Jennifer Whitmore

148. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department’s identification of opportunities for additional peatlands for enhanced rehabilitation, as committed to in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46043/25]

149. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department’s assessment of the contributing factors that led to three major peatland failures in 2020, as committed to in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/25]

150. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the scoping study report on mapping peat depth and carbon storage as committed to in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46047/25]

151. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline how a State-led FSRU would be compliant with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/25]

152. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline and cost for the development of the State-led strategic gas emergency reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46049/25]

153. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department expects to finalise policy and legislation on the operation of a State-led strategic emergency gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46050/25]

154. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide figures on the uptake of the low-cost loan scheme for 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46051/25]

155. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated figures on the installation of solar panels in homes, new and retrofitted, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46052/25]

156. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated figures on the homes retrofitted to B2 or above, with a year-by-year breakdown to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46053/25]

157. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the status of the Marine Protected Areas Legislation and whether a decision has been made to retain it as stand-alone legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46084/25]

158. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will publish the work done by his Department to date on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46085/25]

393. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the regulations in place that set the national standards for pedestrian crossings; if any of these standards could preclude the design of pedestrian crossings whereby crossings are painted in the pride colours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46834/25]

394. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the reason search and rescue crew members, who perform duties for a continuous 24-hour period, have their recorded working hours reduced to 16.5 hours; if this practice is consistent with national and EU legislation on working time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/25]

637. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of the €3.15billion climate and nature fund that has been ringfenced for nature-specific projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46036/25]

638. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a breakdown of where the €3.15billion climate and nature fund is going to be spent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46037/25]

653. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if funding has been allocated to Wicklow town courthouse under the NDP and the details of that allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47150/25]

654. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of the works undertaken on Wicklow town court house in 2024 and to date in 2025; the works, if any, planned over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47151/25]

895. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth to share the details of the school bus routes not operational for the start of the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis; the number of students impacted by those lacking services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46066/25]

896. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department will pay the exceptional no service interim grant up front rather than retrospectively due to the financial impact on parents of the lacking school bus services at the start of this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46067/25]

897. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the bidding for school bus contracts closed for the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis, if applicable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/25]

1026. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that approval will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47153/25]

1027. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47154/25]

1216. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the assessment of the impact of the use of the Difco cutter in peatlands, as mentioned in the National Peatlands Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46042/25]

1217. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the restoration plan for 60 hectares of blanket bog in the Wicklow Mountains National Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46044/25]

1218. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct his Department to prepare legislation to ban the sale of Cherry Laurel in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46054/25]