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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: With all due respect to the Minister of State, my question was related to bus cancellations in Wicklow and he did not mention Wicklow once in this reply. Could he please tell me what I will tell parents in Wicklow who do not have a seat on a school bus for their children tomorrow and next week? While he can play with words and say that they the routes were not cancelled but were handed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Could I say something?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was just saying I will make myself available for a Topical Issue next week so the Minister can come in and address it. I know parents are really worried about it, and I will make sure I can get in for that, if it is possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, for being here today, but I do wish the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, was present, because this is a huge issue. It has been a big issue for a number of weeks now. We are not seeing the kind of response that is needed on this issue from the Department of Education, the office of the Minister or, indeed, Bus Éireann. I am...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I look forward to it. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for tabling the motion. It is an incredibly important issue and has been such for many years. It is the primary issue for many people in communities. There are 12,847 people homeless and I suspect it is the only thing they have on their minds at the moment. I was looking forward to the opportunity to have a grown-up conversation about...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That should be in the legislation. The targeting of it should also be spelled out in the legislation. An element of the Bill I welcome and was interested to see is that the hedging element from these companies will be notified to the CRU as the competent authority. That is welcome but I ask that it not be limited to the Bill and this period in time. It is important that the CRU has the...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: We welcome this Bill and the opportunity to have a debate on it today. Over the past few years, we have seen the impact and huge community and societal cost of the prices. There have been record energy prices for consumers, and record levels of energy poverty and disconnections. At the same time, along with the incredible impact on our communities and individuals, there have been record...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what measures his Department is undertaking to ensure that budgetary proposals this year relating to overseas development assistance and climate finance are not double-counted with regard to meeting international commitments relating to both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any portion of Ireland's oversees development assistance budget has been used for the purposes of enhancing European Union border security or funding migration control facilities in third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 868. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if as part of his Department's budgetary proposals this year will they propose measures to address issues raised by a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 886. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the report on the cariban reimbursement scheme review will be published; if further changes will be made to the scheme than the changes (details supplied) that were announced at the end of August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39530/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I think nearly all my questions have been answered because Deputy Bruton got in with many of them. I thank the witnesses for coming in and for all the work they did. A great deal of work went into this report and it was a big sacrifice, especially for Ms Jones and Mr. Joyce. I thank them for all their efforts because it is important that their voices were part of this debate. I have one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to take that to the level of ACRES with Dr. Moran. Is it the case that ACRES could be scaled up if the finances were put into it? Could the ACRES model be scaled up to a national level if the funding was there or are there still elements of ACRES that could do with being refined and changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Dr. Moran very much. I will ask another question. Sometimes we say we cannot do something because it is Europe's competency and we deflect and we say it is too hard and that it is something that can only happen at a European level. That has also been a flaw over the years in regard to the marine. For example, because quotas are dictated at a European level, that has prevented us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a matter of trying to speed up those-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Those quick wins are very important, not just to build trust but because we are in a crisis. We have to get the balance right between having a robust process that may take time and something that achieves immediately. We need those measures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I cannot agree more with Dr. Moran on our cultural connection and how we have lost it. We have become very disconnected and see ourselves above nature as opposed to part of it. I worked with Aboriginal communities in Australia on water management and learned so much from them, including how they were part of nature and water. We could do a lot worse than listen to those voices and try to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Retained firefighters are balloting this week with an indication from their union, SIPTU, to reject the offer. The firefighters are disappointed with the offer that is on the table as it does not address the low value of the retainer and the precarious nature of their pay structure. I do not want to pre-empt the results of the ballot but the feedback I am getting is entirely negative....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Barnardos is again raising the issue of child poverty and the increasing number of families being pulled into poverty and deprivation. It is calling on the Government to target child poverty and ensure families hit by it will be protected in the upcoming budget. The Taoiseach said that when he first took up office that he wanted to focus on this area. It is timely for us to have a debate...