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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I seek a response on the Marine Institute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It could be down to temperature, tidal changes or something in the physical environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That would be very worrying because it would essentially mean that any fishing future is very changeable. At the moment it is very hard to predict.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Our national policies should reflect that and provide supports for the sectors fishing those vulnerable species. It seems very dynamic and the security will not be there. That needs to be translated into policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It does not necessarily resolve it on a one-for-one basis. Is there potential that if people are not able to fish mackerel, they will fish something else that could potentially encroach on the inshore sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has the Minister of State received legal advice?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the granting of additional powers to the agri-food regulator, in view of its request for enhanced authority to access non-public market data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no quota was introduced for boats under 18-metres fishing for sprat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department does not carry out greenhouse gas emissions modelling specifically in relation to the nitrates derogation, given its potentially huge climate impact; if his Department is not required to do so in order to comply with the provisions of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department's consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds; when he will publish the outcomes of that consultation; when a decision will be made as to whether this practice will be allowed to continue in light of ethical and welfare concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the latest restrictions on sprat fishing were undertaken without consideration of the ICES advice; if he will reconsider it given the recent statement by the Marine Institute stating that, in the absence of any stock data, the ICES advice the precautionary principle should dictate the management of a fishery; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans his Department has in place should Ireland's nitrates derogation be rejected by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work on the public sector building stock decarbonisation, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work to progress the implementation and governance of the public sector building stock decarbonisation roadmap to guide progress towards the 2030 targets, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a circular economy roadmap for the construction sector, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a Just Transition Indicators Framework, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55496/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a Just Transition Policy Toolkit intended to support the integration of just transition considerations in policymakers and due in Quarter 4 2025, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55497/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of the first draft of the National Building Renovation Plan in line with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55501/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s management of the renewable electricity support scheme, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a data sharing framework regarding low carbon technologies connected to the electricity grid, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55503/25]