Results 2,501-2,520 of 4,012 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is allocating additional funding to schools for the provision of teachers of English as an additional language or whether existing special education teachers will be required to provide this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 786. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian refugees, adults and children that have been taken in by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 901. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of plans to increase breastfeeding supports including the recruitment of lactation consultations across all hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 902. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will work with its Northern Ireland counterparts to develop an infant and young child feeding in emergencies preparedness plan for the island of Ireland; the timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that are being taken by his Department to support brain health and dementia supports in communities as part of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 949. To ask the Minister for Health if his work with his Northern Ireland counterparts to develop an infant and young child feeding in emergencies preparedness plan for the island of Ireland will include consideration of establishing a breast milk bank in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 975. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will engage with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to seek a provision of the regulation of the digital marketing of breast milk substitutes in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Chairman. My primary questions are to EirGrid. I was also going to ask about timelines for the grid as grid capacity is always an area raised with me as a potential risk. If there is a plan, timelines are put in or else there is far too high a risk of overruns. I am concerned it will take EirGrid a year to get those timelines into a document where it could be tracked so we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Do they have the information they need?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I acknowledge and commend the Government on the approach it has taken towards the Ukrainian refugees in the humanitarian crisis we are seeing. It is heartbreaking to see the images of women, children and elderly people trying to reach the border and queueing for hours in freezing conditions. I imagine when they get to the border, there is probably a sense of relief but also a sense of fear...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Germany sent 300-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Minister offer that?

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome that the Government has finally decided to act to cut fuel prices but this marginal reduction in excise duty does not go far enough. A simple look at the prices in forecourts today will tell the Minister that. The reality is that a maximum price cap on fuel must be introduced to stop unsustainable increases in prices. It is the only way the Government can ease the burden on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The cost of fuel has risen to unbearable levels. The rate of the increases is raising many questions as to whether it is solely down to global factors or if there is a possibility that price gouging is happening at the pumps as we speak. Will the Taoiseach investigate whether there is price gouging? Otherwise, there is no guarantee that any mooted VAT or excise reductions will be passed on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the levels of resourcing and staffing for the purposes of carrying out environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments in respect of forestry; if there have been changes in the levels of staffing and resourcing from September 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12459/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Coyle for his contribution. I have a couple of questions. The wind energy industry frequently raises with me its concerns about grid connectivity and grid capacity. Does Mr. Coyle have concerns about our ambition, planning and progress in terms of developing our grid? Does he believe that we will have the grid infrastructure we require when we need it in order to fulfil our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I know we are up against the clock, so I will ask some quick questions. Mr. Owens referred to the carbon tax and the fact it is fully ring-fenced for measures. Is it not that case that it is only the increase in the carbon tax that has been applied that has been ring-fenced? I am not sure of the exact percentage, but a significant proportion of carbon tax is not ring-fenced for carbon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for his updates. My first question follows on from Deputy O'Rourke's points about poverty-proofing and the use of departmental funds for the universal electricity rebate. There have been talks about excise duty rates and a swing mechanism being put in place for that. Has the Government had any discussions about VAT reductions? Hitting the VAT and tax would have been a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was announced in December so it has been talked about for a long time. Going through a legislative process is not the quickest way to deal with this sort of stuff, whereas cutting VAT or excise on fuel is an immediate measure the Government could have taken.