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Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(5) The Minister will establish a committee to look into ways by which future schemes, in relation to the provision of electricity costs emergency benefit payments, are allocated in a targeted manner direct at individuals most vulnerable to fuel poverty or who are financially vulnerable. The Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the urgent situation facing a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50404/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have an incredible sense of déjà vu today as we talk about this Bill. In December 2021, the Government announced a €200 energy credit to deal with the energy price hikes people were seeing. That Bill was debated in March of this year. That was also called an electricity emergency Bill. I find it staggering that less than a year later we are debating essentially the same...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update in relation to the Avoca remediation project; the projected funding that will be provided in view of Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance the limited number of period products that will be reduced to a zero per cent VAT rate from 1 January 2023, as announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting time that a person has to wait before they can change their name on their passport via a deed poll; the current conditions as set out for persons seeking to change their name on a passport; if he will consider reducing the timeframe for persons who are due to get married or travel and wish to do so under their new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools which will get solar panels; the number of schools on an annual basis that will be fitted with free solar PV panels under recently announced proposals; the total amount of funding that will be made available on an annual basis to complete this programme of works; if she will outline the process by which this will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for when each school in Ireland will get free solar PV panels as part of budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the college fee re-imbursement announced in budget 2023 will apply to Irish students studying abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the particular situation facing a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50176/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I absolutely agree with Deputy Bruton and the approach he has taken. In a time of emergency, where resources are limited and there are constraints around the availability of construction workers to do this work, the focus must be on those homes where people are at risk of, or are already in, energy poverty and where the upgrades can be done quickly and efficiently. That is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: How long is the waiting list? At one stage it was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: These are very much the homes where we are looking at attic insulation and so on. They are not the major retrofits. These should be the easiest and quickest homes to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: On another issue, a low-cost loan scheme was announced in February. When will that be made available? My understanding is the scheme would be worth €8 billion. According to the statistics provided in the opening statement, 36,000 applications have been made to the one-stop shop. How many of those are actually in progress and how many are waiting for information on a loan? I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: If I was doing a retrofit and I knew there were going to be low-cost loans coming out, I would not progress with it until I knew how much that loan was and whether I was going to be eligible for it. How can people progress through the one-stop shop in the absence of that loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What percentage of people are waiting for information on the loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does Dr. Byrne have no oversight of who is coming in to the one-stop shops, how long they are on waiting lists, what they are looking for, or any of that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: On the one-stop shops, how many people have applied and how many homes have started? How many have people working on them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: And how many have applied?