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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a policy to ensure that there is no increase in public transport fares until we are on track to meet our transport-related carbon emissions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23026/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I ask the Minister to introduce a policy to ensure there is no increase in public transport fares until we are at least on track to meet our transport-related carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I find it interesting that, literally, the only mention of affordability came in the last sentence of a two-minute contribution, and my question was about fare pricing. I know we have seen an increase in the number of people using public transport, which is fantastic, but we need to see more of it. Our emissions are stubbornly high in the area of transport and while we have seen a slight...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: If the Minister of State were to talk to my constituents in Greystones and Kilcoole, they would not be particularly in agreement with him about public transport being a good news story. They have seen an increase of 30% in their fares and children have seen an increase of 200%. It is very hard to sell that as a good news story to people in those towns, particularly when the train service...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Tens of thousands of women will be travelling in.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the NTA to provide a direct bus service between Wicklow town and Greystones to connect to the DART network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a progress report on the battery-operated DART to Wicklow town, and timeline for its operation; the actions that have to be taken before that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the capacity issues on the Rosslare-Dublin commuter train, where only four carriages often service commuter towns like Wicklow, with commuters consistently left standing for over an hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the public concern at the closure of the Herbert Road Junction in Bray as part of the N11-M11 upgrades; if his Department will examine an alternative to that closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under the acres scheme for 2023, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (8 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under the acres scheme for 2024, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23056/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: This week we saw a new train fare structure rolled out around the Dublin area. While I welcome the simplification of fares, because I believe it was necessary, and also the reduction in fares for some towns, towns such as Greystones and Kilcoole have seen significant increases. This is really difficult to understand considering our transport emissions, the fact that we have to reduce...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I looked through the document. When you read it, it all sounds very worthy as did the document before it and many other documents this Government and previous governments have produced. These are all nice, shiny, glossy documents that have very good sounding objectives and visions in place. Take, for example, national policy objective 12. It reads: “Ensure the creation of...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: We do not have sufficient, affordable and proper public transport. We do not have investment in the infrastructure we need. Unfortunately, I do not have much faith that the Minister will be able to deliver the communities we need.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his role and responsibility in relation to Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2025 Coastal Lagoons Report outlining the significant degradation of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford, which is a special protection area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will convene a stakeholder group including, but not limited to, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Wexford County Council, local landowners and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a remediation plan for Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department intends to take to address the widely reported decline of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; the way in which he intends to bring it back, in compliance with the EU Habitats Directive and the Water Framework Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Regulations (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on work done to date to prescribe regulations for exempted usages as set out in section 114 of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021; whether he envisages such regulations to require public consultation; when he expects those regulations to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Regulations (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on work done to date to prescribe regulations for emergency works as set out in section 98(4) of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021; whether he envisages such regulations to require public consultation; when he expects those regulations to be complete; and if he will make a statement on...