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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used Dublin Bus Route 84x in each direction in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann Route 133 Wicklow to Dublin Airport, in each direction in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric State vehicles as a percentage of the overall number of State-owned vehicles as at 31 August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures Ireland has taken to comply with the European Court of Justice judgment arising from litigation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total fines incurred over an ongoing failure to observe proper environmental standards at a wind farm (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule plan and forecasts his Department has outlined regarding the regulatory and legislative developments still required to develop the offshore wind energy sector; if his Department’s projections indicate that all outstanding regulation issues will be addressed in time for Ireland’s 70% renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes that have been retrofitted to date by county through the 2021 energy efficiency retrofitting programme; the funding allocated to each local authority for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 342. 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. [54548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average waiting time for the processing of foreign birth registrations; his plans to address delays and backlogs due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the difficulty persons in County Wicklow are experiencing in accessing walk-in appointments for birth registrations and birth certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53968/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by his Department to increase the number of apprenticeships for the new retrofitting plan; the bodies that will be facilitating those apprenticeships for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retrofitting centres of excellence that have been established to date; the location of each; the number of trainees currently enrolled in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54546/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding which was set aside in Budget 2021 to purchase new Garda vehicles; the number of new Garda vehicle purchases that were electric vehicles; if not electric, the reason for not purchasing electric vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54594/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Their presentation was very interesting and I appreciate the suggestions they are making. They are coming up with relatively simple and feasible solutions to the obvious needs of so many children throughout the country. The fact that we have nearly 200,000 children in poverty is a stain on our society. We will certainly see a greater impact following...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have worked in the environmental sector since I was 17 years of age, as a scientist, a policymaker and now within the Dáil. I can be absolutely clear with the Taoiseach that I and the Social Democrats want him to achieve when it comes to the climate as we need him to do so. We have worked constructively with the Government on this issue since the Taoiseach entered office in this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Taoiseach needs to talk to them-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Farmers have-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: They want supports and they want targets.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Be honest with them about what they will need to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank everyone for their presentations. It has been really inspirational to listen to them, what they have done and the leadership they have shown within their own farming communities. In this debate, climate change and climate action and agriculture can sometimes seem insurmountable and that there is no solution that will not devastate our local and rural economies but the witnesses have...