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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I confirm I am in Agriculture House on the Leinster House campus. I thank everyone for coming in today. It is a very interesting conversation, one that has been a long time coming and has been a long time needed. I used childminders because it was, essentially, like having a second mammy for my children. They would go to the childminder's house, do their homework and cook with her...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister is not here.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am happy if the Acting Chairman wants to take the Topical Issue matter raised with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, before mine so we are not holding people up. We can swap.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to raise the issue of the drinking water supply for the people of Barndarrig in County Wicklow. On 9 February this year, a "do not consume" notice was issued as a result of high nitrate levels in the water supply. It has since been reissued, just this week. A "Do not consume" notice is particularly difficult to deal with during a pandemic, but the residents of Barndarrig have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for his response and for saying he will look into the issue of the tanker. It is a small thing but it would make quite a bit of difference for the people in Barndarrig. I am also pleased to see it looks as though it could be just a matter of weeks before the notice can be lifted. That is a positive statement. A continuous biochemistry monitor was to be put...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Tusla and its systems have also been shut down as a result of this cyber attack. I welcome the discussions the Minister is having about the HSE but it feels to me that Tusla and child protection issues are being forgotten in this debate. Concerns have been raised by social workers in the media today that the shutdown means child protection risk issues and the risk of very sensitive child...

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Regional Group for bringing this most important motion forward. It reflects the underinvestment in this important sector over the lifetime of many Governments and over generations. In 2019, the European Court of Justice found that Ireland had failed to uphold EU law in respect of almost 30 waste water treatment schemes across the country, including in Arklow in my home county...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if individual hairdressers are responsible for the cost of PPE equipment or their employer or owner of the hairdresser salon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make representations to his Dutch counterpart in relation to the case of a fishing boat (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advocate to the Sports Council to provide indemnity on State-owned land for bridleways registered as part of the National Trails Register to encourage more bridleways on State-owned land; her plans to increase bridleways in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to encourage more bridleways across Ireland; if he will work in conjunction with Coillte to encourage more bridleways on State-owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25912/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their interesting presentations. As the Chairman said, there was great depth to them. Following on from Dr. Farrell’s statement that this is an evolving situation, much of what we are attempting to do is at the cutting edge of our understanding of systems, their capacity to capture carbon, the impacts on diversity and the level of interactions. When...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Wildlife Act, 1976 to include the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Fifth Schedule to that Act; to amend section 23 of that Act to make illegal the intentional or reckless injuring, disturbance or harassment of any protected wild animal other than for the purposes of hunting; and to provide for the...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for the allocation of SNAs for 2021-2022; when the guidance circular is due to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a student (details supplied) who is not in receipt of guidance for SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s initiative for the early learning and school age care sector (details supplied) will be completed or at an advanced stage in time for budget 2022 negotiations; if it will provide the basis for an increase in investment in childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25093/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I recognise this matter is not part of the Minister of State's remit and he has been left to explain this particular failing in the system. However, some of his response does not make sense. He stated the centre at the Arklow Bay Hotel was to open today but, because there are only three weeks left before the hotel returns to its usual business, it does not make logistical sense to have it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would like to thank the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, for coming to the House to reply to this issue. It is most disappointing that the Minister for Health is not present to take it, given that it concerns a health issue in Arklow in our constituency. I am disappointed and frustrated that he is not here to answer this question for the people of south Wicklow. On 15 February 2021,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policy Reviews (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider including skateboarding as a recognised sport in Ireland given that it is recognised internationally and was scheduled for debut in the Tokyo Olympics and in view of the fact that skateboarding groups do not currently have access to funding in line with other recognised sports; and if she will make a...