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Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Departmental Data
Jennifer Whitmore
342. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council homes that have been retrofitted under the midlands retrofit programme 2020, by county; the associated funding costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54548/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Foreign Birth Registration
Jennifer Whitmore
376. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current average waiting time for the processing of foreign birth registrations; his plans to address delays and backlogs due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54238/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Registration of Births
Jennifer Whitmore
456. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the difficulty persons in County Wicklow are experiencing in accessing walk-in appointments for birth registrations and birth certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53968/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Jennifer Whitmore
508. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts being made by his Department to increase the number of apprenticeships for the new retrofitting plan; the bodies that will be facilitating those apprenticeships for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54293/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Jennifer Whitmore
509. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of retrofitting centres of excellence that have been established to date; the location of each; the number of trainees currently enrolled in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54546/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Whitmore
540. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding which was set aside in Budget 2021 to purchase new Garda vehicles; the number of new Garda vehicle purchases that were electric vehicles; if not electric, the reason for not purchasing electric vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54594/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Insurance Industry
Jennifer Whitmore
259. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is putting in place to increase competition within the insurance sector in Ireland in view of the recent report which found rising public liability insurance premiums despite a drop in the value of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52210/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Insurance Industry
Jennifer Whitmore
260. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the efforts he is carrying out to support businesses experiencing an increase in public liability insurance premiums despite a recent report outlining a drop in the value of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52211/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Environmental Impact Assessments
Jennifer Whitmore
365. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will respond to a person (details supplied) regarding an environmental impact assessment report; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52469/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Education Schemes
Jennifer Whitmore
484. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education when the school library fund will be allocated; the way it will be allocated to schools as announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52177/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Teaching Qualifications
Jennifer Whitmore
485. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the number of teacher absences that qualify for substitution that were recorded on the online claims system since the start of the 2021-2022 school year; the number of substitutes who were recorded against those absences; the number of those substitutes who were fully qualified by county for both primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52187/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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School Attendance
Jennifer Whitmore
516. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the number of children who have not returned to school since the Covid-19 pandemic began and are early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52585/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Education Welfare Service
Jennifer Whitmore
517. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if budget 2022 will result in an increase in the number of education welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52586/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Early School Leavers
Jennifer Whitmore
518. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of alternative education for early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52587/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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School Accommodation
Jennifer Whitmore
519. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the number of portacabins per school in County Wicklow over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52588/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Jennifer Whitmore
687. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of the predicted 30,000 registered apprentice positions to be created in the next five years that will go towards retrofitting to meet a potentially more ambitious national retrofitting plan due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52590/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Jennifer Whitmore
688. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in budget 2022 that will go towards setting up apprenticeships for retrofitting in the new action plan for apprenticeships with a target of 10,000 new apprenticeship registrations per annum by 2025 given the fact that the National Development Plan, the Housing for All plan and the new upcoming national retrofitting plan will require up to 80,000 new construction workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Insurance Industry
Jennifer Whitmore
720. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice further to publication of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform in December 2020 and the areas therein which fall under the remit of her Department, the efforts her Department is carrying out to address rising insurance premiums despite a drop in the value of awards; the list of legislative developments to address this issue; the timescale of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52212/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Whitmore
223. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the total number of CO2 monitors planned to be delivered to schools; the number of CO2 monitors that have been distributed to primary and post-primary schools by county; the number that have been returned due to malfunction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51907/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Whitmore
224. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the status of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51909/21]