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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of monitoring measures (details supplied) from the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement; if he will provide a copy of the relevant monitoring reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of the mitigation measures outlined within the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank our guests for their contributions and for their presentation, which was very interesting. They said the better energy homes scheme covers 4,800 homes annually. Many have a BER of B2 because the overall target is for 500,000 B2-rated homes. How many of the 4,800 homes this year will meet that B2 target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is 300 out of the 4,800 homes are B2. Does the SEAI believe that that is a ratio that it will see going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am aware that there are other schemes so how many B2s will be completed this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, and the target is an average of 45,000 homes a year. I know that there is also a necessity to ramp up. Deputy O’Rourke requested and Dr. Byrne replied that he would give a projection on this to 2030. Is that projection on a quarter-by-quarter basis for B2-rated homes because ultimately, the 500,000 target is a B2 one and is not just attic insulations, for example? Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: We could get to the reduction in CO2 emissions then without hitting the 500,000 target because it could actually be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What Mr. Walsh said is correct in that this is the largest infrastructure programme in the State and is probably the most important. We cannot afford to have any slippage as we have such a short timeframe now of less than eight years. To ensure that we are keeping on track and that there is not any slippage, it is going to be very important for that ramping up graph to be publicly available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Unfortunately I had to miss the start of the session today so forgive me if this question has already been answered. It relates to the risks to meeting the targets. Dr. Byrne mentioned supply chain capacity as a concern or a challenge in the current market. I have been through the retrofitting process recently and it is very difficult to get workers and materials. Has the SEAI done a risk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does the SEAI believe that the target of 500,000, which the Government has given set and is in all of the plans, is the wrong metric?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister cannot do that.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Have they seen the contract?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Have all 52 seen the contract and are they legally experienced to ascertain the meaning of that contract?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: So all 52 signatories of that letter have seen the contract?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Minister please stop gaslighting the nation?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I suggest the Minister checks his Facebook page.

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would like to take this opportunity to briefly raise the issue of the new national maternity hospital with the Minister and the language that is being used surrounding the debate at present. I want to get on the record how disappointed I am with the language that the Minister, in particular, has used over the past few months in relation to the concerns that have been expressed by women in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not think the Minister gets it. I do not think he quite understands the impact that this fuel and energy crisis is having on individuals. A man contacted my constituency office this week. He is a cancer survivor and has diabetes. He made the choice to pay his electricity bill rather than buy the food he needed. He ended up in hospital as a result of a hypoglycaemic attack. That is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The regulator needs 60% more staff than it has at the moment.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: We do not have time.