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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Another issue, one which probably plays into the marine protected areas, is the fact that the Government has never made used of Article 17 to recognise that it can allocate quotas on a prioritised basis from a cultural and heritage perspective. Should the Government do that? Given that we are very controlled by Europe in how we manage our fisheries, it seems to be a missed opportunity that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the due diligence his Department has completed in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions impacts resulting from State intervention to lift the Dublin airport passenger cap, in the context of both climate obligations and related human rights obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53579/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is not true. We clearly called them out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Obviously, while there have been some improvements in emissions reductions we are still nowhere near where we need to be. I believe much of those emissions reductions, particularly when talking about fertiliser reductions, were really as a result of the incredibly high prices we saw in the market. That obviously influenced people's ability to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It may not necessarily be a direct cap but the reality is that there would be a reduction if applied and the land is not going to be available for everyone. Has the Department ever looked at that in the context of a model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Department has modelled this out to show the potential impact of the nitrates derogation. It has looked at what the impacts are, like will we have fewer farms economically-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Does Mr. Callanan think there is also a responsibility under the climate Act for the Department to model out each of those potential outcomes from an emissions perspective? This is a key responsibility of the Department, and if it is making policy decisions, it and the Minister need to consider them in light of the emissions as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Or reduce, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is where Government support is required. We have been calling for a plan B for the agricultural sector for a long time. I believe the chances of the derogation going through again are very low. Mr. Callanan is spelling out the significant financial and economic impacts. That is where the Government needs to come in to provide that support, and not force them out into tillage and into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect, I thank Dr. Dillon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: But for the MACC, Teagasc only considered existing Government policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: By how much?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, and I think a jigsaw of policy responses will be required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I share those concerns and the carbon issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will be quick because I have to go. This is for the Department. It is important to be able to map things. We are doing the land use planning. We are setting out all the major potential things that could impact on our environment. The Department of agriculture was recently ordered to release information to make it public that it has essentially been fighting the provision of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Department would not provide that information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: So the Department will not be appealing the decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will make a comment. I just listened to the closing statements. Obviously, I am one of the people who comes from an environmental perspective on many of these issues, but I do not see it as an either-or. Absolutely not. There is absolutely a way that we can get a sustainable and economically viable way of farming, which is fundamentally important because farmers are business people...