Results 181-200 of 4,659 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Migration: Statements (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Sometimes, politics is not just about what you say and how you say it. It is also about what you do not say. What I have not heard today from the Minister, or anyone in the Chamber, is that compared with most other European countries Ireland has a relatively normal level, or even low level, of migration, particularly on the international protection side of things, at 1.2% of all applicants...

Migration: Statements (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: He needs to wake up, take responsibility and make sure that he provides the leadership we need to see so that we can deal with this issue properly and fairly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State will be aware that in 2022, approximately 30% of households in Ireland were considered to be at risk of energy poverty. We are continuing to see the extraordinary stresses that are being put on homes because of the high cost of living, of which a huge component is energy costs. Over recent days and weeks, companies are again increasing their electricity charges,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I know that is the argument that has been put forward over the last number of years but the majority of electricity units in someone's home are used to heat water, so there will not be any leakage from that. That is where a lot of the expenses are. If we can actually heat someone's water, we are going to save them a lot of money on their electricity bills. In relation to all those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expand the warmer homes scheme to include solar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48994/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: A study by UCC over the last number of years has identified that over 1 million homes in Ireland are suitable for solar and that one quarter of all electricity needed could be produced for those homes. It would have huge saving costs for homes. Unfortunately, though, low-income homes are often locked out of the ability to have solar because their households simply cannot afford it. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action his Department is taking to identify the source of the river Blackwater fish kill; for an update on the work carried out to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to reform the Public Service Obligation Levy to make it income-sensitive and progressive given its disproportionate impact on low-income households. [48995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to introducing a statutory energy poverty strategy that integrates energy efficiency, affordability and climate justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will transpose the EU definition of energy poverty into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 319. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for the up-to-date figures of those on the waiting list for an assessment of need across the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if the neurorehabilitation centre in Bray, County Wicklow is now fully operational; if not, when it is expected to become fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49488/25]

Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am not sure the Minister of State quite understands the depth of feeling out there in relation to this issue. What the Government, Ministers, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have said and are saying, always with heartfelt commitment and promise, is that children with special needs will get the support, school places and SNAs they need and that they will have all of the services they...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Electricity costs are out of control, and we already have one of the highest electricity prices in Europe. We are approximately €350 more than the average. Now costs are being jacked up again. We have seen double-digit hikes by many of the electricity suppliers. That is putting even more pressure on families who are really struggling. It should not be that difficult to keep the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: What if you do not have children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Professor McMullin for his contribution. I have a lot of questions but the first thing jumping out at me is the paragraph of the submission relating to aviation emissions and the fact that there is now legal advice that national emissions budgets should take aviation into account. This is the first time this committee has heard that. When discussing budgets, it has always been very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Of course, the Paris Agreement obliges us to act with a precautionary approach. If we are not 100% sure, we need to take it into account and have a sort of risk-averse approach. We obviously need to have those discussions. Perhaps that is something the committee needs to look at. Our obligations under the Paris Agreement would mean that we would have to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to go back to the original issue for today and the change in the methodology. When we raised this with the chair of the CCAC when she was last before the committee, she said that the change in the methodology was chosen because the CCAC was adopting newer techniques being used by the IPCC and that a more comprehensive, structured approach that is being used. I would be interested in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Professor Daly. I have to rush to the Chamber but I want to make the point that this is a very technical conversation we are having and we are not climate scientists. It is not something we will get resolved and we will need to be led by scientists and the evidence on this, so I fully support the call for this to go back. The peer review by the IPCC, particularly if the Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 has not yet been commenced; the timeline for its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/25]