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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Article 17 specifies what the proceeds from the temporary solidarity contribution will be used for. It does not specify any reporting mechanisms, from what I can see. It refers only to using it for final energy customers and the other provisions the Minister of State read out. My amendment relates specifically to reporting to this House on what the temporary solidarity contribution has...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: At no point has the Minister of State mentioned that there will be requirements for him or the Department to report to the Dáil. The EU will not tell them they have to report to the Dáil. There is an understanding of subsidiarity here. The EU will not tell the Government what it has to come in and tell us. The Minister of State will not be reporting to this Dáil on this...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will wait to speak on my amendment, which I think is next anyway.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Reporting 4.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of, including the use of the proceeds from, the Temporary Solidarity Contribution.”. This is my only amendment, unfortunately, because...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the debate on this long-overdue legislation which the Social Democrats will be supporting. I acknowledge the work done by abortion rights campaigners to get us to this point, particularly Together for Safety. Without their tireless campaigning for safe access zones, I believe this legislation would have fallen off this Government's agenda and would have been delayed even further...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I believe I am speaking for the majority of parents of secondary school children when I say we are sick and tired of forking out huge amounts of money each year for school books. We are tired of having to recycle perfectly good books and of buying electronic codes that cannot be transferred between siblings. It is hugely costly and wasteful. There are hundreds of thousands, if not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views regarding the constant electricity power cuts facing north County Dublin, including Donabate, Portrane, Swords, Rush and Lusk; his Department’s policy as to how this should be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstances where, in a joint mortgage application where one applicant is eligible for the help to buy scheme and one applicant is not, if the scheme can be availed of;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether PhDs classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made on mandating that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made for PhDs to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a recommendation will be made on establishing minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay (such as the national minimum wage); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a recommendation will be made on the matter of employee status for PhDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33022/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Apparently, it is ultrasounds one would need.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I believe that we, the Department and the Minister should refuse to grant licences for the upcoming hare coursing season. It will come as no surprise to anyone that I am strongly opposed to hare coursing. I am strongly opposed from an animal welfare perspective and also from the perspective of the protection of our biodiversity. The hare is a protected species under the Wildlife Acts. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is under condition No. 10.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Under the licence, what those involved in coursing are required to produce is information on when the hares were captured, the number of hares captured, if they were injured and whether veterinary care was required. They are not required ascertain the sex of the hare. In all the details contained in the reports, I cannot see any reference to male or female. I went through 20 reports of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland and the EPA in relation to an ongoing fuel leak into the Slaney river below the waterworks at Tullow; whether the impact of this oil leak on the SAC, in particular the pearl mussel and salmon populations, has been ascertained; and if he will make a statement on the...