Results 781-800 of 4,010 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The plan for reductions in the dairy sector was a voluntary scheme and would have to have been a part of just transition. It would have given farmers an alternative. However, that work does not seem to be progressing at all, which is a shame. The Minister mentioned wind turbines earlier. We must be cognisant of biodiversity impacts and the potential to switch off the turbines in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Hydropower is renewable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Minister communicate with the ESB in respect of that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will he do so again formally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to flag something with the Minister. I am on the board of a rivers trust, and one of the key problems is that we have a lot of fantastic expertise but we do not have any administrative support. When you go for funding it is difficult to get any money to provide that. We have the best experts when it comes to ecology, river management and so on, but we do not have the administrative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for that. In relation specifically to the direction the Minister issued to Gas Networks Ireland, GNI, that they were not to connect data centres to the gas supply, is this direction statutorily robust? Is it the case that this is now in place and there is a moratorium on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The EPA, in its analysis in June, in which it reviewed how progress was made against the climate action plan, projected that emissions from the agriculture sector will decrease by between 4% and 20% to 2030. Based on the EPA's analysis, therefore, the maximum reduction in emissions from agriculture will be 20%, but the reduction could be anywhere between 4% and 20%. Is the Minister in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister raised the issue in respect of the wind turbines.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for attending and representing the Minister for Education. In early October, the three principals in the town of Greystones in Wicklow came together in an unprecedented fashion to issue a press release telling parents that there was a high likelihood that, between the three schools, sufficient places would not be provided for pupils from local primary schools...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. Parents will be very relieved to hear the guarantee that there will be a school place for each of the children. We now need this to happen quickly so parents will know a solution will be put in place quickly if they receive refusals at the end of this week or early next week. In Greystones, and indeed in the north Wicklow area, these solutions have taken an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As the Chair said, they were in depth. There is an awful lot to cover. I will focus on the investment fund. The research and review are incredibly timely because the principles underpinning the incorporation of the divestment Act into the infrastructure fund appear to be exactly what is underpinning the new infrastructure and climate and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Data centres are such a significant component of overall energy demand. We are looking at 30% whereas it is an average of 2% across other European countries. We get a disproportionately much higher concentration here. Whether it is because of the weather or the regulatory system, we place no-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is probably more reflective of why we have them. There is not even a discussion about not only what kind of data they are collecting but how they are collecting it. My understanding is, depending even on the type of computer language or hardware used in the data centre, the energy requirement could be reduced by 30%, 40% or 50%. Essentially, no restrictions are being placed on them...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the valuation mechanism that is in place for properties accepted on the tenant-in-situ scheme; the protocols that are in place in incidences in which properties are undervalued by the council compared to valuations from independent estate agents; if he is aware that this disparity is contributing to private landlords not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment freeze will extend to the recruitment of staff intended for the planned delivery of a neurorehabilitation centre for CH06 (details supplied); if not, the progress in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52542/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The emissions gap report from the United Nations paints a stark picture when it comes to our climate. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, says: "Present trends are racing our planet down a dead-end 3 C temperature rise" and that "the emissions gap is more like an emissions canyon". The Climate Change Advisory Council here has also repeatedly rung alarm bells and said that the pace...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The climate action plans do not meet the targets.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Taoiseach should not forget climate change.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Climate change, climate mitigation and climate adaptation are the biggest issues facing not only this country but the world. Reports from the UN say that we are not doing enough. In Ireland, even if every single element of our climate action plan was implemented to the full, it would not be sufficient for us to meet our targets and the targets the Government has set. I ask for statements...