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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the selection process and timelines in 2021 regarding Ireland’s proposals for the fifth list of EU energy projects of common interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the manner in which and when Ireland will withdraw a previously submitted energy project from the fourth list of EU projects of common interest list in 2021, as noted in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: European Court of Human Rights (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has responded to the legal proceedings brought by six young persons from Portugal against Ireland and 32 other countries in the European Court of Human Rights (details supplied); if he is supporting or contesting the case; if a response has not yet been filed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of SEAI warmer homes grants that were approved in 2019, by county; the waiting time in 2019 for a surveyor to be allocated; the subsequent waiting time for work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the SEAI on the current backlog of applications for the SEAI warmer homes grant; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 417. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of funding, recipient enterprises, project details, investment objectives, timelines and expected emission reductions associated with the portfolio of investments under the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund supporting collaboration with the food and agriculture sector to decarbonise their supply chain in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 474. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks on the issue of negative interest rate charges (details supplied). [15007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when draft interim planning regulations for the installation of solar rooftop panels will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 741. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates of meetings of his Department’s committee on human rights from 2016 to date in tabular form; the members of the committee; the terms of reference of the committee; the agendas and minutes of all meetings from 2016 to date; the reason this information is no longer accessible on his Department’s website; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Rights (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1060. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if details will be provided on Ireland’s UN Universal Periodic Review in November 2021; the reporting stages, public consultations and deadlines for submissions by civil society regarding the cycle 3 review of same; the type of engagement with the public and civil society on Ireland’s upcoming...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the guidelines in relation to informal childcare arrangements during the current lockdown for when primary school finishes in the early afternoon and a childminder is available to assist in which parents are working full-time; if these arrangements are permitted during March 2021; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the circumstances regarding the assessment of needs in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15006/21]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their really interesting contributions. I have a question for Dr. Sloman on the roads building programme. We are in the middle of revising our national development plan. In 2018, €5.7 billion was committed to road building. Does she believe that there should be a complete stop to road building at this point or would it be more appropriate to examine the...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: They are for any witness who might have thoughts on them.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming before us today and talking us through the Estimates. My questions cover the framework. I will start with youth organisations. I know there was a €5 million increase allocated to those but young people have been particularly hard hit during Covid and there are many who would have disengaged with the education system and from their social circles and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Gorse Burning (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome that national parks are being tasked with more intensive targeted measures, but, unfortunately, it seems to me like it is more of the same. Each year this happens, there are calls for more penalties and greater investigations, but each year it happens. We need a rethink and to look again at how we are managing this problem because the solutions that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Gorse Burning (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. As he is aware, just four days ago, on Sunday 7 March, 18 firefighters, two Civil Defence units and the National Parks and Wildlife Service tackled a large gorse fire at Scarr Mountain in County Wicklow. This fire ended up scorching 50 ha of land designated as special area of conservation, which is our national park in Wicklow. These...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parent’s leave and benefit (amendment) Bill 2020 will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13575/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: It has been 83 days since the committee handed back the recommendations so I hope the time the Minister has taken has been to incorporate those recommendations, not to get rid of them. The frustrating thing for me is the sense of urgency with this. There was a huge sense of urgency in getting this Bill up and running. I do not know if the Minister can picture that image by the Spanish...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: For a lot of what we are trying to get into place, infrastructural changes will be required and there are lead-in times for that. The Government has a target of 2030 as the next major step. We had the transport discussions yesterday with the climate committee. It came as a surprise to me that when the National Transport Authority is putting in applications for Government funding or putting...