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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an investigation into the discovery of greyhound remains in a bog in Newbridge in August 2022; if post-mortems were conducted; if the cause and date of death and identity of the greyhounds was established; if a search for further remains took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured at races and trials to date in 2022. [57992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the recorded injuries to greyhounds at track events; and the date that they occurred. [57993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the rate of animal deaths recorded at greyhound track events; and if post-mortems were conducted on animals following any animal deaths. [57994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide records for the treatment of animals injured and treated by track vets. [57995/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have so many questions that I do not know whether I will be able to get them out straight. I thank the witnesses for their very interesting presentations. In particular, I was taken by the observation by Dr. Moran to the effect that we do not have time and that we just need to get moving on this. A great deal of work and research are being done, and various pilot projects have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: In terms of pilot projects, a lot of good work has been done in the Burren. The scoring system to which Dr. Moran referred was working successfully but it appears that the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, is now constraining or has impeded that project to the point where two of the lead scientists on it have stepped down. What barriers are being brought in by ACRES? We do not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is disappointing the Minister for Health is not here because I was hoping for an answer to this question. I want to raise the issue of Miley McKee again. I raised it three weeks ago. Miley is a 12-year-old girl from Greystones. She has been waiting two years and four months for her scoliosis treatment. She has a curvature of more than 100° and is in constant pain. As a GP, the...

Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion forward. I accept that we have spoken at considerable length about the energy crisis in the past year, but it is important that we continue to do so because many people are still being left behind and the future for many in the community is very uncertain as the energy crisis continues. Therefore, it is a very important issue to...

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]