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Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Electric Vehicles
Jennifer Whitmore
200. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric State vehicles as a percentage of the overall number of vehicles. [23562/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Hare Coursing
Jennifer Whitmore
327. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if licences for the capture of hares for the 2020-21 hare coursing season have been issued; if not, when licences will be issued; his plans to place specific conditions on those licences in view of the incidents of RDH2 found in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Animal Diseases
Jennifer Whitmore
328. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to implement a national survey of hare and rabbit populations to determine the prevalence of RDH2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Foreign Birth Registration
Jennifer Whitmore
363. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has resumed processing foreign birth registrations, which were ceased due to Covid-19; if not, when processing will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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International Agreements
Jennifer Whitmore
566. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice the reason Ireland has not signed the Lanzarote Convention to date; when Ireland will sign the convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23561/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Direct Provision System
Jennifer Whitmore
569. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice when the direct provision portfolio will be moved to the Department with responsibility for children, disability, equality and integration; if the International Protection Accommodation Service and other relevant agencies will be moved to the Department; her views on the impact the move will have on the day-to-day administration of the service and relevant agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23264/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Direct Provision System
Jennifer Whitmore
570. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice the options available to public representatives to address urgent matters regarding direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23265/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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National Childcare Scheme
Jennifer Whitmore
29. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if he will expand the national childcare scheme to include children with varying degrees of disadvantage currently outside the definition of extreme vulnerability to ensure that specific, ring-fenced evidence-based supports are provided for in childcare settings to children in disadvantaged communities. [22248/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Childcare Services
Jennifer Whitmore
37. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the percentage of GDP that he hopes to achieve in terms of investment by the end of the term of this Government in line with the programme for Government commitment to increase investment in early years and school age childcare; and if he will increase investment year-on-year to achieve this goal. [22247/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Jennifer Whitmore
47. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if rapid testing for Covid-19 will be arranged for childcare sector workers in line with testing arrangements for teachers and staff in schools. [22246/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jennifer Whitmore
54. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the arrangements being made for the childcare sector in circumstances in which staff are tested positive for Covid-19 and substitute staff will be required to maintain the child ratios. [22249/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Cycling Facilities
Jennifer Whitmore
178. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the designated cycling officers in each local authority; the official contact details of each; the suitable qualification for the role; the form of coordination, communication and reporting that will be carried out between his Department and the cycling officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22190/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Cycling Policy
Jennifer Whitmore
179. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if the details of the commitment to adopt a high-quality cycling policy including assessments of the roads network will be provided by county; and the progress to date in the development of cycle network plans by each local authority. [22191/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Whitmore
180. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if clarification will be provided on limits for indoor and outdoor classes; if the same limits apply, if these classes are held as part of a gym complex as the indoor and outdoor limits for yoga, pilates, ballet and dance classes in view of recent health guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22192/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Driver Test
Jennifer Whitmore
239. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the measures he will introduce to address the lengthening waiting lists for driver tests in County Wicklow; the waiting by county for August 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22204/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Whitmore
376. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if clarity will be provided for videographers and photographers on the most recent HSE guidelines within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22184/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Air Corps
Jennifer Whitmore
468. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps has or will send trainees to Alabama and other states in the United States of America for pilot training; if so, if an assessment of the risk has been carried out; if the training is deemed critical in view of the fact that wider Defence Forces training courses and exercises have been curtailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22187/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Whitmore
469. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel sent abroad on a training course have to self-isolate for 14 days on return; if the medical officer can seek an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22188/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Whitmore
470. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Defence the Defence Forces policy on wearing masks within barracks; if guidelines on mask wearing have been issued to all offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22189/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Ministerial Correspondence
Jennifer Whitmore
589. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the reason correspondence (details supplied) has not been replied to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/20]