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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Donohoe. Perhaps Ms Byrne or Ms Heeney might comment on behalf of Early Childhood Ireland.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Did they give a reason for that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank our guests from the Department for attending. I acknowledge that it has been a difficult period and that a great deal of work has been done by the Department in challenging circumstances. I want to come back to some of the previous points that were made. Seeking to develop a policy to provide a specific childcare service for front-line workers and not including the representative...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have only a couple of minutes and I have another question. Two things have become really clear over the course of Covid, the first being that in the absence of childcare, women are left holding the baby. The second, which has become blatantly clear, is that women can no longer be left holding the baby while also trying to hold down a job. We will have to address this. We have to get the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: If the Minister is agreeable, we will go back and forth with questions and answers. I welcome this opportunity to discuss biodiversity. Last week, I raised the issue with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton. Fundamentally, biodiversity and its capacity as a nature-based solution to climate change and dealing with climate change adaptation and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have gone through the EU biodiversity strategy, which contains many really good proposals. As the Minister stated, there is a commitment to protect a minimum of 30% of not just terrestrial areas, but also marine areas and, within that, to have a heavily protected area of 10%. That would be quite a significant change from the current situation, but it is an important goal to aim for....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific changes and improvements his Department has made to the July provision scheme in 2020 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic to tackle the educational and social disadvantage faced by students with special needs; the provisions being put in place which are different to previous years and which will enable more students avail of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assess the accessibility of the July provision scheme with a view to improving its reach and outcomes into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons living in County Wicklow who have hospital appointments after 1 p.m., at which time the hospital travel scheme ends, are expected to travel with limited public transport available and family assistance might not be available also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which access to sexual and reproductive healthcare including cervical screening, STI testing and treatment, abortion and contraceptive services have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/20]

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]