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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I echo the concerns of my colleagues. The sense I am getting is that we have a 2030 target but it is clear that climate change is here. We are seeing the impact of it now and the urgency is not there to deal with this issue and do the things we can do immediately. I understand that Dr. Richard's role and what he is doing is to conduct research and get all the scientific data in place. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have a little bit of time left. When we talk about the 2030 target, how much of a difficulty does Dr. O'Mara think it is that there is not a LULUCF target in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: We silo much of this. Today we are talking about emissions. We are only looking at that and we are not talking about biodiversity or adaptation. When we restore or rewet peatland, it not only produces an emissions benefit. Are the witnesses doing any work on the potential for adaptation? One of the things we will see as climate change impacts us more and more is that we will get a lot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is what I meant. If we enable the land to go back to its natural state, it will hold more water, which will mean there is an effect downstream on other land. There is a value in us doing that because it will improve conditions downstream and it might mean that flooding works are not required. The question is whether we are valuing the benefit from allowing rewetting.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on Bord na Móna's proposed Derryaad windfarm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55661/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: This question is to ask the Minister to provide an update on Bord na Móna’s proposed Derryaad wind farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: In saying this is a commercial matter, what we as a State must think about is whether this is the best use of State land. During the discussions we have had in the last two and half years, since the start of this term and concerning the climate Act, it has become absolutely clear that when we have climate action we must also have biodiversity action. These are essentially two heads of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I absolutely agree. I believe there is a strength in Bord na Móna working with communities. What I think it must be doing, however, is working with communities to restore, protect and rewet those peatlands. There should be a just transition for those communities. There were proposals for a mid-Shannon wilderness park in the midlands. Is this a concept that the Minister supports?...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: One of the key asks of developing countries at COP27 is the development of a loss and damage fund to compensate them for the damage we, the developed countries, have done to them in the past number of decades. This is an issue not only of climate justice but of basic fairness. However, the concept of loss and damage has been around since 1991 and there has been no progress on it. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provisions to allocate the energy credit have been made to persons living in single units sharing the one MPRN code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes to be retrofitted to B2 equivalent by 2030 in order to meet Government targets of 500,000, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-interest loans to enable homes to retrofit will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an outline of the regulations and inspections that are in place to ensure that retrofitting and energy efficiency works undertaken by private contractors are of a high standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55664/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to expand the public transport operating times across counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow to match the proposed expanded opening hours of pubs and nightclubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54977/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public transport services are proposed to be introduced between the towns of Blessington and Newbridge to allow residents who choose public transport to arrive at their place of work before 9 am each morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54978/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any plans to restore the daily rate paid for interview work to the pre-FEMPI rates given that all other civil service salaries and payments that have been restored; if there is a reason that a former civil servant working as a consultant on interview boards for the PAS earns a rate of €130 per day when other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Community Employment Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if council rates can be waived for community employment offices; if any other supports are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available to small landlords who are trying to gain vacant possession of their own property for their own accommodation needs to prevent their own homelessness while the eviction ban is in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available to small landlords who are financially impacted by tenant overholding and non-payment of rent while the eviction ban is in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54942/22]