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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provision in budget 2021 to give an additional €5 million to youth services; if he will address existing funding anomalies in relation to existing funding streams to address funding inequalities in counties affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31354/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provisions contained in budget 2021 that intend to reduce child poverty in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31352/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has finalised the energy poverty report; when the report will be published and made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for local authority vets to carry out inspections at local abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made in budget 2021 to roll out specialist perinatal mental health services as outlined in the national model of care, including provision of full staff teams and clinical space for the six specialist perinatal mental health hubs in the maternity hospitals in Galway, Limerick, Cork, the Rotunda, the national maternity hospital and the Coombe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €2 million allocated to County Wicklow as publicly announced from the €7.8 million in funding provided to address waiting times for children awaiting assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30991/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the provision and the management of 'flu vaccines; the number of vaccines available for the forthcoming winter and the way in which they will be distributed; if priority will be given to front-line workers, carers and others most exposed to Covid-19; the plans in place to assist general practitioners in the management of the 'flu season...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: And Deputy Cairns.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister started by saying that our most fundamental duty today is to acknowledge the profound failures and mistreatment of Irish women and their children who were cruelly deprived of choice and agency, and, in many cases, coerced into unnecessary institutional settings. I absolutely agree. We and the Government need to acknowledge that. We need to acknowledge the bravery and dignity...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is engaging with banks regarding the issue that mortgage approvals are being delayed in which an applicant’s employer is in receipt of the EWSS despite the applicant’s wages remaining unaffected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide clarity regarding yoga studies and the current guidelines for this sector under level 3 Covid-19 restrictions and the way in which they can operate in the course of the current pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31808/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: English Language Training Organisations (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for issuing a circular (details supplied) instructing face-to-face learning in international language schools; if ELE industry specific risks were taken into consideration when issuing the circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31809/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if couples that do not cohabit and live across boundary lines can visit each other during level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31814/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I find it very interesting that a lot of the issues they have raised have been raised by other experts too, which goes to show the importance of significant pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. There are some obvious gaps in the legislation as it stands. I was going to raise many of the issues raised by Senator Boylan regarding nature-based...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Could we cover the nature-based solutions? The witnesses did not have an opportunity to finish what they were saying earlier. To move it on a little, we have not been particularly good or strong in protecting our environment and biodiversity to date. We will now be relying on this to protect it. Is there also a need to strengthen these? If we cannot do it within the climate framework...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not know whether to be horrified by the Minister's admission that he will not accept any of our amendments today or to be thankful for his honesty as we all now know where we stand and that this debate is purely an academic exercise. What we say, no matter how powerful, critical or constructive it is, will not be incorporated in the Bill or considered. That reflects to a large extent...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not know if the Minister gets the sense from the Chamber today that there is a real sadness here. As the previous speaker said, there is a sinking feeling because we know the clock is ticking and that nothing is going to change, whatever efforts we make. There is an inevitability that those women are going to be let down again and that their histories and their information will be put...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I believe the Minister's intention is as he says. When he says that he is going to try to resolve this in the way that the survivors want, I believe that he will try. I believe it will be difficult for survivors to put trust in the Minister as a part of the State and a member of an institution such as this. What I would prefer to see is for this Bill to be somehow amended to give extra...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Can I press an amendment?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Could the Minister give more information on the Avoca Mines site remediation allocation under subhead C4?