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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentation today. The opening statement articulated the importance of media and RTE's role when it comes to climate and environmental education. My involvement in the environmental sector was largely driven by watching Éamon de Buitléar on RTE many years ago. Over the past year or two, there has been a great uptick in the amount of coverage on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The witnesses are not aware of any discussions in RTE; that would be a completely separate element?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am interested in the witnesses' voices as content managers of RTE. As they said in their opening statement, the witnesses are producing, for example, a programme that is coming out and saying that fossil fuels are the cause of climate change and that is the reason we are having all of these weather disruptions. If they finish the programme and at the ad break it goes to SUV advertising,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I know that, but RTE is a public broadcaster. There is a responsibility as a public broadcaster to lead the debate on this. Has this been raised as a policy issue with senior managers, that they are uncomfortable or feel that it undermines the work the witnesses are putting in if the station is also broadcasting ads that cause the issues the witnesses are actively trying to educate people about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: My time is up, but I find this incredibly frustrating. Mr. Woods has failed to answer Deputy Leddin's question and now he is refusing to answer mine. We are interested in the witness's opinion on this and he has literally spent three minutes avoiding the question, which I find very disappointing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am asking for the witnesses' opinions as the content managers of a public broadcasting unit, and whether or not they consider if this content they produce has been undermined by the commercial arm of RTÉ. That is what I am asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will follow on from those points. The point the Chair made is very valid. If there is a process that could take a year to be finalised, and during that year a company has put a lot of money behind its advertisement and is getting value from its ad over that period, should that ad be shown if an adjudication process is under way? Should it be the case that once a complaint has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The ASAI has a very difficult job. If part of its code is to determine whether an ad is responsible, that is a very subjective thing. On what Ms Twomey mentioned regarding something that is damaging to children, I contend that making Ireland unliveable is damaging to children. If we come at it using a very much precautionary approach, any ad that promotes something that is environmentally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: What about the statistics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Even if it takes a month to investigate a complaint, the amount of money a company puts behind an ad for a month is considerable. It would derive a benefit from that ad running even for that month. If those ads had to be pulled until adjudication happened, that would certainly be beneficial. It would prevent some companies putting ads out that could potentially go against the ASAI code.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Do the witnesses see any divergence in their policies? If they as the content people are providing factual, evidence-based programming, is there any conflict with them doing that and putting so much emphasis on that within RTE and at the same time the commercial arm is working directly against what they are doing? Do the witnesses see any difficulties with that?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The plan to suspend teacher career breaks was apparently signed off on at an incorporeal Cabinet meeting on Tuesday night. Incredibly, the Department and Minister for Education believe the best way to recruit and retain teachers in the system is to reduce their terms and conditions. Does the Tánaiste agree with the proposal to suspend career breaks for teachers?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: So this is not a Government proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department will select the 50,000 farmers that will take part in the pilot scheme for the digital sustainability platform; and the timeline on the roll out of the scheme. [61374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the measures that he is putting in place to ensure that the agricultural sector meets its sectoral targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61373/22]

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Three and a half years ago I was chairperson of a primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow. Even then, we were finding it difficult to hire teachers. Even though it was a growing and good new school that was being built, it was so difficult. The reasons were accommodation and rental issues. If we fast-forward to today, we are at a crisis point with this issue. This is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the need for Cariban to be initially prescribed by a consultant obstetrician for hyperemesis gravidarum sufferers in order for them to be able to avail of the drug reimbursement scheme, as committed to in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant obstetricians were consulted before the decision to make them the initial prescribers for Cariban was made; if any concerns were raised as to the impact this decision would have on waiting lists to see consultant obstetricians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60639/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to provide for a system to ensure hyperemesis gravidarum sufferers who are less than 12 weeks pregnant have access to a consultant obstetrician before the traditional 14-week first appointment with a consultant obstetrician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (1 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the recently published EU nature restoration laws; the measures that the Government is putting in place to facilitate engagement on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55660/22]