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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 168: In page 18, line 7, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. I will withdraw this and take it back up on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 170: In page 18, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute “may not carry forward the surplus from the preceding budget period to the current budget period.”. Again, I will withdraw this and take it back up on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Everyone on the committee knows there was quite a lot of discussion about whether those amendments were accepted fully or in part. We should not go back down that road and say it was a wholesale acceptance by the Government when in reality it was not. In many instances the amendments were only partially accepted. I wanted to make that point.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 22: In page 6, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “ ‘just transition’ means a transition that ensures the economic, environmental and social consequences of the ecological transformation of economies and societies are managed in ways that maximise opportunities of decent work for all, reduce inequalities, promote social justice,...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 25: In page 7, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “ ‘nature based solutions’ means locally adapted, resource-efficient, cost-effective and systemic interventions supported by nature, which simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits incorporating more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will not be moving amendment No. 32.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have written to the Ceann Comhairle, but it was the Chairman who ruled the amendment out of order. How can moving the year from 2050 to 2045 require a money message?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Taoiseach consider asking the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to attend the House to discuss the mother and baby homes commission? The State is defending in the High Court the commission's report. At the same time, the Minister is saying that he believes survivors and that an independent review should be done. We need to know which is the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the Taoiseach referring to the Dáil?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [31557/21]

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will use my time to discuss the scope of this Bill and its potential limitations with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As was previously highlighted in the Seanad, there is some concern about Schedule 1 of the Bill, which interprets our role in governing our seas in a very restrictive manner. Regarding the sovereign rights of Ireland's maritime jurisdiction,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if a viability test will be applied to all childcare providers seeking Covid-19-related employment wage supports until the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a review of the blanket application of the speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour in place on all regional and local roads; if there are plans to transfer the power to reduce speed limits on particular sections of non-national roads to the local authority in order to make roads safer near residential and commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of NPWS works for areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31093/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details with regard to woodland management plans (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 641. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the forthcoming Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31964/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school libraries grant will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30479/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will audit all school textbooks to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families from preschool onwards; the way in which she will carry this out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30482/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: My amendment, No. 3, is the second one and it is very similar to No. 1. I wonder if I could come in after the first three Sinn Féin Deputies?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: As the Minister knows, I have worked in the environmental sector for 20 years. Some 15 years ago, I worked in New South Wales in the Greenhouse Office and had these sorts of discussions. To be honest, in my first year as a Teachta Dála in Ireland, when I realised that dealing with, debating and trying to make the climate Bill stronger would be one of my first actions, I was relieved....