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Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was on RTÉ radio at the weekend and I heard about the case of a young woman who has a dialysis machine and who was left at home. She had to make her own arrangements to get somewhere in order that she could access electricity to run her machine. We need the HSE and GPs to be involved. GPs indicated that they were not contacted. It is clear that there are major gaps. While the...

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not about investment; it is about making sure we have the right buses and the contracts are in place. We need to go back to a public system of public transport because then we can control exactly the kind of service is provided.

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (11 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Despite the Taoiseach repeatedly stating that climate change is the existential crisis of our time, anyone who reads the programme for Government would not get the sense there is urgency on the part of or a grasp by the Government of the scale of the problem we face and how difficult it is going to be to implement changes. The Government seems intent on continuing with business as usual,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Last year, in advance of the election, Fianna Fáil made a huge play on prioritising women's health. That included free hormone replacement therapy, which was due to come in in January. This was very welcome at the time but, unfortunately, January came and went, and there is still no free HRT for women. There appears to be no plan for putting it in place. Will the Tánaiste let me...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is 13 days since Storm Éowyn ripped through the country, including many homes, businesses and farms, causing devastation for so many, especially in the west and north west. It has been a very difficult period for people. When they saw there was no Dáil sitting last week, they really were asking where their politicians and leaders were. I agree with them. Unfortunately, the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I concur with the previous speakers. The Taoiseach has repeatedly said Storm Éowyn was a storm without precedent, and he is absolutely correct. What is also without precedent is his Government's lack of response. There was no plan. The Government left the ESB to do the heavy lifting.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: We will have statements on the matter today but what we need are questions and answers with the Minister to find out where the Government was. Where were the Ministers? What were the Departments doing? How were they actually connecting? The one thing that has consistently come across from all the people who were caught up in this awful storm was they were being left absolutely on their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a public consultation will be held on the proposed carbon budgets to 2040; the timeframe for a consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected timeline for the publication of the Climate Action Plan 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government's stance on expanding mining activities in protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has, or intends to, communicate with his Northern Ireland counterpart in relation to the proposed gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone, or whether there has been any Departmental discussions related to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department made a submission to the Tyrone gold mine plans; and if the Department had any concerns about its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2688/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there has been any analysis of transboundary environmental impacts for the Republic of Ireland from the proposed gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains in Tyrone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an environmental impact assessment has been conducted for special areas of conservation in the Republic of Ireland in response to the proposed gold mine in County Tyrone in the Sperrins area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 378. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an economic and sustainability assessment of the EU/Mercosur trade agreement has been conducted to date to assess the potential impact on the agricultural sector; if not, the reason; when an assessment will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 379. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an economic and sustainability assessment of the EU/Mercosur trade agreement has been conducted to date to assess the potential impact on the agricultural sector; if not, the reason; when an assessment will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 380. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an analysis of the new EU/Mercosur free trade agreement has been conducted; when the Government will make a decision on whether or not it will support the new trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 381. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland has had any discussions with EU Member States who are opposed to the EU/Mercosur free trade agreement for the purposes of forming an alliance of similar minded states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 382. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government intends to submit its formal opposition to the EU/Mercosur trade agreement to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Marine Protected Areas (5 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on marine protected area legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2700/25]