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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The reason I wanted to raise this issue is that we discussed it at the fisheries committee and I had not joined the dots. We will have had more generation of offshore wind 20 years ago than we will in 2030 and that is when we are meant to be producing 5 GW in order to meet our targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I wanted to get that point out. In respect of the statutory timelines each of these projects have, what is the absolute shortest time they could be? There are statutory timelines we will not be able to speed up but there are other timeframes where there could be a resourcing issue and we could get a project through the system a bit more quickly. If loads of resources were thrown at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: So, the Government is -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is still within the remit or the hands of the Government to actually make this happen and for us to get some of these projects up and running if it throws enough resources at it and ensures the planning process goes as smoothly as it possibly can within the context of planning.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment not responsible for rivers trusts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Absolutely, and I am conscious the €26 billion in potential fines will be based on Ireland's 2030 targets.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Natural Gas Grid (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the Government’s position on commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Natural Gas Grid (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will develop a policy statement banning the development of any commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Natural Gas Grid (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he believes there would be a business case for a State-led liquid natural gas facility in the event that a commercial facility was also operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of Ireland’s financial services tax regime, as encouraged by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and plans to review the deemed disposal tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students of the upcoming educational psychology course in Maynooth University will undertake their placements in health and social care settings; and, if not where exactly will they be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39738/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the course accreditation for the upcoming educational psychology course in Maynooth University will be amended to reflect concerns over graduates being limited to careers in the NEPS; if such an amendment will be informed by a proper consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if she has issued health advisory guidelines to schools related to nicotine pouches in response to calls from an organisation (details supplied); if not, whether she intends to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40018/25]

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward and I welcome everyone in the Gallery. Here we go again. At what stage will we provide women with the support, healthcare, care and attention that they deserve? We are in a situation where we are failing a generation of women all over again. One in ten women suffer from endo. We are sending them overseas. We are ignoring their...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome this Bill and acknowledge the fact that the Minister has progressed this very quickly in her position. My colleagues will go into more detail about the specifics of the Bill, but I will just use these few minutes to ask that when the Government is looking at this redress scheme it learns from previous redress schemes and the mistakes we have made in the past. Oftentimes our...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: My first issue for him relates to staffing of the Marine Institute. We had this discussion when the chair designate and the chief executive appeared before the committee recently. As the Minister of State will be aware, I used to work with the Marine Institute maybe 20 years ago and at the time-----

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would say they have all moved on now. One of the issues I had back then, as did many of the staff, was that we were all on short-term contracts. It was very much dependent of EU funding. It was a very stressful and precarious position for anyone to be in. I had hoped that would have all changed. Apparently, it has not and there are still a significant number of staff who are on...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is really welcome. The Minister of State's looking at it is an important step. The EPA provides a similar function where it deals with a number of different agencies. However, my understanding is that it has more permanent funding and resources and the situation there is not as precarious. That might provide a good model to-----

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is great. I thank the Minister of State. Next is a small but important thing. As I mentioned at that meeting, when the Marine Institute moved to the west coast, I think it left a gap on the east coast for marine education services. The Marine Institute has excellent outreach programmes with schools but I think it could do a lot more on the east coast. For example, the Bray...