Results 161-180 of 4,659 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The inshore sector is getting squeezed significantly. Mr. Desmond and I have had discussions on sprat. I know I am on a different side of that issue, but we do need to have sustainable management of fisheries and because there has been a lack of management in many different fisheries over the years, the witnesses are being overly impacted by that and they are sort of being squeezed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do understand as well that they are all individual businesses, and sometimes it can be difficult to bring together groups that see themselves on an individual basis and such. We have agreed to write to the Minister to have more consultation. The witnesses have obviously found that their voices have not been heard and listened to when it comes to their sector over the past number of years....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The organisation is relatively new so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: However, the other POs get funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That might be something as well, Chair, that we could push-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: -----because it is important that they have a strong representative body that can have those discussions with the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Are they from all around the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: All this needs to be predicated on what fish are available. That is the other issue. If, for whatever reason, the stocks are not available, that has to form part of the discussion. I am keen on meeting the Marine Institute. What I would like to see is in all the different areas we are looking at, whether it is mackerel or bluefin, is to have the Marine Institute in here to tell us what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I propose that the Marine Institute also be brought in, and perhaps BIM as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would prefer to have a backwards and forwards discussion about the different stocks. There are different elements to this committee and the marine environment is a key element, as is the fisheries. We also have wind energy. It is important to have that reflected here as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: There is no bluefin quota though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: There is no bluefin quota. The Marine Institute is undertaking a lot of studies at the moment on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Marine Institute be part of that?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a proposed tunnel through Bray Head was included in the cost analysis of double tracking the Rosslare-Dublin rail line; whether more cost-effective alternatives, such as double tracking north and south of Greystones, adding a second platform at Wexford O'Hanrahan station, and increasing speeds in south Wicklow, are being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a comprehensive review of the national list of invasive alien species is needed before adding a single species, such as Cherry Laurel, given that it has been identified as high-impact by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the National Biodiversity Data Centre, Coillte, and the Citizens' Assembly on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the process by which species are added to the national list under the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Part 3 (12) of the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024, which allows the Minister to impose immediate restrictions on invasive alien species not on the EU list if preliminary scientific evidence suggests the species is present or at imminent risk of entering the State, and is likely to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds on which Cherry Laurel has not yet been listed as an invasive alien species of national concern, despite repeated recommendations from Ireland's leading environmental and biodiversity bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will continue to expand the NPWS farm plan schemes in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (23 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated for new applications in 2026 for the five year National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme; if that funding will be increased annually from 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50328/25]