Parliamentary questions

Homeless Persons Supports

Jennifer Whitmore

279. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the youth homelessness strategy as part of the new Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47488/21]

Departmental Policies

Jennifer Whitmore

474. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons for the delay to the successor of Better Outcomes, Brighter Future; when he expects same to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47486/21]

Child Poverty

Jennifer Whitmore

475. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child poverty unit has been established in his Department; if so, the staff and resources provided to the unit; the remit of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47487/21]

International Agreements

Jennifer Whitmore

59. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use Ireland’s seat on the UN Security Council to examine an international law on ecocide. [43740/21]

Tax Yield

Jennifer Whitmore

147. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of revenue generated from the carbon tax 2021 that has been spent to date funding the national retrofitting programme; the number of homes that have been retrofitted as a result of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47241/21]

Energy Prices

Jennifer Whitmore

148. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he has taken to mitigate the energy price hike over the past year; the reason for his views that Ireland’s energy security is not currently being threatened by national and international factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47249/21]

Energy Prices

Jennifer Whitmore

149. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has carried out a poverty analysis of the impact that energy price-hikes are having on those most vulnerable; the way that his Department is applying a just transition model to the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47250/21]

Tax Data

Jennifer Whitmore

173. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown of the revenue generated by the carbon tax under the heading of continuation of 2020 carbon tax investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/21]

Sports Funding

Jennifer Whitmore

177. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding is available from the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; if any further projects will be considered at this time; the process for those applications as in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47207/21]

Planning Issues

Jennifer Whitmore

181. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if clarity will be provided regarding section 34 of the Planning Acts, which states that An Bord Pleanála is obliged to take Government policy into account; the sections of the various Planning Acts to which the obligation on An Bord Pleanála to consider Government policy apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47208/21]

Planning Issues

Jennifer Whitmore

182. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will update planning regulations around solar power to enable schools and community buildings to obtain planning permission to install solar panels; if his attention has been drawn to the high costs of acquiring planning permission for community buildings; if he will consider exempting them in the same manner as businesses and homes currently are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47254/21]

Planning Issues

Jennifer Whitmore

183. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47255/21]

Civil Marriages

Jennifer Whitmore

270. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection when the registration of civil marriages will commence online; the reasons for the delay to commence registration after it was stopped due to the cyber-attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47251/21]

International Protection

Jennifer Whitmore

284. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the intake of refugees from Afghanistan; if he is putting in place a programme to assist any unaccompanied minors coming from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

286. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that childcare workers are not being paid when they are excluded from work due to Covid-19 cases in a class and pod; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47205/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

287. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the results of a report (details supplied) whereby 70% of the managers who responded to the survey, found it extremely difficult to recruit staff in the past 12 months; the measures he will carry out to address the impending staffing crisis in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

288. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a demand for more childcare places outside of ECCE hours; the steps he is taking to address demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

289. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to address flexibility of childcare hours given that flexible working arrangements are being promoted by Government; if he will address the need for greater flexibility in the childcare sector to meet this policy approach and the various new working arrangements parents are taking on board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47248/21]

International Protection

Jennifer Whitmore

290. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the numbers of children and families from the Mória refugee camp who have been resettled in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47252/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Whitmore

311. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the health impact of vulnerable parents not being notified of Covid-19 cases in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47196/21]