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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under-23-year-olds who are living independently but not estranged from their parents can apply for SUSI independently of their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30101/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Dormant Accounts Fund (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1671. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Dormant Accounts Fund; when it will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28950/25]

Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: We had a very interesting conversation this morning at the fisheries committee. I welcomed this morning, and I welcome here, the fact that not only do we have a Minister of State with responsibility for fisheries and the marine but also a committee that is dedicated to it. I think it will make a big difference and, hopefully, we can work closely with the Minister of State to progress the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the Department's plan to redesignate special schools so they no longer cater for children and students with mild learning disabilities. This will apply to approximately 30 schools across the country. I understand, in part, the rationale behind it. The Minister wants an inclusive model of education where children with mild learning disabilities...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: My understanding is that children with mild learning disabilities will not be able to enrol in any special schools under this programme because they will not have the sign-off, approval or letter of eligibility from the NCSE. The plan is for all of those children to go to their local mainstream school. I absolutely agree that no child should have to travel for two hours to get to their...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome everyone here today. It is very important that we are having this discussion. I acknowledge the work of Jim Hurley, who has been speaking about this issue for 40 years. He is looking in today and I want to acknowledge that. I am very familiar with Lady's Island Lake. I am originally from Wexford town and I spent an awful lot of time there when I was much younger. We have had...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Hore.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Dr. Bleasdale. Could I have a minute to come back on that?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is very welcome. I thank Wexford County Council and the NPWS for the leadership they are showing here. I hope we could write to the Minister and seek that mandate but I would also like each of the organisations to write to the Department or the Minister in their own right to say that they have attended this meeting today and it has been identified, and as a result of the work of...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to make a comment. This is my second term. I have been on committees for five and a half years. This is actually the most positive committee experience I have had in that time because I can actually see a potential movement and something coming out of this, which is really welcome. It is great that Wexford County Council is going to take the lead on this. The work that is done...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I imagine that each of these entities need a mandate from their own line Ministers. We may need to actually-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. The NPWS would need approval from the Minister, Deputy Browne. As he is a Wexford man, hopefully he would be keen to see this happen. Similarly, the EPA will require approval. It might get a bit confusing but-----

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome this virtual Department. It is important to bring those different elements together. I look forward to working with the Minister of State on that. On the MPA legislation, I welcome that I received confirmation this week that it would remain a stand-alone Bill. There were concerns it would just be amending legislation or perhaps be used as the DMAP process. It is expected to...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is very nice to meet them. This is the first meeting of this committee and I think it will be quite a large and long learning curve, but we look forward to working with them on that. Even from these conversations this morning, and just going back for years and years, we have consistently heard stories of how Ireland has not been represented well at...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Could Mr. Lynch expand on those tweaks?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: These are all outlined in the alliance's document. Do we have a copy?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect. I will have to take a look at that. In that regard, because Article 17 is an element of the current CFP that we could potentially utilise, it seems to me that we do not really utilise it to its full benefit. I do not know if we utilise it at all, actually. What are the witnesses' thoughts on that?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was just saying, as regards the Common Fisheries Policy and Article 17, and with Mr. Conneely's organisation and the inshore and the smaller boats, what would he like to see? Obviously, the Government can apply Article 17. Is that something Mr. Conneely would like to see happen, and what would he like to see incorporated into that consideration?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will dig down a little bit more into the issue of overfishing. It is not that Europe has allowed the Faroe Islands to fish, given them a quota or anything like that. They are just fishing there and Europe is not taking any action against them. Is that the thrust of it?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: This comes back to what Mr. Lynch was saying about what the sanctions could be. The trade agreements seem to provide an obvious sanction. However, as with everything in Europe, these things move very slowly. Is there anything Ireland can do in our own right? Could a case be taken or something like that, if even just to highlight the issue?