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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: -----and the impact of having a new family is forgotten by the Government. Is the Government going to meet its commitment to reduce childcare costs by 50%? All the Tánaiste has to say is "Yes" or "No".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: "Yes" or "No".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Government meets its commitments, "Yes" or "No"?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The commitment was to 50%.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I absolutely support this and think it is a very simple measure that could be brought in. Indeed, it is one of the very few measures on which we can make amendments, so it would be a precedent if the Minister of State took it on board. One of the issues I raised during the debate was the need for transparency on the profits that were being made by different entities, and something like...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I fully support this amendment as well. It is an issue I raised in the Dáil with the Minister of State. The timeframe is way too short and is not going to capture comprehensively the absolutely obscene profits made during that period. I note the Minister of State has said he received legal advice prior to December 2022, on extending that period. The legal advice specified that it was...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have always tried to be constructive when it comes to climate, the environment and nature. I hope the Ministers agree with that. It is an area I am passionate about and an area where I have spent my entire adult life either working or studying. Yesterday's budget was the most disingenuous ever when it comes to matters of climate and nature. Everyone was so happy to see the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is seven weeks into the school term and it appears that there are still more than 200 students in County Wicklow who do not have seats on their school buses. I use the word "appears" because it is impossible to get information from the Minister for Education.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: More than 200. It is impossible to get information from the Minister for Education on this matter. I have repeatedly asked her for details in relation to it. The Ceann Comhairle will agree with me on the responses from the Minister. Parents need clarity and an honest response from the Department as to whether their children will get places on school buses at all. Will the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Particularly a meeting.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for standing in for the Minister, Deputy Foley, this evening. Three weeks ago, enrolment opened in Greystones for the 2024 secondary school intake. The three schools that opened their enrolments were St. David's Holy Faith Secondary School, Temple Carrig School and Greystones Community College. In five weeks' time, those three schools will write to parents to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. He specified four schools. He mentioned Greystones Community College, which is to receive a new building. That is very welcome and we are really looking forward to it. No date as to when it will be delivered is provided in his response. My understanding is that it is to be in 2025, but that is assuming everything goes well. From experience, it tends not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Do they see the need for this within the Constitution, whether the right to a healthy environment or the right of nature? Do they see those rights as a result of the failure of successive Governments to use the legislation that already exists? Therefore, in the absence of that legislation and political prioritisation, is it important that as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This would be a key tool to make sure the climate Act continues to be robust legislation. The committee went through the process but the job did not end there. There is another element required to ensure the legislation is implemented as intended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This is an incredibly important point because we rely on Europe to safeguard our environment. When everything else fails here it is Europe that holds us to account. It would be fantastic to have something in place whereby we hold ourselves to account. When we speak about balancing and getting the rebalancing right, nature has very few rights. Does nature have any rights in legislation?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: While we are talking about complementary legislation, I wonder where the international crime of ecocide would fit in. Is that another essential tool or mechanism that should also be in place so that we are building up a robust legal framework, not just nationally but internationally as well, and one that can bring criminal sanctions to individuals and not just entities?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the value of core funding for each individual early learning and care and school age children service for 2022/2023, in tabular form. [45144/23]

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 19, after “Regulation;” to insert the following: “to provide for the laying before Dáil Éireann of a report on the application of the cap on market revenues within six months of the passing of this Act;”. It is very difficult to take up this debate after the debate we just had and the discussion in...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(6) Without prejudice to any provision of this Act, “hedging arrangement” in accordance with section 14, shall not be limited to the period beginning on 1 December 2022 and ending on 30 June 2023, but shall be extended until such time as the Minster deems fit.”. Amendment...