Questions asked 11 total

• Environment 6 questions

  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans that are in place to expand the SEAI criteria for homes eligible for retrofitting in order to increase the number of those in fuel poverty under retrofitting programmes and to help achieve the target of 50,000 retrofits per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35795/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for homes that do not qualify for retrofitting under SEAI grants, the assessment costs are incurred by sustainable energy communities; his plans to remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35796/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to include those who cannot afford to pay for air source heat pumps to be included in the upcoming pilot heat loss index project for homeowners who fell into the 2.3 to 2.6 HLI category; the reasons these homeowners are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those homeowners who were declined SEAI funding for retrofitting and are referred to the warmer homes scheme end up costing sustainable energy communities’ funding, staff time and other resources which are not compensated; if compensation will be provided for sustainable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that homeowners who do not qualify for an SEAI grant after waiting over 18 months have to start the cycle again when applying for the warmer homes scheme which currently has a minimum of a two year waiting list; the measures he will introduce to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the costs required to deliver on SEAI criteria on the homeowner before they apply for a SEAI retrofitting grant; if a cost optimal option will be provided that would standardise the SEAI category system into a single measure assessment rather than the four measures currently in place as part of the technical assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35800/21]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2021-07-07 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his Department’s expert group on a new funding model for childcare in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/21]
  • 2021-07-07 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the input he has had on the Economic Recovery Plan with regard to childcare during and after the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/21]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify the requirement for a valid licence agreement as per Criteria 6: Sharing of Facilities with Community and Clubs as part of the application process for the Large Scale Sports and Infrastructure Fund 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36325/21]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 24 June 2021, when the biodiversity citizens’ assembly will be established. [35430/21]
• Health 1 question

  • 2021-07-07 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30507/21]