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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I raise the matter of a young girl from Greystones in County Wicklow. Her name is Miley McKee. She is 12 years old. She has a smile that would light up this entire Chamber. She is profoundly disabled and has had scoliosis for eight years now. She has been on the waiting list for an operation for two years. Her spine has a curvature of more than 100 degrees, which according to some...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Miley needs that surgery and she needs it urgently.

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter. Like my colleagues, however, I have concerns about the amount of time allocated for the debate and the process that has been followed. Unfortunately, it seems to be the go-to solution for this Government that whenever anything difficult or controversial or there are things it wants to do quickly that it undermines good governance by seeking...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, line 15, to delete “or at alternative appropriate sites” The reason this amendment has been tabled is that this Bill gives carte blanche to the Government to develop any site and not apply the provisions of the planning Act to that for the purposes of environmental assessment, which is far too great a power. The briefing on the Bill...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Before I begin, I want to welcome three very special guests in the Gallery this evening, my daughters Caoimhe and Aoife and their friend Ciara, who are students from St. Laurence’s school. I had no babysitter today.

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: They will behave very well. It is important we recognise that a lot of time when we talk about energy security, we talk about immediate needs and the here and now. Obviously, that is what people will be the most concerned about – this and the following winter. However, we also need think ten or 20 years down the road for when these children, their friends and children like them are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will focus on the issue of loss and damage. I have a question for Ms Wathuti. I thank her for her powerful presentation. When we speak about loss and damage and supporting communities to adapt or mitigate, how do we ensure the money reaches the right people in the right way? Denmark is the first EU country to establish a specific loss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: COP27 provides a good opportunity to have those discussions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Loss and damage is one part of the picture. It is of assistance to countries that have suffered because of activities of developed countries historically and currently. A level of accountability must always be at play. This comes back to the points made by Deputy Bríd Smith about how many corporations and countries have made a lot of money from creating and doing this damage over many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have a brief question on fossil fuel subsidies following on from that discussion. Was the Department involved in climate-proofing the recent non-targeted electricity scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. McLoughlin. I will address a few other issues. I was really pleased to see that one of the priorities for the delegation at COP27 is the issue of gender. Obviously, gender and climate change are incredibly intertwined. Women and children tend to bear the burden and brunt of climate impact in terms of poverty and everything that is associated with it. What will that look...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am sorry; I am just trying to get to get to the nub of this. Is gender reporting mandatory at the moment on all the global stocktake schemes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am quite limited on time. If it is not, will Ireland through the Department commit to pushing for that to happen? It is obviously a very important initiative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is concerning that the gender action plan has been stalled because of arguments over who pays the secretariat. It is just incredible that this kind of minuscule barrier and issue could stop or stall something so important. I have very little time left. Earlier, Mr. Simon Murtagh from Oxfam mentioned the special drawing rights that were issued by the International Monetary Fund, IMF....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I thank Mr. McLoughlin very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: How important would it be for Ireland to use its position to do a similar thing and to stand in solidarity with the Danes to ensure another country joins in offering a similar fund. Is COP27 a good opportunity for that?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: One of the key asks of developing countries at COP27 is the development of a loss and damage fund to compensate them for the damage we, the developed countries, have done to them in the past number of decades. This is an issue not only of climate justice but of basic fairness. However, the concept of loss and damage has been around since 1991 and there has been no progress on it. I ask...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on Bord na Móna's proposed Derryaad windfarm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55661/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: This question is to ask the Minister to provide an update on Bord na Móna’s proposed Derryaad wind farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: In saying this is a commercial matter, what we as a State must think about is whether this is the best use of State land. During the discussions we have had in the last two and half years, since the start of this term and concerning the climate Act, it has become absolutely clear that when we have climate action we must also have biodiversity action. These are essentially two heads of the...