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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (2 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of current drainage operations on Bord na Móna peatlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59595/21]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: My first question is to clarify if I am on the right track and then I have a subsequent question for the Minister of State. I have only had a chance to look at these figures today. The Minister of State mentioned €160 million is to be transferred to the energy efficiency national fund. How is that fund established and how does it operate?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am still not 100% sure if I am on the right track with this. Is this the energy efficiency national fund on which the Comptroller and Auditor General did an analysis and in respect of which he said there was considerable risk with the Government setting up a fund like this? Essentially, it is an external qualifying investor fund, QIF, that is managed by outside fund investors. Is this...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. Perhaps one of the officials could answer that. The Comptroller and Auditor General expressed concerns in 2018 about the energy efficiency national fund. He said it was essentially an investor fund where the Department does not have control over investment decisions because it is only one of a number of investors. I checked online and I do not know if this is the correct fund. If I...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would be interested in following up further on the issue of the QIF, but I can do that through the Department and through parliamentary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Electric Vehicles: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: My first question is to Mr. Cooke and, unfortunately, I do not think he is going to be able to answer it. He referred to the cost and how it was a sensitive issue. I am looking at it from the perspective of his membership, who are all business people. They have three types of car on their forecourts: diesel, petrol and EVs. If someone comes in and says they want a new car, I imagine it...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available to SMEs such as in a company (details supplied) which has seen 28 birthday parties cancelled since Government comments regarding restricting birthday parties over the Christmas period due to Covid-19 numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of the staff to be funded for local authorities through his Department; when this funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to publish the National Clean Air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the deadline for the Community Climate Action Programme strand 2 funding to facilitate public participation network groups to carry out the necessary consultation with communities during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the OPW to provide an update in relation to ongoing issues with a flood defence scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the competition will commence for local authorities to apply for funding for a biodiversity officer; the number of biodiversity officers that will be funded across all councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland has committed to supporting the protection of 30% of the land by 2030 under the 30x30initiatve as proposed at a congress (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can claim back the cost of Caredoc and a general practitioner while waiting for a general practitioner card for children under seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the recommended €13 million in investment, and as requested by a group (details supplied), to deal with the scoliosis waiting list for children awaiting surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the role pharmacies will play in delivering booster vaccinations and help prevent large queues at booster centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60050/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity for this debate on this important and timely issue. Marie Donnelly appeared before the climate committee yesterday and she re-emphasised the importance of renewable energy in terms of our ability to meet our target. One of the issues she addressed was the speed at which that needs to be implemented because many things rely on renewable energy, such as EV targets,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the electoral reform Bill will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; the timeline for its implementation; if he will provide an overview of the aspects that will be covered in the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 2 November 2021, the reason an official reply has not regarded the issue of a lack of substitute teachers in County Wicklow and across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60710/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher absences that qualify for substitution that were recorded on the online claims system since the start of the 2021 school year; the number of substitute teachers that were recorded against those absences; the number of substitute teachers that were fully qualified by county and by primary and secondary schools (details...