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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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is an unfair representation.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a formal site transfer from Wicklow County Council to his Department for the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied) has been finalised; and if not, when it will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the procurement process will begin for a contractor to complete the construction of the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied); the timeframe for construction to occur; when it is intended that the facility will be available for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points delivered, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points connected to the ESB grid, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of pregnant females released on a club-by-club basis for the coursing seasons 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will suspend the issuing of licences for the purpose of hare coursing until he conducts an examination of whether it is possible for a hare coursing club to adhere to conditions within its licence which specifies that no pregnant hares may be taken, with specific reference to the practicalities of determining pregnancy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hares captured on an annual basis in each of the past ten years; the number of those that were identified as female; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for licences under section 34 that have been received by his Department for the upcoming coursing season; when he expects a decision will be made on the issue of those licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34175/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained firefighters who have departed the service annually from 2010 to date; the number of retained firefighters that have been recruited on an annual basis in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of any local authorities that refuse to employ staff who also work as retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 826. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the terms of reference for the HSE review of access to Cariban under the drug payment scheme for sufferers of hyperemesis; who is leading the review and what stakeholders have been consulted for the purposes for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34188/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to have this discussion. First, I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State and of the Department on biodiversity. Compared to previous Governments and previous Ministers, the Minister of State has really tried to grab this issue and make substantive changes. The reform of the national parks is one of those changes. The staff of the national parks are all...