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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Recent reports have stated there is a new agreement between the HSE and the St. Vincent's Holdings group regarding the move to the national maternity hospital. The agreement states that all medical treatment allowable under the law will be provided in the hospital. However, it somehow does not even specify procedures like terminations of pregnancy, sterilisation and IVF. Those are not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Taoiseach cannot guarantee that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the provision of solar energy in the State at each point of development from inception to selling onto the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he has taken to look into the various issues surrounding connectivity via direct lines, that is, private wires, in the context of solar power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts that are being taken to facilitate uptake of solar power by farmers; if he will address any tax related concerns preventing further uptake in solar power within the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the grants available for households to retrofit will consider the heat loss index that homes must achieve; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under current programmes households will have to achieve both a heat loss index and a BER2 rating which will likely cost significantly more than €50,000;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s implementation of the EU child guarantee after public consultation ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the action plan to support a new EU child guarantee to ensure that every child has access to healthcare, education, childcare, adequate nutrition and decent housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken to establish an EU and international unit to co-ordinate actions on child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what efforts are being taken to tackle any potential increase in child poverty rates due to the rising cost of living and energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new actions that his Department will carry out in response to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures Annual Report 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the proposed three new centres of excellence being established in the Cork, Limerick and Clare and Mayo and Sligo Leitrim education and training boards due to be established by 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that there is no dedicated course for retrofitting for new entrants; if there are plans to establish dedicated courses for retrofitting and apprenticeship programmes to address competition for labour in retrofitting and construction industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he plans to ensure there are sufficient numbers of apprenticeships for new entrants to meet the targets of the new national home retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8745/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Why has the debate on the biodiversity citizens' assembly been wiped from today's agenda? The Dáil declared an emergency and a crisis in 2019. It has taken two years for the Government even to put a date on the citizens' assembly. The much-heralded review of the national parks is delayed. The much-heralded announcement of the wildlife unit shows that only one person has been...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Why was it taken off?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the funding, the target set and the number of houses completed for each retrofitting scheme in each year since the enactment of each scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts have been made to resolve an issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7445/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Consultations (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on consultation fees for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8021/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional SNA allocation; if the request will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/22]