Results 101-120 of 164 for long speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...near future. 5 o’clock I am interested in hearing what further upcoming measures, if any, the Minister will bring forward in the near future with regard to that. The Minister also stated the long-term priority is to insulate consumers from volatility on the international wholesale markets by investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, expanding interconnection with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (11 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...a cull. However, there are other ways to reduce the herd which could be started now by, for example, reducing insemination or impregnation of cattle. Did our guests model that out to see how long it would take to get to the different scenarios they outlined in their analysis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: .... I have recently received information from the NTA that this would be put in place by the end of quarter 2 this year, which is fantastic and will make a huge difference, but that is an incredibly long time to wait, essentially for a number of Local Link loop buses and a couple of other improvements. The pace just is not there. We repeatedly have issues with the 133, the 131, and the 84...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...prioritise that in the bundle of ten to make sure there are enough school places for 2025. There is no further information on that. The Temple Carraig school extension has also gone on far too long. We also have Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, which received planning permission more than one year ago and there is still no indication of any progress with that. This is an area where there...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...has plagued this country's response to climate change. One does not work without the other. They are two sides of the same coin but are often treated like different currencies altogether. For too long biodiversity has been viewed as an entirely separate process to climate action. The siloed nature of national climate action policy reflects this notion. To date there are separate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (7 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...instead stated it will install monitoring equipment at the site, which is a very different thing from treatment equipment. Treatment equipment will prevent the water being contaminated and provide long-term security of supply whereas monitoring equipment will only indicate if there is a problem. It is essentially just a warning system. Why is Irish Water no longer installing treatment...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...Deputy Funchion for bringing forward this important motion. It is important and timely. It would also have been timely a year ago or two years ago, because this issue has been with us for so long. Many parents and families have struggled through the current system. I have found that when parents are able to pay for their childcare, they put their heads down and spend. They know that...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...Celtic tiger levels with nowhere near the same recovery for wages. The recent ECB interest rate increase is going to apply even more pressure on already-struggling homeowners. Meanwhile rental costs long ago soared into the stratosphere and are now priced at more than €1,600 per month nationally and an extortionate €2,200 in Dublin. There appears to be no upper limit when...

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...for solar installation and solar panels. This is absolutely within the Government's remit and it is something it could do very quickly. It would represent a greening of the VAT and would go a long way towards assisting those households that are suffering from the global energy shocks we are seeing. It would also help our country meet its emissions targets and help with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Business of Joint Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to deal with this issue in a respectful manner. I would ask members to be mindful of the fact that many of the witnesses who we have invited in as a committee have been on very difficult and long journeys to get to this point. I ask, therefore, that our questioning be done in a respectful way and without causing hurt. I also ask that members treat each other with respect. I will not...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...has been on the immediate health impacts which have been devastating for so many families. However, the impact of Covid-19 goes far beyond the immediate threat to physical health. It will leave a long-term scar on our society that will take time and effort to heal. One group that will find this period particularly difficult are our children and teenagers. Unfortunately, much of the...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...it is future-proofed to incorporate future conventions relating to marine conservation coming down the line. I hope to bring forward amendments to that effect. When I began my career, which was a long time ago now, it was after I had grown up in a marine household. My neighbours worked for the Marine Institute and would often bring me samples to look at under the microscope in my...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...decades of injustice, we feel we must respond. Unless an intervention can be established because of suspected unlawful death, many sites of potentially horrific crimes and abuses will remain covered up or buried. For too long, this has been the State’s de facto policy. This Bill must align with international human rights and transitional justice standards. It must provide...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...are in this Chamber and the Bill is finally passed. We will then finally be able to give all those families in the Public Gallery the certainty and clarity they need that they have sought for so long and that they deserve. This is exceptionally important. I also thank all the departmental officials, because I know this has been a huge volume of work for them to undertake. I pass my...

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...actually takes on board the recommendations and suggestions put forward in this report. We see increased numbers of refugees coming to Ireland to access protection from places like Ukraine along with traditional countries of origin. Against the backdrop of the horror we are seeing inflicted on children in a war zone like Palestine or in the famine in Yemen, it is beholden on us to...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Protection of Financially Vulnerable Customers) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: .... That was meant to be done by winter 2022. It still has not been done in spring 2023. Yet again, the Government talks the talk but does not walk the walk. Every time it puts these issues of the cost of living on the long finger, the Government visits months of worry and stress on hard pressed people and their children. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, published a...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...risks to those on their surrogacy journey. The Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2022 is currently going through the Houses. This provides Ireland with an opportunity to bridge the gap in our laws which has long been a cause of concern for international human rights bodies and the Irish Supreme Court. The Bill provides for domestic surrogacy. Countries such as the UK and New Zealand...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to actually work out a system whereby it could target this money. That is not acceptable. Let us look again at the €1.7 billion total. Even setting aside the issue of holiday homes, 10% of households in this country earn over €120,000. We do not know how long this crisis will go on for or how deep it will get or how difficult it will get but one thing that has been...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...of years. The reason we are still talking about it, and the reason we will still be talking about it in six months, is what we are actually facing is a market that is running wild, a market that is no longer fit for purpose. The Minister spoke earlier about how international factors are pushing up the prices, which they absolutely are, but we need an energy market that can deal with...