Results 3,941-3,960 of 4,014 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a short timeframe for leaving certificate students to register online; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that those children who do not have access to technology can register; if an extended timeframe will be allocated to those young persons unable to register on time due to the existing digital divide made even...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the ongoing issue of student accommodation in which students who left their accommodation due to Covid-19 when universities were shut down and are not being refunded their accommodation fees; the representations his Department has made on this issue; if a partial or full refund of accommodation fees is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 416. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will place a cap on the amount of funding provided to local authorities to administer the SME restart grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 481. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions dog groomers fall under; if dog groomers will be restricted to the distance of 10 km radius at this phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 482. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the category coaching facilities offering nutritional advice, physical fitness, sport and recreation fitness fall under in view of the fact they are not traditional gyms (details supplied); if they would qualify to come under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the current primary care transport service schedule for County Wicklow residents travelling to Dublin city hospitals, that is, transport services provided by the HSE in County Wicklow including access to day hospitals and day centres and access to outpatient departments and other hospital services in counties Wicklow and Dublin; when the transport timetable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for medical staff working in private hospital facilities in circumstances in which they cannot commence work due to the lack of available childcare and all annual leave has been used and the employer is not flexible with regard to working on weekends as an alternative and they cannot afford a pay cut; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made to date to include a representative on NPHET with expertise in child psychology and child development to enable a child-centred approach to the transition from Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free flu vaccine was not extended to all children between 6 months and two years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9435/20]