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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when his Department will finish compiling school data that will identify the number of children who did not return to school after the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service (3 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of education welfare officers; if this number has increased; if he will consider increasing the number of education welfare officers if data reveals an increase number of children that have not returned to school after Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proposed changes he will make regarding outstanding issues in relation to the guardian ad litem service in the proposed scheme of Bill before it is introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41039/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: This has been a very long and difficult year for many people, particularly our healthcare workers including nurses and midwives. They essentially put their lives and the lives of their families on hold and put themselves at risk to look after our vulnerable. This week the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland sent out a retention fee bill for €100 to every nurse and midwife in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a new post-primary school building in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 535. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will clarify the guidelines in relation to donations such as food, toiletries and toys to direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if the standards for assessments of needs for persons with disabilities has been updated; and if not, the timeline for the finalisation of the standards. [40351/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assessments of Needs for Children with Disabilities: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Dr. Muldoon and his team for coming in today and for the work they have done on their report. It is an important piece of work that brings together all the issues, stories and concerns of parents. It is a complex area for parents to try to navigate. It is an incredibly frustrating and worrying area for parents and I imagine many of them are appreciative of the work our guests have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements for new schools to provide special education units; if a similar requirement applies to existing schools seeking to extend their current buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39282/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to students with additional needs in the event that the sole school to which they are eligible to apply and that provides a special education unit is oversubscribed and the child is not suited to full-time mainstream education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding accommodation for a secondary school (details supplied) in January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39509/20]

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: As per my colleague's request, I wish to state that I have no connection with the greyhound industry. The LauraLynn Foundation, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Parkinson's Association of Ireland, Dementia Ireland, the Samaritans, SpunOut, the Irish Red Cross, Pieta House and the Rape Crisis Centres all provide invaluable services to many vulnerable people. They also all receive less...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in regard to the provision of temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied), including planning permission, design and procurement and a timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39129/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a site zoned for educational use for a school (details supplied); and when she expects a final decision to be made. [39130/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next call for applications will be open for the climate action fund as part of the National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Act 2020; if it will be open to projects based on nature-based solutions that enhance biodiversity; the application process; the persons or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for coming in today to go through the work. It is a very broad remit, and as a first-time committee member there is much for me to take in. It is great that the witnesses could come in and go through that. My first question relates to Covid-19. Has Tusla come across many children who have completely disengaged from education because of Covid-19? I know it has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is that process written down anywhere? Is it available to the families? If the families find that their experience deviates from that process, to whom can they go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: For clarity, the process is not written down anywhere it can be publicly accessible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not publicly available, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great. I thank Mr. Brophy for that.