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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I said everyone except-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Do you need that pat on the back?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not agreeing with us; it is agreeing with the independent advice.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: This week, we have heard proposals from Government on the expansion of the school transport scheme, which is really welcome. What we have heard this week from the Minister will do nothing to alleviate the problems that rear their heads annually, like clockwork, in August and September, for many areas across the country. Our own constituency in Wicklow is hit particularly badly by these...

Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to exclude the requirement to publish the addresses of candidates standing for election to County Councils, Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann, the Presidency or the European Parliament; to amend the Electoral Amendment Act 2009; to amend the Local Government Act 1994; to amend the Electoral Act 1992; to amend the...

Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for information on the completion of the snag list for a school (details provided); when all outstanding works will be completed; the reason for the delay in completion; if any assessment will be undertaken as to whether long term damage has been caused by these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9857/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of the third class for secondary students for the Greystones area, which is required to meet demand for September 2024; when that class will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9858/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the process by which students, currently without places for September 2024 in Greystones, will be offered a place in one of the three additional classes being established if they had not applied for that school in the first instance and they are therefore not eligible for a place under the enrolment policy of that school; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the significant upgrade to a school (details supplied), special classrooms were sanctioned; if those classrooms are currently available for students with special needs; if not, if she will direct the school to provide those classrooms in the event there is demand in the area for them; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); when the review of the Stage 1 report will be completed; to detail the process for all subsequent stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9861/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the significant pressures on school places in the Greystones area, she will prioritise the construction of an extension a school (details supplied) within its bundle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9862/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the tender process for a school (details supplied) to be completed; the next stages in the process; the timelines for those steps; if she expects the school to be completed in time for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Bus Éireann to pay the exceptional no service interim grant to school transport ticket holders on a term-by-term basis, rather than retrospectively at the end of the school year, in acknowledgment of the cost of travel being placed on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9864/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. I am on the Leinster House campus. I thank Mr. Casey for his interesting presentation and I thank the witnesses for attending. I have a few questions. There were many references to the Arterial Drainage Act. To be clear, when Mr. Casey refers to arterial drainage, is he speaking about rivers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: People watching in might think that “arterial drainage” is a much more technical term, but we are essentially speaking about rivers that have been modified since the 1940s to provide a flood relief benefit. Given that these arteries have been highly modified, they are not under the remit of the water framework directive. They are not included in the percentage that need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is the length of the rivers under the remit of the OPW? Has the OPW quantified that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: The OPW attempts to keep all of those maintained through drainage. That is a huge amount of work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: This exchange is going backwards and forwards. I have many small questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the term "maintain" defined in the Act? Could the term "maintain" also mean maintained to an ecological rather than an engineering standard?