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Written Answers — Department of Health: A Vision for Change (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if the revised national mental health policy, A Vision for Change, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration at EU level has begun with regard to the further renewal of approval of glyphosate which was due to begin in December 2019; if Ireland has submitted a full dossier to the member states’ assessment group on glyphosate which was due mid-June 2020; when he envisages a public consultation will be carried out on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 918. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available to business owners operating a childcare facility for those not on payroll and who are currently on the Covid-19 pandemic payment and in receipt of €300 to use towards business expenses once the pandemic payment ends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Sales (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1080. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with developers holding onto deposits by potential homeowners in circumstances in which due to Covid-19 potential homeowners cannot draw down a mortgage due to job insecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1081. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs payable by Ireland as per a European Commission judgment of 28 March 2019 regarding Ireland’s obligations to meet directive 91/271/EEC, Case C-427/17; if there are ongoing fines relating to non-compliance on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11406/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: When the Covid crisis hit, countries all over the world very quickly realised the seriousness of the situation and the scale of the crisis being faced. Governments responded quickly and politicians worked together to agree measures that were based on science and the evidence of experts. Our public sector and communities worked tirelessly to form a safety net around the most vulnerable. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is providing supports for children progressing from sixth class to first year; if he will consider a national graduation day for those students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that applied for the July provision in 2019 and to date in 2020 that were unable to source a tutor; the number of home tutor teachers and SNAs that volunteered to take part in 2019; the number that have volunteered to take part in 2020 in the programme and are available for home tuition; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date on the draft national energy and climate plan; when Ireland will be submitting the national long-term strategy, which was due to be submitted in January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to publish guidelines for the tourism and hotelier sector; the supports being put in place specifically; when they will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed on each childcare committee; the role of each; the way in which their role is changing to reflect the demands of Covid-19; if she envisages them playing a supportive role in the reopening of crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 619. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if new applicants are also eligible to receive funding in relation to the capital programme for the childcare sector; if funding is only for existing childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10365/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if areas in which childcare closures are occurring are being mapped; if areas of insufficient provision to meet demand are being tracked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of engagement there has been with the childminding sector; if she has considered the use of childminders in early phases for frontline workers; if guidance was sought from the NPHET in relation to childminders; if so, if she will publish the response received from the NPHET; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10367/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if confirmation of funding for local authorities to compensate for additional expenditure or income losses other than rates losses due to Covid-19 will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 740. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the investigation into the death of 23 buzzards in County Cork will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wild Fires (9 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 741. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of illegal burns that have occurred to date in 2020 on land owned by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10371/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Online Safety (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if data protection guidelines were sent to schools in advance of them setting up remote learning networks; his views on whether the current use of remote learning applications is in line with the national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing social care students who would typically carry out 800 hours of placement under QQI and CORU guidelines in two block placements in year two and three and which due to Covid-19 work placements have not been halted with students unable to start their placements (details supplied); if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further clarity on the status of the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9438/20]