Results 2,161-2,180 of 4,012 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Roberts very much. I now call on Ms Rowley-Smith to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Rowley-Smith very much for her contribution and call on Ms Baldwin to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Before moving to questions, I recognise that it can be difficult to relay stories like theirs, so we appreciate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I want to clarify something. It is correct that Sarah Dingle is not a child born from surrogacy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: She is not a child born from surrogacy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Perhaps Ms Rowley-Smith and Ms Baldwin want to come in on that. With regard to the voices on the committee, we have worked together to ensure that we have a wide range of voices incorporated, and they are discussions and decisions of the committee. I would not expect the witnesses to have any comments on that. However, given the comments on Sarah Dingle, that aspect would be interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Would Ms Baldwin like to try to come in again and see whether we can get her microphone working? Does she want to take out her headset, perhaps? We will come back to her to see if we can resolve that. We will move on to Deputy Funchion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Does Ms Baldwin want to try to see if she can get her microphone going?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Baldwin. Does Ms Rowley-Smith wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Rowley-Smith and call Ms Roberts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Roberts. We move to Senator McGreehan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: We are coming to the end of our meeting. I have a question regarding language. Since becoming a member of this committee, it has been a major learning exercise for myself and probably for the majority of the members. When it comes to language, I am nervous about saying something that could hurt even if completely unintentionally. Because we do not have the lived experience we do not know...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Does Ms Baldwin have any comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Ms Roberts, would you like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: We are almost out of time. I thank all our guests very much for coming in. Max deserves a huge gold star for being incredibly well behaved. It is important for us as a committee that we hear from all voices who have experience in this area, particularly from those who have lived experience. It was important we heard from our guests. It was a really interesting and informative session....
- Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for the opportunity to have this debate today. It was a pleasant surprise to see it on this week’s agenda. I was anticipating perhaps some announcement from the Government in regard to just transition and the plans for it. I am disappointed with the level of progress outlined today. From listening to and reading the Minister of State’s speech,...
- Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: The sum of €450 million is the incredibly large amount of money the Minister will hand over to developers. I can think of many better ways to spend it as I am sure can everyone in the Chamber. People are living with the incredibly difficult situation of rising inflation and the rising cost of fuel. We also have the constant backdrop of the housing crisis. This is the reality people...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to retain a classroom teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25061/22]