Results 141-160 of 4,125 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents must provide a school with an assessment of needs report in order to access school a place for their child in a public primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the final decision was made to change this year's Leaving Certificate's grade inflation to 5.5%; the way this decision was communicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of need can be requested by a school as a requirement for a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the purchase of lands at the Glen of the Downs in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 2206. To ask the Minister for Health if a system is in place that enables women to access free HRT by only paying the dispensing fee to the pharmacist and not paying for the medication itself; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19715/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 2207. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 2241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in each county for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 2242. To ask the Minister for Health what the average waiting time to access occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology is in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 2243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received an appointment for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology in each quarter of each year from 2023 to March 2025, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19845/25]

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State’s printed statement was not circulated earlier. We seem to be getting into the habit of this. Printed statements are very useful if we cannot be in the Chamber at the start of a debate. Therefore, I ask that they be made available in future. Listening to the debate, it has been interesting to note that many of the issues talked about are very small local...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Parents are trying to protect their children from an online world and becoming increasingly overwhelmed and anxious about it because their children are carrying around in their pockets probably the biggest threat they will face for many years, and that is just their phones. The Netflix show "Adolescence" brought this danger into stark relief. It showed an extreme case of the tragic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will she work with us across the floor to change this and make sure online spaces are safer for our children?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I agree there is a role for everybody in this. Parents are playing their part. Schools are playing their part. I know incredible teachers who are doing everything they can to address this issue. We need the Government to play its part. I acknowledge the work the Minister did on Coco's Law. She spoke about making sure it is illegal to share graphic or toxic content. We are allowing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister. I may have misheard but I do not think he referred to the CEPA report.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was quite noisy. My understanding, and this has been reported in the media, is the CEPA report offers an alternative view to the previous analysis done on energy security. It really is important because I understand the CEPA report says that by the time we get any emergency or transition measure in place, it will be very costly, but also there will not be a need for it at that stage. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: On the terminology of this being emergency infrastructure, I understand that every two months, because of the very nature of LNG, the gas will have to be distributed through the pipeline-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: -----so we are essentially just replacing the majority of the gas we are using at the moment with this system even though we are calling it temporary and saying it will only be used in case of disruption. To compare it to the oil reserve is incorrect because that does not have to be used every two months. We do not have to get rid of it out of the system and ensure everyone uses it as it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: And put it online.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release the report on liquefied natural gas commissioned by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17600/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (10 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the students as well. It is always very interesting to visit here. I came into Leinster House when I was maybe eight or nine with Brendan Howlin and it was fascinating and has stuck with me. It looks like LNG is the topic of the day. My question is about the release of that report. I welcome the fact that the Minister has said it will be released within a matter of weeks,...