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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if the new children’s hospital will have lactation facilities for HSE employees and a lactation department; if so, if this will include mothers attending with their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) is being considered by the HSE drugs payment group for reimbursement; and if so, the status of the application. [9487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the workplace and as part of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have burned land during January and February 2021 without the necessary controls and permissions in place will have their single farm payments reduced accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Community Development Projects (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1092. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish a plan to work with local authorities and communities to help develop community gardens, allotments and urban orchards as detailed in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Offices (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1123. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the facilities available in her Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for women in the workplace and as part of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank our three speakers for what have been really interesting presentations. We are tight for time so I will focus on electric vehicles, EVs. Dr. O'Mahony made some interesting comments in his opening statement. He said that because of the deeper emissions reduction target, it is a risky and potentially costly gamble to rely on electric vehicles to meet that target. Our target is for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to follow up on the question from Deputy Bríd Smith on the mother and baby homes commission. On the one hand, the Tánaiste said the Government knows there is a flaw in the system and that once these commissions hand over their reports they dissolve and the Government is left answering questions for them. On the other hand, the Tánaiste is saying he will not extend the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times and the dates that the senior officials group on the Sustainable Development Goals, which is chaired by his Department has met in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the Sustainable Development Goals addressed in each of the meetings of the group in tabular form. [7727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expiration date of all existing licences and leases issued by his Department for oil and fossil gas exploration and drilling, in tabular form; the details of applications for renewals and progressions of same under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms and conditions that must be met by applicants in order to extend or renew existing exploration and drilling licences, and leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of flaring of hydrocarbons by offshore undertakings; the terms and conditions regarding flaring by current and prospective offshore undertakings; the initiatives in place to prevent and end non-emergency flaring; the assessments of greenhouse gas, GHG, emissions and environmental impacts associated with all...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if GHG emissions associated with exploration, drilling, flaring, expected future operations and future fossil fuel supplies of applicants are reviewed and assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when ministerial consent will be granted for the Arklow wastewater treatment plant to go ahead given that consent was sought in December 2020; if he will expedite this process to enable construction to take place as soon as possible given the significant environmental implications if this project is delayed; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming in today. I know he is in a difficult position because he is answering questions on behalf of the commission. That is unfortunate because my preference would have been that we could have put our questions to the commission. They has declined to come in and in their absence I will put some questions to the Minister on the work that was undertaken. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is what it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: In terms of the confidential commission's report, the commission stated that witnesses were asked for permission to record their evidence, and they went on to say, on the clear understanding that recordings would be used only as an aide-memoire but they did state "evidence".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am concerned about the time. Does the Minister believe that the commission was within its legal remit to destroy that documentation or those testimonies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is the Minister's opinion? Does he believe the commission acted within the remit of the law when they destroyed those files?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will change tack. Has the Minister sought legal advice as to whether the commission was correct or within its legal rights to destroy that data?