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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (20 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be opportunities for rural community groups to access CLÁR funding to purchase vehicles as part of their operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45918/22]

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion. It is a far-ranging motion that touches on every element of the energy issues we are seeing, be it security of supply or price. We must be clear that they are two separate issues with two drivers behind them. The exorbitant prices being applied to people's bills are as a result of the problem in Ukraine, which could not have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the redevelopment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coast Guard Service (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a new station (details supplied); the timeline for its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulations surrounding the advertising on a website (details supplied) of stays in campervans parked on public roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of allotments, community gardens and urban orchards provided as of September 2022, as detailed in the Programme for Government. [45263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite the foreign birth registration case of a person (details supplied); the current average timeline for processing foreign birth applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that she will address the expense of schoolbooks which must be updated each year, adding to the back-to-school costs for parents with multiple children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase funding for school libraries and the provision of qualified school librarians; if there are plans to expand the junior certificate schools programme demonstration library project beyond the current 30 schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that her Department is making to address the delay in issuing of school transport passes to families awaiting a decision on their application; the reason for the delays in issuing tickets to families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home pledges that were received for Ukrainian refugees by county; the current number of pledges (details supplied); the number of refugees who have been housed through a refugee process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current timeframe for apprenticeships to move onto phase two; the steps that are being taken to address the backlog and waiting list for phase two of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce a statutory time limit for wheelchair users having to wait for a replacement or repaired wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the shortage in the number of dentists accepting medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the drug pembro; the reason that some health insurance companies do not cover the drug; the way that a patient can avail of it if their health provider does not cover payment of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recognition and regulation of domestic and international surrogacies arrangements, in light of the recent Report on Internal Surrogacy by the Special Joint Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being put in place to safeguard wild bird populations against the risk of avian flu outbreak; if he will develop a surveillance, testing and safe disposal programme; if he will put measures in place to stop the unnecessary disturbance of wild birds that may be affected by the virus; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of wild birds with avian flu that have been notified to his Department by county to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional funding that has been allocated for the purposes of dealing with the avian flu outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45272/22]

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: We are in the worst cost-of-living crisis in more than four decades. The price of everything, including basic necessities, is soaring. People all over the country are worrying about how they are going to feed their families and heat their homes. The speed with which prices are increasing and the extortionate levels they are reaching are unprecedented in their scope, scale and catastrophic...