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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...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, unless anyone else wants to come in, but that has covered it. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is putting in place to increase competition within the insurance sector in Ireland in view of the recent report which found rising public liability insurance premiums despite a drop in the value of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52210/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he is carrying out to support businesses experiencing an increase in public liability insurance premiums despite a recent report outlining a drop in the value of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will respond to a person (details supplied) regarding an environmental impact assessment report; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school library fund will be allocated; the way it will be allocated to schools as announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 485. 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 2021-2022 school year; the number of substitutes who were recorded against those absences; the number of those substitutes who were fully qualified by county for both primary and secondary schools; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have not returned to school since the Covid-19 pandemic began and are early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if budget 2022 will result in an increase in the number of education welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of alternative education for early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of portacabins per school in County Wicklow over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the predicted 30,000 registered apprentice positions to be created in the next five years that will go towards retrofitting to meet a potentially more ambitious national retrofitting plan due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52590/21]