Results 741-760 of 3,681 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for the presentation. I also want to talk about embodied carbon. The report that was published last year from the Irish Green Building Council stated that in order to meet climate targets, the State may need to limit the construction of new homes to 21,000 units per year, which is well below that envisaged by the Housing for All plan. Housing for All is specific that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I do not want to be rude but I know the Chair is going to cut me off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The energy rating is different from the construction and the embodied carbon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Has that been quantified for the Housing for All plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: When the Minister refers to watching it, in order to know that something is an issue, one has to quantify it. Has it been quantified? Has the Minister determined how much embodied carbon the Housing for All plan will amount to and how that fits in with our climate targets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That does not deal with embodied carbon though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I only have a minute left. Has the Department assessed the embodied carbon and quantified it for the Housing for All plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Each target. So the Department would not have specified targets for each year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Has the Department quantified the embodied carbon for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I am sorry; I do not want to be rude but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister sounds like my mother here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, so-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The embodied carbon for the Housing for All plan has not been modelled yet. Steps are in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That is the start date. Therefore, the Housing for All plan has not been-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I just wonder if it has modelled the embodied carbon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I will finish about the date. I think it is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: What I take from it is that it has not been modelled, which is unfortunate since the Housing for All plan, in parallel with the climate action plan, is the largest policy of the State and Government. It would be good to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. I will direct this to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. The nature restoration laws are being debated today, and it is very tight as to which way they are going to go from the committee. If those laws are not passed, what impact will that have on the Minister of State's plans and the NPWS's plans for peatland restoration? There is a site in Wicklow in the Brockagh area, which is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State, and my colleague for letting me in there.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details on when the low-interest loan for retrofitting will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28810/23]