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

Jennifer Whitmore: Electric vehicles and heat pumps will represent 13% or 15% of our electricity use. If a home can produce that electricity itself and use the car as a battery, it will support the grid. There would not just be a benefit in terms of emissions reductions, but also a grid security benefit through this capacity. Does the SEAI have conversations with the CRU and EirGrid on these matters?

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

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay.

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

Jennifer Whitmore: Does that not mean that there is a greater incentive for the homeowner to retrofit, given that the grant is larger? There is no solar grant for people on lower incomes and the grants for solar are low compared with retrofitting. I see it as part of the package, but someone on a low income will not be able to afford solar even though it would reduce his or her energy costs by 30% or 40%...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: I agree. The focus in the short term should be on installing solar panels on every low-income home free of charge before using the next eight years to retrofit and address the fabric issue.

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

Jennifer Whitmore: These are the homes of people who are in receipt of social welfare and, therefore, of people who are at the greatest risk. I just wanted to make that clear. It also feeds into the point about prioritising.

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

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I thank Dr. Byrne.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was also absolutely appalled today to read that the business lobby group, IBEC, has objected to the Government's plan to bringing in legislation on paid leave for victims of domestic abuse. Asking people who have suffered domestic abuse to provide proof that they have actually suffered that abuse is retraumatising. This level of disbelief and distrust is exactly why victims do not come...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It must be without the need for proof.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. It is time that the Minister for Transport, the NTA and Go-Ahead Ireland put the Covid baby down and start taking responsibility for not providing the service that, as the Minister of State says, it is paid to do. It is incredible that a Green Party Minister, the Minister for Transport, is saying that it is not his responsibility to provide these services and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State very much for being here. I know this is not her area and I appreciate her taking the time to be here. I raise the absolute shambles of a public transport service in north Wicklow and particularly the services provided by Go-Ahead Ireland. This has been an issue for a number of years now. I am speaking here about route 184 to Newtownmountkennedy, route 185 to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any funding updates with regards to the M11/N11 upgrade which was previously refused funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Period Poverty (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing VAT on all reusables to make reusable items more affordable; if he will consider making period pants 0% VAT, similar to other sanitary products given that reusable period pants are a sanitary product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing right-to-be-forgotten legislation which will ensure that after a specified period of time, those who have survived cancer either do not have to declare their diagnosis, and or can no longer be treated differently to those who have not had a cancer diagnosis when applying for some types of insurance and or loans; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on support for ecocide legislation both internationally and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve an issue facing a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending child benefit to families with children still in secondary school but who are over the age of 18 years given the fact that many 6th year pupils are 18 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of volunteer information providers in Citizens Information centres; the status of the Citizen Information Board’s volunteer strategy; the reason that volunteer information providers are being excluded in their terms of reference; the efforts that she will take to address the potential future...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to extend parental leave for children over 13 years in order that parents have the choice to be with their older children when the need arises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available any analysis done on the capacity of childcare spaces in County Wicklow; the amount in Budget 2023 that will go towards enhancing capacity by county; the way that this will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48851/22]