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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: As a State, should we not be saying that we do not want any discussions with Iceland while this is going on? Is that not another point of leverage? Iceland obviously wants an agreement.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: When it comes to housing, can the Government get anything right? It has been planning these rental reforms for months and yet it made an absolute hames of them last week. Even the Taoiseach's Cabinet colleagues could not make sense of them. They were quoted in the media talking about not understanding the rules. For the avoidance of any doubt, there was one simple thing these reforms were...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is because driving record rents even higher, according to the Government, is somehow going to bring rents down. Make that make sense. No wonder the Taoiseach's Cabinet colleagues are utterly bewildered. The Taoiseach has claimed repeatedly that housing is the Government's biggest priority. Yet, when it comes to policy announcements, they are chaotic and sloppy. Even today, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: We offered the State savings scheme that would free up €160 billion, potentially, on deposit in Irish bank accounts.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I ask the Taoiseach to please take those suggestions on board.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, the Government is taking decisions, but it is taking all the wrong decisions. That is the problem and that is what we are saying to it. It needs to completely rethink its policy and needs to start prioritising people who want to be homeowners, people who want to be able to afford the rent rather than the investors. That is the crux of the problem. The Government's policies are being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is because successive governments did nothing for 20 years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: There are record house prices and record homelessness.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for their presentation. I have a couple of questions. I had a quick read of the documents and I was surprised. I had a quick flick through both this document and the Turning the Tide strategy and I was surprised that the inshore fishery was not really explicitly mentioned. I do not think it was mentioned at all in the Turning the Tide strategy,...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has that census been completed?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I know the Department had to go through the census process, which takes time, but for the sector not to have any sort of focused strategy for two years, particularly when it is struggling, is concerning. Is there even an interim plan to ensure its challenges are met? Are there any novel species of brown crab or other species such as spider crab? Has there been any discussion about that?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: In the data, of the pelagic species, sprat is indicated with a 400% increase in total landings. It has a value of €5 million. There is quite a discussion at the moment about the sprat fishery and calls for controls on size limits for boats or a total moratorium. Does Ms Bocquel have any concerns about sustainability when she see a species like sprat and the increase in catch,...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the Marine Institute is not looking at sprat specifically?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Bord Iascaigh Mhara is the eyes on the ground in a lot of instances for species that do not come under the Marine Institute's quota and stock assessments. Its role is to ensure sustainable future fisheries and to advise. I assume it advises the Minister as well. This is a red flag to me. Has BIM not said there could be an issue? This is a species where there is no control or monitoring...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has that specific issue being raised with the Department?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for the join family visa will be finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31809/25]

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: When does Ms Bocquel think the strategy will be published? It was meant to be published last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: GP services around the country are at breaking point. They are oversubscribed and understaffed. It can often take two or three weeks before people get to see their doctors. I spoke to a 90-year-old woman recently. She has to wait three weeks when she needs an appointment. She has a history of dizziness and falls. Oftentimes, she ends up in accident and emergency, which sends her back to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The name of the programme in question was GP Care for All. Unfortunately, last year they had to come to the Dáil to campaign to be kept open. Clearly, that small proportion of GP services that follow the model we want, and that was agreed under Sláintecare, have to fight to stay open because the Government has not been supporting them sufficiently. I will give the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The building of 106 social homes in Blessington was halted recently, which makes no sense to me during a housing crisis, where money is apparently not an issue in this case and the homes had planning permission. Will the Tánaiste explain exactly what happened with these homes and when building will start? There is no clarity as to whether or when building will start.