Results 1,821-1,840 of 4,037 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (10 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requests for sanction for approval for additional resources including recruitment at An Bord Pleanála; if so, the date such requests were received by his Department; when decisions will be made in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (10 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council homes that have been retrofitted under the midlands retrofit programme 2020, by county; the associated funding costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (10 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who are registered with turbary rights; the average size of land that turbary rights are applied to for a dwelling; the number of the turbary rights that are currently active; the overall size and the amount that is harvested each year through the use of turbary rights; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the animal collection issue (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22553/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the final approval and the formal site transfer from Wicklow County Council to his Department for the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe between the formal site transfer of a site (details supplied) to his Department and the beginning of the procurement process for a contractor to complete the construction; the amount of funding that has been set aside for same; the budget from which this will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a service (details supplied) which has been closed since the start of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the official procedure for Tusla giving instructions to foster carers; if instructions are to be made in writing and not just verbally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the lack of standardisation in the expenses that Tusla will cover with regard to foster carers; if his attention has been further drawn to foster carers paying for their own Tusla medical examinations and fees in relation to children’s passports; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some parts of the country foster carers are not given care plans for children; if his attention has been further drawn to the lack of standardisation across the country in this regard; the plans that are in place to rectify the matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the funding mechanisms that may be open to such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23687/22]

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The sum of €450 million is the incredibly large amount of money the Minister will hand over to developers. I can think of many better ways to spend it as I am sure can everyone in the Chamber. People are living with the incredibly difficult situation of rising inflation and the rising cost of fuel. We also have the constant backdrop of the housing crisis. This is the reality people...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for the opportunity to have this debate today. It was a pleasant surprise to see it on this week’s agenda. I was anticipating perhaps some announcement from the Government in regard to just transition and the plans for it. I am disappointed with the level of progress outlined today. From listening to and reading the Minister of State’s speech,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to retain a classroom teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25061/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to talk about the NPWS and the wider issue of biodiversity, especially as this is National Biodiversity Week. I acknowledge all the work that is being done throughout our country by individuals, community groups, tidy towns and local authorities when it comes to education around biodiversity and the on-the-ground work that they are conducting in this regard. Every...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Site Acquisition (19 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the full purchase of the land relating to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Analysis of the Issues Paper (12 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: First, we are out of time. Second, perhaps Professor O'Mahony will keep his comments to as they relate to the issues paper.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have a question for the Minister for Health. Some 35 children with cystic fibrosis, CF, between the ages of six and 11 have been excluded from accessing the life-changing CF drug therapy, Kaftrio. There was no expectation that these children would be excluded from this drug therapy and the news has come as a crushing blow for the parents and children. Will the Minister confirm if it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the formal site transfer of a project (details supplied); the length of time that it will take once the formal transfer happens and for the procurement process to begin; the length of time before a contractor is appointed; the length of time the build will take; the funding that has been set aside for this project; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the 4th National Biodiversity Plan; when it will be published; when the public consultation will commence given that it was due in May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25875/22]