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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I find it interesting that when had Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, representatives in here at one stage about district heating and the potential of data centres to input into that, they did not know how many data centres there were or the capacity or energy demand of the data centres. They could not find any of that information. They actually pulled from a lobby...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not believe this information is collected centrally. The Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Environment, Climate and Communications do not have it and I do not believe any other entity knows exactly how many data centres there are, where they are, what their energy usage is and what the demand is. I had assumed the CRU would have that information because data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Water consumption is also an issue. There needs to be a centralised entity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Somebody should have it, and I think that should be the CRU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Exactly. It is how can we regulate unless we know. It probably should be the CRU because it covers energy, electricity, gas and water and has that central role. Certainly, someone needs to have oversight because there are lots of pieces of the jigsaw but no one is making the picture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: We should make that decision while we are here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The GAA describes itself as part of the Irish consciousness and says it plays an influential role in Irish society. RTÉ describes itself as the champion of Irish culture. It says it will act in the best interests of society and that universality is one of its guiding principles; that it is for everyone and available to everyone. Yet these two entities have come together essentially to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is that something that would be worthwhile to do? We are going from a point where data centres are using 15% to potentially, in a number of years, where they would using 30%. Surely, as part of the monitoring and the forecast monitoring, we should have some idea of the impact that will have on prices for consumers.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They have put a huge amount of work into them, which will be very useful as we go through this process. My first question relates to proposals for taking greater account of the voice of the child. It is really welcome that this provision is to be strengthened. What protections and supports will need to be put in place in this regard? We...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am just substituting for today's meeting. It seems that this has been a major conversation anyway.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will there also be a transitional inspectorate facility or does the transitional arrangement only relate to obtaining funding under the schemes? Once a childminder signs up to the scheme, does that also mean there is a potential that they will be inspected?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Wolfe.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses. I have another brief question for Ms Connolly. She mentioned that the maximum term for a voluntary arrangement should be applied. What would she consider the term to be?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: By 2030, 80% of Ireland’s electricity is to come from renewable sources. The Government has set a target of 7,000 MW of installed offshore wind generation by 2030. For comparison, we currently have 25 MW off Wicklow in the Arklow Bank Wind Park. That target is for a mere eight years so it is a very ambitious target. However, the industry has continually rung alarm bells, saying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Was that €100 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I apologise for popping in and out of the meeting. I may ask questions that have already been asked. We are talking about the development that our guests need in order to play a part in offshore wind development. I note that the development in Rosslare will happen in 2027, assuming everything goes according to plan and that the planning process is very quick, which is often not the case....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Carr. Coming back to the governance models as well, is it correct that Rosslare Europort is a commercial semi-State company? Wicklow and Arklow ports are under the governance of Wicklow County Council, so that is a separate model to some degree. I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I am very disappointed that we do not have anyone from Wicklow and Arklow ports here to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will follow up with you, Chair. It is important that they attend and it is a missed opportunity for them not to be part of this discussion. I thank the representatives who have come to see us today. I wonder about the governance, in particular in Rosslare. This is something that is sitting at the back of my memory. Does the UK Government have ownership? I am originally from Wexford...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I saw Mr. Carr put his head in his hands when I mentioned it.