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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The other important point mentioned is public acceptance and buy-in. Most of my experience of public transport is in my constituency, so I will make my point in that context. My constituency has the DART, commuter trains and rural transport. It covers all of the remit. One of the biggest problems is not that people do not want to use public transport but that the service is either not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Which is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The difficulty is that this project has been in the plans for five or six years. It has been promised on multiple occasions but keeps being pushed out. Is there a final date for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: But not outside. I am a bit confused. I would imagine that if the NTA was signing a contract with a company, it would have asked the company for a timeline for how quickly it can put this system in place if the funding was available. Was that not asked of the company? Has it not done a business plan going forward, with Gantt charts or whatever other project management plans in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Returning to Mr. Creegan's point, tolls or restrictions on people going into the city would be deeply unpopular. At this stage, it would also be deeply unfair because, as I said, if we take Wicklow as an example, people want to use public transport but the service is not there for them. For example, the 133 is the bus from Wicklow town into Dublin. Every September, there are problems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I think the change was to the grey to green carriages or vice versa. It has been causing a lot of problems. I would appreciate if Mr. Creegan looked into that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses. From the discussions we have had to date, it is safe to say there is a real need or want within the committee to prioritise low-impact fishers. We recognise that they are continually being squeezed into a harder and harder situation in regard to their ability to not only make money from their craft, but to undertake that craft. I am looking at some of the information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Another issue, one which probably plays into the marine protected areas, is the fact that the Government has never made used of Article 17 to recognise that it can allocate quotas on a prioritised basis from a cultural and heritage perspective. Should the Government do that? Given that we are very controlled by Europe in how we manage our fisheries, it seems to be a missed opportunity that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the due diligence his Department has completed in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions impacts resulting from State intervention to lift the Dublin airport passenger cap, in the context of both climate obligations and related human rights obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53579/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is not true. We clearly called them out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Obviously, while there have been some improvements in emissions reductions we are still nowhere near where we need to be. I believe much of those emissions reductions, particularly when talking about fertiliser reductions, were really as a result of the incredibly high prices we saw in the market. That obviously influenced people's ability to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It may not necessarily be a direct cap but the reality is that there would be a reduction if applied and the land is not going to be available for everyone. Has the Department ever looked at that in the context of a model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Department has modelled this out to show the potential impact of the nitrates derogation. It has looked at what the impacts are, like will we have fewer farms economically-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does Mr. Callanan think there is also a responsibility under the climate Act for the Department to model out each of those potential outcomes from an emissions perspective? This is a key responsibility of the Department, and if it is making policy decisions, it and the Minister need to consider them in light of the emissions as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Or reduce, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is where Government support is required. We have been calling for a plan B for the agricultural sector for a long time. I believe the chances of the derogation going through again are very low. Mr. Callanan is spelling out the significant financial and economic impacts. That is where the Government needs to come in to provide that support, and not force them out into tillage and into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect, I thank Dr. Dillon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: But for the MACC, Teagasc only considered existing Government policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: By how much?