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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland did not submit a new nationally determined contributions to the UN on 10 February 2025, as required under the Paris Agreement; when Ireland will be submitting these nationally determined contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Solar Energy Guidelines (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider reinstating battery grants for solar panels and expanding the solar electricity grant given recent storms and in acknowledgement of the role that solar can play in securing individual energy supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Deposit Return Scheme (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the containers returned via the deposit return scheme are being recycled in Ireland; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7069/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Deposit Return Scheme (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the facility in which the containers returned via the deposit return scheme are being recycled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Deposit Return Scheme (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there was a tender process for the collection of the containers returned via the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Deposit Return Scheme (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of unclaimed deposits from the first year of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I again raise the issue of hormone replacement therapy, HRT, which I raised a couple of weeks ago. Free HRT was promised in the most recent budget and was due to begin in January. We have not yet seen it happen. I know the Minister has inherited this problem, but does she have a timeline for when it will be available to women who are experiencing the menopause? There are also issues in...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: When will the penny finally drop? When will the Government get that its approach to the housing crisis not only means it is incapable of solving it, but is making it worse for tens of thousands of people across this country. The numbers tell a grim story. A total of 15,000 people are living in homeless accommodation and 4,500 children are living in single rooms in bed and breakfast...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. On reliability and improvements, there have been some improvements, but when we are still missing services that is going to hugely impact on the people who require that particular bus. For example, the bus from Newcastle has been frequently dropped. If there are improvements in say, the L3 in Delgany, that is not going to make any difference to the person in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new role and wish him the best in it. Public transport is a key challenge facing the country, but there is a lot of potential there to provide a service that will benefit so many communities across the country, and it is a vital service that we need to invest in and make sure operates properly. Key to any really good, successful public service is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Land Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the second phase of the land-use review will be completed; when the report will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5696/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Wicklow; the number of children registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that accept under-one-year-olds in Wicklow; the number of under-one-year-olds registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5569/25]

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Our current approach to road planning prioritises the supremacy of cars over the safety of pedestrians. It is time to turn this approach on its head. It is no secret that Irish roads were and still are designed with cars in mind, often at the expense of pedestrian safety. In the first seven months of last year, there were 113 road fatalities nationwide and a third of those victims were...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a timeline on the introduction of the monthly €200-per-child cap on childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5173/25]

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State on their new roles. I look forward to working with them over the course of the next term. Over the past couple of weeks, we repeatedly heard the word "unprecedented" being used. Storm Éowyn was unprecedented. To a certain degree, we could never have prepared for a weather event of that extent. However, we could have prepared a...

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is it called?

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That covers flooding. Does the framework deal with storms?

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not on the website that has the emergency framework. That document refers to storms in the context of different analyses and stories relating to Storm Ophelia. Background information is provided, but it is not listed there. There is a framework for flooding and others for maritime, rail and nuclear emergencies, but there is none for storms. The document was only updated in 2024....

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: How was it that one week after the storm, emergency hubs were only being set up? The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, was on the radio and said that there had been far too long a delay in getting everything set up. It is clear that there were problems with doing so. The one thing people from the west and the north west who rang radio stations consistently stated was that they felt...