Wicklow — week of Mon, 29 Mar

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 0 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Education 4 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the current capacity of special schools since they returned at 50% capacity earlier in March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16480/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to re-establish safe school transport for those attending special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16481/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education when all therapies will resume within special schools for those children who have high educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16563/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if she will address correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17397/21]
Transport 3 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if a review is being carried out on the NTA National Cycling Manual; if the manual is poverty, gender and age-proofed to ensure maximum uptake of cycling as an alternative mode of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16483/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if the extension granted to the expiry dates of some Irish driver licences will be extended to the 12-month grace period on licences from the United Arab Emirates given the current restrictions in accessing driver licences and test dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to increase the capacity for a Dublin Bus route (details supplied) which accommodates County Wicklow and which is experiencing an increase in demand due to the reopening of secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/21]
Public 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that all projects funded under Project Ireland 2040 are properly assessed for their full, long-term and life-cycle climate impacts; the conclusion of the recent review considering climate impacts of existing projects; and the corrective measures he will take on projects whose emissions will breach the emission reduction targets. [16485/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include climate policy and environmental expertise in the reformed Project Ireland 2040 delivery board to bring additional independent expert knowledge into the process; and the other areas of expertise that will be included. [16486/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of allotments provided under the Local Government Act 2001 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress in establishing a working group on the legacy of poor building practices as committed to under the programme for Government; the work carried out on the issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17119/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the maternity supports available for a person (details supplied) who works in academia but who does not qualify for any benefit including child benefit; the financial benefits that person is entitled to while on maternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16484/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of childcare workers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment on a weekly basis from 21 December 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16559/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks before which there is currently no statutory paid leave for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17398/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women’s refuge centres nationwide and on a per capita basis; the amount of funding that has been provided for a women’s refuge for each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the status of the efforts undertaken by his Department to date to provide breast milk banks in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17399/21]
- 2021-04-01 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the issuing of vaccines to a school (details supplied); the actions being taken to make sure this does not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18073/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-04-01 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason companies that do not have a business premise cannot access funding from the small business assistance scheme for COVID; the funding available to outdoor adventure and corporate events industry that has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-04-01 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice the number of community policing Gardaí attached to each station in County Wicklow in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18071/21]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when the primary school vaccination programme of the 4:1 booster and MMR for children in junior infants will be recommencing in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health his plans to open a further general practitioner practice in an area (details supplied) given that the population is increasing and a large retirement home will be opening in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16382/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health his plans to carry out a public inquiry into the outbreak of Covid-19 in nursing homes and the help and assistance that was provided to them during the first wave of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17029/21]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the due diligence mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure that an Israeli-headquartered entity seeking investment opportunities in Ireland does not operate in or profit from Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA will use the UN database of companies operating in Israeli settlements in order to screen for companies that may be guilty of human rights abuses in the context of the planned IDA campaign to situate a business development consultant in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16343/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the proposed plan by the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, to situate a business development consultant in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which the proposed plan by the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, to situate a business development consultant in Israel to attract companies to Ireland does not contradict efforts by the international community to prevent Israel’s continuing illegal annexation of the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/21]
Defence 1 question
- 2021-04-01 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the rationale offered by the independent review group set up to review and make recommendations on the Battle of Jadotville in order to seek an extension to the original reporting date of 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17765/21]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Votes this week

Questions asked 19 total

Questions asked 8 total