Results 41-60 of 3,619 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children sanctioned for the July provision for the past five years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently participating in the July provision model by county; if he will allow teachers participate in the July provision other than from their own school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7988/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision; if he will consider extending the July provision into August 2020 and include children beyond those who are currently eligible including children with Down's syndrome and other additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if businesses selling hemp products are excluded from the range of Covid-19 business grants available through Enterprise Ireland; if so, the reason for such an exclusion; if she will reconsider the eligibility for the grant in view of the fact these companies are also negatively affected by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a roadmap for the return to practice of podiatry practitioners; if a support package for the podiatry sector will be established similar to that created for the dentistry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 700. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1006 of 13 May 2020, if he will identify specifically the locations in which new, not replacement, charging points have been established; the way in which his Department determined the location of those new charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Online Safety (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if data protection guidelines were sent to schools in advance of them setting up remote learning networks; his views on whether the current use of remote learning applications is in line with the national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing social care students who would typically carry out 800 hours of placement under QQI and CORU guidelines in two block placements in year two and three and which due to Covid-19 work placements have not been halted with students unable to start their placements (details supplied); if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further clarity on the status of the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a short timeframe for leaving certificate students to register online; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that those children who do not have access to technology can register; if an extended timeframe will be allocated to those young persons unable to register on time due to the existing digital divide made even...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the ongoing issue of student accommodation in which students who left their accommodation due to Covid-19 when universities were shut down and are not being refunded their accommodation fees; the representations his Department has made on this issue; if a partial or full refund of accommodation fees is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 416. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will place a cap on the amount of funding provided to local authorities to administer the SME restart grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 481. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions dog groomers fall under; if dog groomers will be restricted to the distance of 10 km radius at this phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 482. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the category coaching facilities offering nutritional advice, physical fitness, sport and recreation fitness fall under in view of the fact they are not traditional gyms (details supplied); if they would qualify to come under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the current primary care transport service schedule for County Wicklow residents travelling to Dublin city hospitals, that is, transport services provided by the HSE in County Wicklow including access to day hospitals and day centres and access to outpatient departments and other hospital services in counties Wicklow and Dublin; when the transport timetable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for medical staff working in private hospital facilities in circumstances in which they cannot commence work due to the lack of available childcare and all annual leave has been used and the employer is not flexible with regard to working on weekends as an alternative and they cannot afford a pay cut; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made to date to include a representative on NPHET with expertise in child psychology and child development to enable a child-centred approach to the transition from Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free flu vaccine was not extended to all children between 6 months and two years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place with regard to PPE in relation to mental health practitioners working with children; the way in which toys are handled and sterilised; the way in which social distancing can be encouraged among children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Programmes (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 836. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 949 of 20 May 2020, the status of progress to continue digital skills training to elderly persons; if he has been working with organisations representing older persons in order to continue digital training throughout Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/20]