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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am very impressed with the contributions today. It is hard to come to a meeting such as this, but the things our guests were speaking about are things that I wish we had them discussing with us a year ago. The issues they are talking about and the way they are talking about them are exactly how we should have dealt with not just children's issues but a lot of the stuff to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: When we are designing playgrounds the first people we should talk to are our guests, to be honest. Children know what they want to see in playgrounds and they know the best way to lay things out. I have another question and it is related to something I have seen in my house. I have four children - one in junior infants, one in fourth class, one in sixth class and a second year student....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is brilliant. I am delighted to hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, it is. I thank Ms Howard for facilitating this meeting. It was very interesting listening to all the guests.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is undertaking to expand access to rail services for south County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32228/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: What efforts is the Minister undertaking to expand access to rail services in south County Wicklow? As he will be aware, there has been a considerable population increase in County Wicklow but it has not been matched by our public transport infrastructure, particularly rail infrastructure. Many people have to commute long journeys on heavily congested roads when they would much prefer to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: What I am hearing is that there are a lot more plans for south County Wicklow. People have been hearing about plans for south County Wicklow for years and what we need is a commitment to extend the DART to Wicklow town and to look at extending it to Arklow. The infrastructure is there. The rail line is there and we need to build on it. It takes years to put in these plans and people are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I organised a meeting between the NTA and the five Deputies from Wicklow a few months ago, at which it mentioned battery-operated trains to Wicklow town. I ask that a focus be put on providing that service, including further south to Arklow. It is critical that we give people public transport and rail options. People who are living in south Wicklow have to travel an hour or two hours to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the closure of bus routes across the country align with the need for more public transport to reduce dependency on cars and carbon emissions in line with Ireland's climate action goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the reopening of closed train stations including the Avoca train station in County Wicklow to increase access to public transport and reduce car dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Ministerial consent regarding the wastewater treatment plant in Arklow County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not what she said.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: As the Minister knows, I have worked in the environmental sector for 20 years. Some 15 years ago, I worked in New South Wales in the Greenhouse Office and had these sorts of discussions. To be honest, in my first year as a Teachta Dála in Ireland, when I realised that dealing with, debating and trying to make the climate Bill stronger would be one of my first actions, I was relieved....

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: My amendment, No. 3, is the second one and it is very similar to No. 1. I wonder if I could come in after the first three Sinn Féin Deputies?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider raising an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32297/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will remain in place for childcare workers that would typically be in receipt of social welfare payments over the summer months or if it is expected that employers will maintain the scheme for this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to revisit the ECCE capitation and the shortfall in funding faced by childcare facilities that run a seasonal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32170/21]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: I will use my time to discuss the scope of this Bill and its potential limitations with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As was previously highlighted in the Seanad, there is some concern about Schedule 1 of the Bill, which interprets our role in governing our seas in a very restrictive manner. Regarding the sovereign rights of Ireland's maritime jurisdiction,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [31557/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the Taoiseach referring to the Dáil?