Results 1,401-1,420 of 4,037 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I cannot find the relevant information. How much is being allocated for that?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: That is incredibly welcome because it is such an important area. A focus on barriers will free up other things. A third of the catchment in Wicklow is not accessible to any migratory fish because of barriers. I am working with IFI, the East Wicklow Rivers Trust and the council to try to remediate some of the barriers. It is fantastic to see the Department putting more focus on that, which...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. I had questions on two dumps, namely Whitestown and Bray, and the Avoca mines.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State mentioned ten illegal dumps. Whitestown is one such dump in Wicklow and the council was tasked with remediating it. There were questions over whether the council would be solely responsible in terms of paying for the remediation or the Department would contribute towards it. I am not sure whether that has been finalised. The Minister of State mentioned the...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I am referring to the one in Whitestown.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great. The Avoca mines remediation programme is also mentioned in the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. Does that mean the feasibility study for 2008 will be reviewed? Is there potential for a feasibility study to be rolled out, rather than simply having a maintenance programme for the Avoca mines? There is a lot of potential in the area.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: My understanding is there was a big project and then we hit the financial crisis which meant it was put aside and only the maintenance aspect was being looked into. A lot could be done there. There were plans to examine leaching in order to try to prevent contamination from entering the water source and other such work. The Minister of State mentioned a figure of €58 million. It is...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I thank the Minister of State.
- Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State's response to the Social Democrats proposal for a targeted price cap does not make sense. He says that he is reluctant to do this because the profits of energy companies could skyrocket. Those profits are skyrocketing now, and we are seeing people suffer. We are seeing businesses go under, parents who cannot feed their children and elderly people who are suffering...
- Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the price of energy has more than doubled in the past year; — consumers' energy bills have increased to an average of €4,300 per year; — more than 40 per cent of households are now estimated to be living in fuel poverty, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute; — a consultant...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I have just realised that Mr. Armstrong is in the building regulation element of this issue. I had a lot of questions about targets, which the witness may actually have been briefed on. If I can ask the questions about the housing targets, hopefully his colleagues have made sure he is armed with all the facts. The opening statement stated that for local authority housing, the target is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, perfect. On that point, how many have been retrofitted to B2 energy rating to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Are they to a B2 energy rating?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: They are the ones that are being done by local authorities themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: More than 30,000 would require retrofitting from 2024 onwards. There would be six years in which to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Is there a breakdown on a local authority level?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Are some doing better than others? Has there been any analysis of the barriers faced by the different local authorities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Would it be possible to get that breakdown from Mr. Armstrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That would be better than having him read it out. I am trying to get my head around the process. How does a local authority choose the houses to retrofit to a B2 standard? Is a retrofit conducted as standard if there is a change of tenancy? Is that when the local authority would do the upgrade work? Do local authorities have to move tenants out? In order to get to a B2 rating, the...