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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an investigation into the discovery of greyhound remains in a bog in Newbridge in August 2022; if post-mortems were conducted; if the cause and date of death and identity of the greyhounds was established; if a search for further remains took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured at races and trials to date in 2022. [57992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the recorded injuries to greyhounds at track events; and the date that they occurred. [57993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the rate of animal deaths recorded at greyhound track events; and if post-mortems were conducted on animals following any animal deaths. [57994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide records for the treatment of animals injured and treated by track vets. [57995/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have so many questions that I do not know whether I will be able to get them out straight. I thank the witnesses for their very interesting presentations. In particular, I was taken by the observation by Dr. Moran to the effect that we do not have time and that we just need to get moving on this. A great deal of work and research are being done, and various pilot projects have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: In terms of pilot projects, a lot of good work has been done in the Burren. The scoring system to which Dr. Moran referred was working successfully but it appears that the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, is now constraining or has impeded that project to the point where two of the lead scientists on it have stepped down. What barriers are being brought in by ACRES? We do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Chairman for this opportunity to voice the frustrations and concerns of my constituents in Wicklow. As for the issues with the bus service, I have been having discussions with them for a number of months. My first meeting with the Go-Ahead Ireland company was in April of this year. This is not just something that has happened over the past month or two. I do not believe it can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: And at Dublin Bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is that as a percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Go-Ahead Ireland is at 25% which is very high for a company. A good turnover rate is 10%. Is it losing staff to Dublin Bus? Is it training up staff and losing them to Dublin Bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: How many people from this 25%, which is a significant number, are moving to Dublin Bus? What is being raised with me is that staff conditions and pay at Go-Ahead Ireland are an issue. I do not know if that is the case but if it is training staff and they are moving to Dublin Bus, it would indicate that there is an issue there. How many staff is Go-Ahead Ireland losing to Dublin Bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Could Mr. Edwards get it for me? The fact that retention of drivers is the key problem for Go-Ahead Ireland, but these statistics are not at Mr. Edwards's fingertips coming into a committee, is quite worrying. I would be interested in hearing that figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is Go-Ahead Ireland losing them to Dublin Bus? If they are going from one bus company to another, that would be a clear indicator that conditions are driving this movement of staff. If they are driving roughly the same routes in the same area and can still live in the Dublin area, one would assume that to be the case. Is that something that Go-Ahead Ireland is seeing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is Dublin Bus losing any drivers to Go-Ahead Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to raise some specific things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Every autumn we have a problem with the 84X. When it is coming from Dublin, it fills with passengers who get off in Dublin. Passengers who need to get off in Wicklow cannot get on the bus. Every year this is raised and resolved because additional services are added. I have been already been on to Dublin Bus to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The NTA needs to approve it. Is it something that the NTA will approve? This should happen as standard. It should not require public representatives and the public to raise it every autumn. It should happen as standard. Will the NTA approve that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am very conscious that the Chairman had an opportunity in my five minutes as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: There are issues with the 65 bus to west Wicklow. Ideally, that would be expanded. Can Dublin Bus consider that it would go beyond Blessington down to Baltinglass because that would provide a very valuable service to those in west Wicklow? Is that something Dublin Bus will review for me?