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Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Deputy Funchion for bringing forward this important motion. It is important and timely. It would also have been timely a year ago or two years ago, because this issue has been with us for so long. Many parents and families have struggled through the current system. I have found that when parents are able to pay for their childcare, they put their heads down and spend. They know...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the youth homelessness strategy as part of the new Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons for the delay to the successor of Better Outcomes, Brighter Future; when he expects same to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child poverty unit has been established in his Department; if so, the staff and resources provided to the unit; the remit of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47487/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Professor McMullin for his presentation. It was interesting that Professor McMullin spoke quite a bit about demand management. It is something that we are missing in our discourse when we talk about energy here. We had a lot of discussion last week about data centres. There was a motion for a moratorium on the permissions and it was notable the lack of any discussion about putting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: What Ms MacEvilly was talking about is very important and very welcome. This winter, many families and individuals who would not normally be in difficulty, such as working families, will be heavily affected by this. I wonder if there is an opportunity to extend the disconnection moratorium beyond the vulnerable. Ms MacEvilly said there were a few months where it applied to everyone. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is very costly. We are talking about hundreds of millions of euro of temporary generation that we could have avoided if that growth had been controlled somewhat, or that is my understanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: My question was whether EirGrid believes it would be useful to be a prescribed body. I am surprised it is not a prescribed body as Irish Water would have a similar alignment. I was wondering if it should be.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to discuss climate action, what we have been doing, what our future is, what our plans are and what the Government's plan and vision is on it. Initially, I had anticipated it was statements on the climate action plan but we do not yet have that. I ask the Minister to make sure that, when that document is published, we have sufficient time to discuss it in full as...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s seat on the UN Security Council to examine an international law on ecocide. [43740/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Tax Yield (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of revenue generated from the carbon tax 2021 that has been spent to date funding the national retrofitting programme; the number of homes that have been retrofitted as a result of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to mitigate the energy price hike over the past year; the reason for his views that Ireland’s energy security is not currently being threatened by national and international factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has carried out a poverty analysis of the impact that energy price-hikes are having on those most vulnerable; the way that his Department is applying a just transition model to the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47250/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown of the revenue generated by the carbon tax under the heading of continuation of 2020 carbon tax investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available from the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; if any further projects will be considered at this time; the process for those applications as in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarity will be provided regarding section 34 of the Planning Acts, which states that An Bord Pleanála is obliged to take Government policy into account; the sections of the various Planning Acts to which the obligation on An Bord Pleanála to consider Government policy apply; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will update planning regulations around solar power to enable schools and community buildings to obtain planning permission to install solar panels; if his attention has been drawn to the high costs of acquiring planning permission for community buildings; if he will consider exempting them in the same manner as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the registration of civil marriages will commence online; the reasons for the delay to commence registration after it was stopped due to the cyber-attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the intake of refugees from Afghanistan; if he is putting in place a programme to assist any unaccompanied minors coming from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/21]