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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would like to thank the Minister for coming in today. One of the concerns expressed when the ceilings were published in July was that they had not been divided into budgets for the 2021-2025 or 2026-2030 periods, but I see that those carbon budgets will be published. When will that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect. How will it be possible to publish those targets if the LULUCF will not be devised for another 18 months? If one is breaking it up between the different sectors and one of the sectors is missing, does that not make it difficult to allocate among the remaining sectors? The fact that the LULUCF was not included in the sectoral ceilings was also of concern in relation to meeting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I presume the budget target for 2025 will be the key metric they need to be working towards and that will be set out in all the actions in the Climate Action Plan 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. Has the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage been included as one of those ministers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Earlier in the summer when we had the sectoral targets discussions, one of my key criticisms was the process. When there were discussions about the targets for agriculture, I was very concerned that farming communities were very worried about what this was going to mean for them and how they were going to meet any of the targets that were being set down. The process that was followed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The environmental sector walked away from that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: There has to be a plan, though, because the emissions targets are higher than they have ever been. The farm to fork strategy, Origin Green and other such measures have not achieved the required level of emissions, so additional measures need to be built onto them. Farmers are business people and need clarity for their operations if they are to plan for the upcoming season and year. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was on transport and how the most basic action that we should be taking was to ensure that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: My first questions are for the Minister and then I will turn to the CRU and EirGrid. When does the Minister anticipate that the review being conducted by Mr. McCarthy will be submitted to him? Will he make the report publicly available? On prices, the Minister said we are seeing unprecedented increases in bills and in energy poverty rates. However, we are also seeing unprecedented...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Those measures - the optimisation of the batteries and demand-side management response - are being looked at for around 200 MW. That 200 MW was mentioned at the start of the CRU's submission.