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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre in Rathdrum; the estimated completion date for the primary care centre; if a structural assessment has been carried-out on the site due to unfinished road servicing, electric vehicle infrastructure and reports of damage to internal walls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on the way that Budget 2023 will address capacity issues in CAMHS services; the amount of funding that will go towards increasing the availability of CAMHS services and mental health services for young persons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48869/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was stated earlier that energy costs were in the region of €300 million but are forecast to rise to €2 billion. When will that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: So Electric Ireland has hedged against that. When will that hedging expire? At what stage will that €2 billion be represented in people's bills?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: When will Electric Ireland customers see the impact of that hedging expiring in their bills and what will it mean for the average bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What percentage have they seen? Have they seen 75%? When will 100% be realised in bills?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: So there is still a 30% rise that could be realised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The news from the UK is that there are potential gas shortages there. What impact would that have on energy bills? Has Electric Ireland done a risk analysis of that, or any modelling of what that could mean for bills here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: On pay-as-you-go customers, the witnesses talk about protecting the vulnerable. When they talk about disconnection for vulnerable customers, they need to be clear it is not financially vulnerable customers or people at risk of energy poverty. It is only for those who are medically vulnerable. Is that correct? How can Electric Ireland protect pay-as-you-go customers from these rises and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will ask specifically about those people because they will self-disconnect. Has Electric Ireland any direct communication with its pay-as-you-go customers or does it rely on the likes of the St. Vincent de Paul and MABS to be that intermediary? Is it reaching out to these customers? How can they be protected from self-disconnection by Mr. Fenlon's organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does Electric Ireland have any direct contact with its pay-as-you-go customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has Electric Ireland ever written to its pay-as-you-go customers to say it understands this is a very difficult period for them, here are the supports that are available and, if they are having difficulty, it recommends they do A, B and C? Has it ever written directly to those customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: That assumes people in that situation will know they have to go to the St. Vincent de Paul or to the Electric Ireland website to check it out. Will Electric Ireland consider writing directly to those people to tell them that options are available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will Electric Ireland write to them?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who is in their leaving certificate year will be accommodated with a school bus place, given it is their only form of transport to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be accommodated on a school bus in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) whose sibling has already been accommodated with a school bus place will be accommodated with same in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason bus tickets for three siblings (details supplied) who have previously been in receipt of a bus ticket since 2015 were refused this school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48416/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: When will that happen?