Results 81-100 of 3,542 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons living in County Wicklow who have hospital appointments after 1 p.m., at which time the hospital travel scheme ends, are expected to travel with limited public transport available and family assistance might not be available also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which access to sexual and reproductive healthcare including cervical screening, STI testing and treatment, abortion and contraceptive services have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: A Vision for Change (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if the revised national mental health policy, A Vision for Change, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration at EU level has begun with regard to the further renewal of approval of glyphosate which was due to begin in December 2019; if Ireland has submitted a full dossier to the member states’ assessment group on glyphosate which was due mid-June 2020; when he envisages a public consultation will be carried out on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 918. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available to business owners operating a childcare facility for those not on payroll and who are currently on the Covid-19 pandemic payment and in receipt of €300 to use towards business expenses once the pandemic payment ends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Sales (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1080. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with developers holding onto deposits by potential homeowners in circumstances in which due to Covid-19 potential homeowners cannot draw down a mortgage due to job insecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1081. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs payable by Ireland as per a European Commission judgment of 28 March 2019 regarding Ireland’s obligations to meet directive 91/271/EEC, Case C-427/17; if there are ongoing fines relating to non-compliance on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11406/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: If the Minister is agreeable, we will go back and forth with questions and answers. I welcome this opportunity to discuss biodiversity. Last week, I raised the issue with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton. Fundamentally, biodiversity and its capacity as a nature-based solution to climate change and dealing with climate change adaptation and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have gone through the EU biodiversity strategy, which contains many really good proposals. As the Minister stated, there is a commitment to protect a minimum of 30% of not just terrestrial areas, but also marine areas and, within that, to have a heavily protected area of 10%. That would be quite a significant change from the current situation, but it is an important goal to aim for....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for attending. I acknowledge the sacrifice and work of their staff over recent months. I also acknowledge and thank their families because the sacrifice was not just made by those staff but by their children and by the members of their extended families who stepped in and assisted. I am aware of a nurse in Wicklow whose sister took her child for eight full weeks. She...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Ms Ní Sheaghdha was not involved in the development of the scheme. Does she feel there is now sufficient consultation between the unions and the Department to develop childcare solutions that will work for the workers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: It seems that we are taking a wait-and-see approach. There does not seem to be a huge amount of proactive addressing the needs that will exist after 29 June. We do not know exactly how many staff will not have the childcare they will require. Have the witnesses carried out an analysis in respect of what the impact would be if the schools do not open on a full-time basis? If they do not...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Ms Ní Sheaghdha referred to the mental health impacts of this on INMO workers. I imagine there were significant mental health impacts on the children of front-line workers as well. Has anyone done any analysis or a review on that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Chair for allowing me in. This session was incredibly interesting. It was my first time to attend the committee. Many important points were made and questions asked. As the Chair stated, the rate of infection among healthcare workers is one of the things that will need to be looked at further. A significant amount of the discussion today dealt with issues unrelated to the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the different groups that have come in to talk to us. It is important that we have this level of engagement with them because it is patently obvious that there has not been sufficient engagement with the sector in recent months. We are really reaping the non-rewards of that at the moment. I will refer to a comment Ms Byrne made earlier and with which I could not agree more. She...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Donohoe. Perhaps Ms Byrne or Ms Heeney might comment on behalf of Early Childhood Ireland.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: Did they give a reason for that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank our guests from the Department for attending. I acknowledge that it has been a difficult period and that a great deal of work has been done by the Department in challenging circumstances. I want to come back to some of the previous points that were made. Seeking to develop a policy to provide a specific childcare service for front-line workers and not including the representative...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have only a couple of minutes and I have another question. Two things have become really clear over the course of Covid, the first being that in the absence of childcare, women are left holding the baby. The second, which has become blatantly clear, is that women can no longer be left holding the baby while also trying to hold down a job. We will have to address this. We have to get the...