Results 2,421-2,440 of 4,012 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: The Senator's five minutes' time is up. I hope to be able to get to the Senator again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Can the Deputy put her question to Professor O'Mahony and we will see if we can get a response?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Deputy Higgins has a bit more time, if she wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: When the Government asked Professor O'Mahony to examine this complex and difficult issue, what was his understanding of what would happen once he had completed his report? Did the Government state anything specifically in the letter asking him to examine the issue? Did it give any explicit directions as to what would happen once his report was submitted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: To clarify, Professor O'Mahony has not received any correspondence since submitting the report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Is there anything Professor O'Mahony would like to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Professor O'Mahony for attending. It was a really enlightening and very important discussion. As Professor O'Mahony noted, this is a big learning opportunity for many of us and it is important that we have this kind of respectful discussion on this issue. We can have a discussion about the suggestion relating to the Minister but it is something I would support. The committee needs...
- Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Did the CCAC get that number wrong? Is it not 5.7%?
- Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I am happy to allow the Deputy respond.
- 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?