discussion. I have a number of questions, first, for Ms Drisdelle, and hopefully then I can then come back with a question for Mr. Collenette. We are hearing today of the benefits of the ICS. Last week we had experts in who said that they were very concerned...