Results 3,721-3,740 of 3,983 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement a national survey of hare and rabbit populations to determine the prevalence of RDH2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has resumed processing foreign birth registrations, which were ceased due to Covid-19; if not, when processing will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (15 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not signed the Lanzarote Convention to date; when Ireland will sign the convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the direct provision portfolio will be moved to the Department with responsibility for children, disability, equality and integration; if the International Protection Accommodation Service and other relevant agencies will be moved to the Department; her views on the impact the move will have on the day-to-day...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (15 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to public representatives to address urgent matters regarding direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand the national childcare scheme to include children with varying degrees of disadvantage currently outside the definition of extreme vulnerability to ensure that specific, ring-fenced evidence-based supports are provided for in childcare settings to children in disadvantaged communities. [22248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of GDP that he hopes to achieve in terms of investment by the end of the term of this Government in line with the programme for Government commitment to increase investment in early years and school age childcare; and if he will increase investment year-on-year to achieve this goal. [22247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Tests (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if rapid testing for Covid-19 will be arranged for childcare sector workers in line with testing arrangements for teachers and staff in schools. [22246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements being made for the childcare sector in circumstances in which staff are tested positive for Covid-19 and substitute staff will be required to maintain the child ratios. [22249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the designated cycling officers in each local authority; the official contact details of each; the suitable qualification for the role; the form of coordination, communication and reporting that will be carried out between his Department and the cycling officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the details of the commitment to adopt a high-quality cycling policy including assessments of the roads network will be provided by county; and the progress to date in the development of cycle network plans by each local authority. [22191/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarification will be provided on limits for indoor and outdoor classes; if the same limits apply, if these classes are held as part of a gym complex as the indoor and outdoor limits for yoga, pilates, ballet and dance classes in view of recent health guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22192/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will introduce to address the lengthening waiting lists for driver tests in County Wicklow; the waiting by county for August 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22204/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if clarity will be provided for videographers and photographers on the most recent HSE guidelines within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22184/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 468. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps has or will send trainees to Alabama and other states in the United States of America for pilot training; if so, if an assessment of the risk has been carried out; if the training is deemed critical in view of the fact that wider Defence Forces training courses and exercises have been curtailed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 469. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel sent abroad on a training course have to self-isolate for 14 days on return; if the medical officer can seek an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 470. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Defence Forces policy on wearing masks within barracks; if guidelines on mask wearing have been issued to all offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22189/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is developing an alternative programme for remote blended learning in the event of widespread school closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason correspondence (details supplied) has not been replied to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the impact of ventilation capacity of classrooms on Covid-19 risk; if this has informed Departmental advice to schools on reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22196/20]