Results 2,821-2,840 of 4,012 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in budget 2022 that will go towards setting up apprenticeships for retrofitting in the new action plan for apprenticeships with a target of 10,000 new apprenticeship registrations per annum by 2025 given the fact that the National Development Plan, the Housing for All plan and the new upcoming national retrofitting plan will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to publication of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform in December 2020 and the areas therein which fall under the remit of her Department, the efforts her Department is carrying out to address rising insurance premiums despite a drop in the value of awards; the list of legislative developments to address this issue;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of CO2 monitors planned to be delivered to schools; the number of CO2 monitors that have been distributed to primary and post-primary schools by county; the number that have been returned due to malfunction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding from Budget 2022 that is being allocated to developing women's refuges across the country; the current number of women’s refuges per county; the funding for each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the Covid vaccination programme to very vulnerable children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change last met. [51085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Solar Energy Guidelines (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding supports available to schools to purchase solar panels ahead of the new microgeneration scheme due to be published shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting list for passport applications for applicants resident in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51568/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I raise the issue of scoliosis in children again, which the Ombudsman for Children has stated is a children's rights issue. While I think the whole country was relieved and delighted to hear that Adam Terry received his appointment, thousands of children are waiting for their first consultation with their orthopaedic surgeon and 179 children like Adam are waiting for surgery. I recognise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming in today. I hope he has a successful COP. We need this COP to change the narrative and move from climate talk to climate action. Equally important, it needs to be a just climate action and that is primarily what I will talk about. The Irish Timespublished a poll recently on Government actions and what was described as a scepticism among the public on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not know if we have much time left to be learning by doing and doing so incrementally. The fact that the just transition commission was a promise in the programme for Government was a positive move. It is disappointing that the Minister seems to be moving away from it. The just transition commissioner is focused on a small area. It needs to be a national commission.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to tackle the growing waiting lists for children with scoliosis waiting to receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his efforts to reduce maternity restrictions at maternity hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Common Agricultural Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he was consulted by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the reduction in the space for nature element of CAP and the impact this would have on the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding spent to date on vehicle electrification; the amount of funding that will be provided to establish the office of low emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the National Biodiversity Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51004/21]