Results 101-120 of 1,774 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the construction of an extension (details supplied); to outline the process that will apply for its construction; to provide timelines for its construction; if she will expedite this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57237/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the construction of an extension (details supplied); to outline the process that will apply for its construction; to provide timelines for its construction; if she will expedite this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has examined the need for an additional secondary school in the Greystones, Kilcoole and Newtownmountkennedy area, in light of the significant population increase in recent years and the current over subscription for places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of efforts that have been put in place by her Department to increase the number of bus drivers available in order that the issues experienced with the school transport scheme will not be repeated for the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures have been put in place to deal with the expected increase in applications and demand for the school transport scheme, in view of the announcement that the scheme will be free for those eligible for the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of training programmes, including the cost of such programmes, being made available for those wishing to become qualified school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the oversubscription of schools, in particular second-level schools, resulting in children attending a school which is not geographically the closest to their home will be taken into consideration by her Department when deciding a student's eligibility for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1384/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the required number of eligible students needed on a school bus route for a larger bus to be placed on the route under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1386/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a requirement for eligible students to live within a certain distance of an already established school bus route for them to receive a place on the bus; her Department's policy for altering established bus routes to accommodate eligible students under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1387/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus usage is recorded; if a minimum attendance is required for a student to continue to be eligible for their school bus place under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1388/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the required number of eligible students needed for a new school bus route to be considered under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1389/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider some flexibility and work with families living in rural areas who are eligible for the school transport scheme to be able to avail of school bus services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1390/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of the different school ethos's recognised by her Department in relation to the school transport scheme for secondary schools and second-level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm which entities including public bodies under his remit are included in and required to implement the Wildlife Amendment Act 2023; if those not currently included will be added; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm which entities including public bodies and Government Departments in and required to implement the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan; if those not currently included will be added; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1395/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no shipment of livestock transported by ship will leave when winds of force six or above are predicted, as recently happened in Foynes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the regulation of pair trawling by pelagic trawlers within the six-mile limit; if there are plans to re-initiate a process for the ban on pair trawling within the six mile limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to undertake stock assessments of non-TAC species found and fished within the six mile limit; if he will consider applying the precautionary principle to the fishing/regulation of these stocks in the absence of scientific assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1581. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what regulations apply to the sale of non-inhalant nicotine products, such as pouches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57069/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1582. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the increased number of people under the age of 18 years using non-inhalant nicotine products, such as pouches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57070/23]