Results 21-40 of 4,125 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Government policy for outdoor play facilities for special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the new building for a school (details supplied), in light of the project now facing its fourth delay, with the estimated start date pushed to May 2026; the reasons for these repeated delays; if she will confirm the immediate steps being taken to ensure that no further delays occur; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the marine protected area legislation; if this legislation will be a Bill in its own right and not amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the conservation measures in place for Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department proposed to use the Teagasc soil and subsoils map for the implementation of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 rather than using the Department-funded new Irish Peat Soils Map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1286. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by county, of the number of children who underwent hip dysplasia surgery at Temple Street and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospitals between 2010 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1321. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have considered implementing a standard procedure where medical service providers are in direct contact with health insurance providers so that there is no requirement for the patient to contact their health insurance provider to seek a reimbursement for the cost of their medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under-23-year-olds who are living independently but not estranged from their parents can apply for SUSI independently of their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30101/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Dormant Accounts Fund (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1671. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Dormant Accounts Fund; when it will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28950/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his “like-minded” European counterparts on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The looming threat of Mercosur is causing enormous stress in the agricultural community. What level of engagement has the Tánaiste had with like-minded European counterparts, by which I mean those who also do not want to see the Mercosur free trade agreement go through, and will he make a statement?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Tánaiste. France is one of the leading countries in opposition to this. It has said it does not want to see European farmers being used as an adjustment tool for trade. Similar to the Tánaiste, they question the environmental concerns about the deforestation of the Amazon and the weaker agricultural standards in Mercosur countries. Poland is backing France in a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: If it is split and trade is dealt with separately, my understanding is that it will cause us concerns. Regarding European partners, has the Tánaiste had any conversations with the Netherlands and Italy? My understanding is that their framing of this is softening. Is the Tánaiste or is the State also trying to have conversations to get them back to a position where they are...

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the Minister of State's indication that he is open to reviewing the Arterial Drainage Act. We have heard a lot this afternoon about the financial, emotional and social cost of flooding. When flooding hits people's homes, businesses or land, it is very difficult. Aside from climate change and a changing weather regime, one of the reasons we experience such large and problematic...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Government is going backwards when it comes to climate action. The EPA report today states that even if every one of the Government's plans and policies was implemented, this would only meet 23% of our emissions target reductions. We are meant to be meeting 51%. It is clear that the Government is not doing enough. The Government may think it is doing a good job on climate and it may...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: You are standing back and closing your eyes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Taoiseach needs to meet them.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is the Government that needs to take the action.

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is really hard to find the right words to say about Gaza now. Week after week, month after month, we have seen the most awful and horrific actions and destruction happening in Gaza and it is just getting worse and worse. To try to reduce it to a three-minute speaking slot is impossible. How can we honour those dead and how can we express our outrage at what is happening on the floor of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans being made to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27552/25]