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Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not an interpretation. It is a fact. That is what the CCAC said.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, so the organisation that deals in science, which is what Deputy Leddin said at the beginning of his contribution, is now interpreting. This is what the budgetary process has come out with. We had debates on this matter at the joint committee and I and other members of that committee repeatedly raised our concerns about it. Unfortunately, however, our concerns were not taken on board....

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to debate the carbon budgets in the Chamber. I am always quite torn when it comes to these kinds of debates because I understand the commitment parties like the Green Party in particular have had over many years on climate and environmental issues and the role that party has taken in the current Government in pushing for and driving many of the changes we need to...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the key issue of the childcare sector and I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion for debate. For years, parents, children and early years and childcare staff have been let down by successive Governments, which closed their eyes and ears to the significant investments the sector required. It will be difficult for our system to catch up. Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of citizen information offices by county; the breakdown of the population serviced by these areas; the way the location of an office is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department intends to integrate data on hen harrier winter roosts (details supplied) into databases in order to inform licensing decisions that are compliant with Irish and European Union environmental law; the reason for the delay in doing so to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of monitoring measures (details supplied) from the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement; if he will provide a copy of the relevant monitoring reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of the mitigation measures outlined within the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank our guests for their contributions and for their presentation, which was very interesting. They said the better energy homes scheme covers 4,800 homes annually. Many have a BER of B2 because the overall target is for 500,000 B2-rated homes. How many of the 4,800 homes this year will meet that B2 target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is 300 out of the 4,800 homes are B2. Does the SEAI believe that that is a ratio that it will see going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am aware that there are other schemes so how many B2s will be completed this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, and the target is an average of 45,000 homes a year. I know that there is also a necessity to ramp up. Deputy O’Rourke requested and Dr. Byrne replied that he would give a projection on this to 2030. Is that projection on a quarter-by-quarter basis for B2-rated homes because ultimately, the 500,000 target is a B2 one and is not just attic insulations, for example? Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: We could get to the reduction in CO2 emissions then without hitting the 500,000 target because it could actually be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What Mr. Walsh said is correct in that this is the largest infrastructure programme in the State and is probably the most important. We cannot afford to have any slippage as we have such a short timeframe now of less than eight years. To ensure that we are keeping on track and that there is not any slippage, it is going to be very important for that ramping up graph to be publicly available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Unfortunately I had to miss the start of the session today so forgive me if this question has already been answered. It relates to the risks to meeting the targets. Dr. Byrne mentioned supply chain capacity as a concern or a challenge in the current market. I have been through the retrofitting process recently and it is very difficult to get workers and materials. Has the SEAI done a risk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does the SEAI believe that the target of 500,000, which the Government has given set and is in all of the plans, is the wrong metric?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister cannot do that.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Have they seen the contract?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Have all 52 seen the contract and are they legally experienced to ascertain the meaning of that contract?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: So all 52 signatories of that letter have seen the contract?