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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will be brief. I ask that the Minister take into account disability and gender in the roll-out of infrastructure. Almost every EV charging point I know of is at the back of a parking lot and is not particularly safe or accessible. The Minister does not need to respond. I am just asking that he take this concern into account. A ban on the sale of internal combustion engine, ICE, cars...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority has raised any concerns regarding the effective monitoring and enforcement of super-trawlers whilst in Irish waters; if any discussions have been held between his Department and the SFPA in relation to same, including the provision of inspectors or observers; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department have had any discussions regarding the effective monitoring and enforcement of super-trawlers whilst in Irish waters with EU counterparts, including the provision of inspectors or observers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make a request to the EU Council regarding the establishment of a control observer scheme, as provided for under regulation, to enable the on-board monitoring of factory vessels whilst in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the process by which a fishing vessel may be inspected by a Sea Fisheries Protection officer; whether the SFPA can request the Naval Service for such an inspection to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of fishing vessels that have been undertaken by the Naval Service in each of the past 20 years; the number of those vessels that were factory boats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishery patrol days by the Naval Service in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of factory vessels, including their size ranges that were recorded as being present in Irish waters in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority capability review; how many of the 46 recommendations have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Appointments (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an advisory board, nominated by his Department, comprising members with expertise and/or professional experience in senior administration, public sector governance requirements and management has been put in place for the SFPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This morning, I was at a briefing from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at which the speakers talked about energy poverty and expressed their concerns about what is going to happen to people regarding the high costs of energy. They said that over the course of the past year, the organisation had 230,000 requests of help, including 1,200 a day in December. I would imagine that for those...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This is less than the amount we are expecting in respect of the windfall tax.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list the number of local authorities that have been funded for biodiversity officers to date; the number that are being employed; the funding allocated for those posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have undertaken hedgerow surveys; whether targeted funding is available to councils to undertake this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his role, in the study and protection of hedgerows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the Wildlife Act 1976; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the NPWS working group, convened to focus on bird species of concern that are included in the open season hunting list, has met; the outcomes from those meetings; what the next steps will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will exclude bird species of concern that is, red and amber listed from the 2023-2024 open season hunting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department operates under the principle of the precautionary approach in relation to species management, and if not, the rationale for not adhering to that ecological principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the NPWS national survey on the prevalence of RHD2 in rabbits has been completed; what the results of that survey were and their relevance to hare populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14210/23]