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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: There are reports in the media this morning that a High Court challenge has been lodged on the constitutionality of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA. Will the Government defend that case? Has the Government examined the requirements of a referendum and the constitutionality of the ratification of CETA?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending company grants for businesses not considered as a rated premises but which meet all other criteria and are losing out on much needed business supports as a result; the actions which can be taken in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if decisions taken by the Government itself, as opposed to Ministers or Departments, will be exempted from and outside the scope of any obligation to have regard to the objective of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change in the State in the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if scramblers are allowed on National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11283/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Archaeological Sites (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made to preserve and protect the archaeological heritage of west County Wicklow; if he has consulted with local groups on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered bringing in children with special educational needs into mainstream settings ahead of the main cohort of students returning to school at eight years of age and upwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Land Ownership (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to reform landowner legislation to enable more bridleways and equestrian trails across the countryside; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding vaccinations and travel in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 963. To ask the Minister for Health when the roll-out of the school vaccine programme for junior infants will recommence; the recommended timeframe within which the vaccines can be delivered to ensure their greatest efficacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1060. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if scramblers are allowed in Coillte forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11283/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1061. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific details of the recent announcement by Coillte to buy bare land and land with immature forestry; the intentions of this project; the way in which it will impact on afforestation across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I confirm that I am on the Leinster House campus. I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I want to return to the new system that is in place, the standard operating procedure. I can understand the rationale for trying to get a quicker assessment. Reference was made to a rapid assessment and intervention for children. To go from 100 hours in some cases to 90 minutes represents an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am time limited. The key question for me is how many of the assessments have been completed. How many have been deemed inconsistent and have meant children have been put onto a further waiting list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: The HSE cannot say how many of those children were assessed, whether a diagnosis was determined or given and whether they have now been put onto another waiting list. The whole purpose of this was not simply to get children from one waiting list to another waiting list. The purpose should have been to give them an assessment. I find it unusual that we do not have those figures when we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Of the 3,500 children who have come off the waiting list, how many are now getting their needs met? How many are on another waiting list waiting for further assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: At this point the HSE cannot actually say how many children have received the supports they need. Theoretically, the HSE could have moved 3,500 children from one waiting list onto another waiting list. Is that correct? What I am hearing from clinicians is that 99% of the children they are seeing are not being given any final diagnosis. They cannot give such a diagnosis at this point using...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am really concerned that the HSE officials do not have that data available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is fine. I have a question on the data. I asked a question on 15 February about the number of preliminary team assessments that were completed. The response from Dr. Morgan was that the data was not available and that the databases did not allow for the level of scrutiny in respect of the provision of data on the number of assessments that had been completed. I received that two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: When do the witnesses expect that review to be finished? They say it will commence in quarter 1 but if the witnesses could give a timeline for that, it would be great.

Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (25 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to talk to the Minister of State about the wastewater treatment plant in Arklow. This is absolutely critical infrastructure not only for Arklow and County Wicklow, but for the country. As the Minister of State will be aware, the Avoca river has significant issues with pollution as a result of mismanagement and a lack of infrastructure within the Arklow area. This project has been in...