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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define the term 'blue-light distance' when used in the context of maternity service, in particular the provision of home birth supports; if this is a term used by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 634. To ask the Minister for Health when the review and investigations into water births will be completed; the date that water births will be facilitated for those home-birthing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62225/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the studies, analysis and evidence used to support the decision of the HSE to limit, due to safety concerns, all home-birth services outside a 30-minute blue-light distance from their nearest maternity service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which the HSE home birth service is provided; if County Wicklow is one of the counties in which the service is fully available; if there has been any reduction in the availability of this service recently; if any changes to the services are proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list of the number of home births registered with the HSE which were conducted in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home births registered with the HSE which were conducted in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62229/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on all carbon reductions achieved as a direct result of implemented targets in the Climate Action Plan 2021. [62721/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I too send my sincere sympathies to the loved ones, family and colleagues of the soldier who was tragically killed last night and to the soldiers who have been injured. It is a devastating thing to happen for those families. Will the Minister provide an update on all carbon reductions achieved as a direct result of implemented targets in the Climate Action Plan 2021?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister very much. I have great concerns. I have said repeatedly that I very much want the Minister to succeed in government because we need him to do so. I have worked in this sector for 20 to 30 years and I am becoming increasingly downhearted by the fact that I do not believe this Government will meet the targets or achieve what needs to happen. My biggest fear at this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I agree with the Minister that there are Deputies in this House and councillors who do not fully grasp the reality of climate change and what will be and what is coming down the track to us. People and communities need to understand, and the Minister needs to help them make the changes they need to make. The Social Democrats have sent a proposal in respect of solar to the Minister, and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentation today. The opening statement articulated the importance of media and RTE's role when it comes to climate and environmental education. My involvement in the environmental sector was largely driven by watching Éamon de Buitléar on RTE many years ago. Over the past year or two, there has been a great uptick in the amount of coverage on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The witnesses are not aware of any discussions in RTE; that would be a completely separate element?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am interested in the witnesses' voices as content managers of RTE. As they said in their opening statement, the witnesses are producing, for example, a programme that is coming out and saying that fossil fuels are the cause of climate change and that is the reason we are having all of these weather disruptions. If they finish the programme and at the ad break it goes to SUV advertising,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I know that, but RTE is a public broadcaster. There is a responsibility as a public broadcaster to lead the debate on this. Has this been raised as a policy issue with senior managers, that they are uncomfortable or feel that it undermines the work the witnesses are putting in if the station is also broadcasting ads that cause the issues the witnesses are actively trying to educate people about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: My time is up, but I find this incredibly frustrating. Mr. Woods has failed to answer Deputy Leddin's question and now he is refusing to answer mine. We are interested in the witness's opinion on this and he has literally spent three minutes avoiding the question, which I find very disappointing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am asking for the witnesses' opinions as the content managers of a public broadcasting unit, and whether or not they consider if this content they produce has been undermined by the commercial arm of RTÉ. That is what I am asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will follow on from those points. The point the Chair made is very valid. If there is a process that could take a year to be finalised, and during that year a company has put a lot of money behind its advertisement and is getting value from its ad over that period, should that ad be shown if an adjudication process is under way? Should it be the case that once a complaint has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The ASAI has a very difficult job. If part of its code is to determine whether an ad is responsible, that is a very subjective thing. On what Ms Twomey mentioned regarding something that is damaging to children, I contend that making Ireland unliveable is damaging to children. If we come at it using a very much precautionary approach, any ad that promotes something that is environmentally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What about the statistics?