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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (30 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Common Implementation Strategy on Seabed Integrity; if he agrees with the idea of having an additional or combined threshold value of 10% of areas without pressures on the seabed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25844/23]

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: If nature were relying on sweet words, sweet descriptions and commitments made in this Chamber, we would not have an issue, one fifth of our species would not be threatened with extinction, and one third of our bee species would not be threatened with extinction, nor would half our rivers and lakes be in unsatisfactory condition. We would not have report after report telling us how decimated...

Protection of Hares Bill 2023: First Stage (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Protection of Hares Bill 2023: First Stage (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the granting by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of licences for the purpose of hare coursing and to afford the hare species the full protection of the Wildlife Act 1976. I am very grateful that the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here for this. When I was around six or seven, I remember...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was perplexed today to see reports in the media that gardaí are being sent to Disneyland in France to police tourist hot spots. I see the Tánaiste is perplexed by that as well. The facts are that we have migrant campsites being burned out literally a stone's throw from the Dáil and that the Taoiseach himself has raised concerns about garda numbers and whether we have enough...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is the Tánaiste's opinion on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a matter of garda numbers and whether we should be-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Should we be sending gardaí to France?

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the move of the Government from a developer-led to a plan-led approach. That was a positive move to make. My preference would be for much more State involvement in these projects, but it was a positive step to take. Having said that, in line with my colleagues’ points, we need to make sure the planning process will be well resourced and that appropriate and sufficient...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for the additional work and effort he has put into coming up with some information on that. Fundamentally, Arklow and Baltinglass do not have full cover at the moment. They are now relying on ambulance cover from other parts of the county, and indeed other parts of the country. This has been in place since 2010, which was a very different environment...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Today I raise the issue of the ambulance service in County Wicklow, particularly the service being provided for Arklow and Baltinglass. This issue has been raised with me by constituents who are fearful because there is not a full service being provided in Arklow and Baltinglass at the moment. It was raised recently at the Arklow Municipal District by Councillor Peir Leonard who expressed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is expected that the just transition commission, as committed to in Climate Action Plan 2023, will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline in detail, according to the relevant sections of the climate Act, and by month, the annual climate action planning and reporting cycle and mechanisms for reporting on the implementation of the plan, as described in chapter 6 of the Climate Action Plan 2023. [25097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the offers of bursaries (details supplied) made to new incoming first-year psychology students can be made retrospectively to current second- and third-year psychology students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25147/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational experts and-or groups that she consulted with before reaching her recent decision to reduce time on the primary school curriculum for the teaching of Irish language classes for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the mandate, statutory standing of the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board with regard to advising government on planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the current membership of the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board; if he will provide details of appointments to the DAAAB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of appeals heard by the Board each year; the outcome of each appeal from 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively, including details of the area that was subject to appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of promised legislation on the banning of conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Recognition (24 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the process of tendering for research that has been commissioned to outline the mechanisms in use in other countries and to provide practical advice regarding recognition for children under the age of 16 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/23]