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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children sanctioned for the July provision for the past five years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently participating in the July provision model by county; if he will allow teachers participate in the July provision other than from their own school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7988/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision; if he will consider extending the July provision into August 2020 and include children beyond those who are currently eligible including children with Down's syndrome and other additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if businesses selling hemp products are excluded from the range of Covid-19 business grants available through Enterprise Ireland; if so, the reason for such an exclusion; if she will reconsider the eligibility for the grant in view of the fact these companies are also negatively affected by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a roadmap for the return to practice of podiatry practitioners; if a support package for the podiatry sector will be established similar to that created for the dentistry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 700. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1006 of 13 May 2020, if he will identify specifically the locations in which new, not replacement, charging points have been established; the way in which his Department determined the location of those new charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/20]

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a little over a year since Ireland declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. We were one of the first countries in the world to do so and it was a significant milestone for our nation. It was a time when we made a public acknowledgement that we needed to place a much greater emphasis on our wildlife and nature and our place in it. At the time, I was a councillor on Wicklow...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: If I may, I will ask one question initially and get a response to it and then ask further questions. I wish to ask about the transition task force, an issue I raised with the Minister two weeks ago. I put forward the proposal that the Department bring together all the key Departments and the NGOs to look at how we can transition our children and young adults back into both their school...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am pleased to hear that the Minister has put the request in. It is a matter of urgency because time is going very quickly and a lot of planning would need to happen before we can make sure we have the supports for those children in place when they need them. On the issue of insurance, I echo the concerns and frustration of other Deputies and of parents and front-line workers who will not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the issue of late payroll submissions to the Revenue Commissioners by accountancy firms whose business was affected by Covid-19; if the Revenue Commissioners will extend deadlines for late submissions due to Covid-19 interruptions such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision not to provide an extra sixth class teacher to a school (details supplied) in view of existing overcrowding issues, lack of space and the need for extra teacher supports under Covid-19 health and safety measures for when pupils return to school in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition grant based preschools will reopen; if he will consider re-opening them as soon as possible in view of the small class size and the impact that social and educational isolation is currently having on children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 511. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which dog grooming businesses would be allowed to reopen. [5790/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will reconsider the proposed opening date for cinemas on 14 August 2020 and implement a more gradual, controlled return to business for cinemas in order to facilitate the backlog of movies included in the international film release schedule; if she will consider the health and safety implications of a sudden reopening of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if supports will be provided for businesses having difficulties paying rent and facing rent arrears due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contacts traced to date in the test and trace strategy for Covid-19; the number of contacts traced on average each day; the number of staff involved in contact tracing; the number of volunteers that came forward; the number deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines have been issued to mental health facilities advising them not to take in new patients under Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been drawn to any individual mental health facility no longer taking in new patients due to Covid-19; if there are alternative arrangements in place for patients that cannot access facilities; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines provided to mental health practitioners will be clarified; the guidelines available advising mental health practitioners of face-to-face counselling particularly in relation to children; if his attention has been drawn to the need for the provision of mental health supports for at risk individuals particularly for children during Covid-19;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Programmes (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 949. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for the getting citizens online grant scheme has been cancelled; if so, the impact on providers that were part way through the scheme; his plans for a modified programme to be established in view of the increased need to get older persons online due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Online Safety (20 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts taken to date to monitor the presence of in-app purchases targeting children using applications on various devices; the measures being taken to address the issue of online safety as a result of increased exposure to screen time under Covid-19 regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/20]