Results 161-180 of 4,444 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I raise a commitment and a promise that was made by the former Minister for Health to cancer groups across Wicklow last October. The former Minister promised funding for a number of cancer care groups, namely, Purple House Cancer Support, Arklow Cancer Support, Greystones Cancer Support, Wicklow Cancer Support, Rathdrum Cancer Support, Roundwood Cancer Support and West Wicklow Cancer...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Here are the pure, basic facts. Grocery prices have gone up 36% since 2021. That is an additional €3,000 on an average family grocery shop. It is an incredible increase and it is putting huge pressure on families. Some 71% of Irish families say they are very concerned about food prices and we have seen that four in ten parents skip meals so their children can eat. That is a...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — households across the country are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living soars; — more than 70 per cent of people in Ireland are either, "extremely" or "very" concerned about the cost of groceries, according to the recent PwC's Voice of the Consumer Survey 2025; — many families are now spending...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Part of the privilege of being in government is that the Minister of State can intervene. She can change the law, empower regulators and force supermarkets to publish their profits. The big question the Minister of State needs to answer today is why the Government has done none of these things. Why is the Cabinet acting like bystanders, narrating a problem instead of doing anything? I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Government is failing farmers and failing the environment.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome our visitors to the Gallery. The European Commission has just raised the bar for Irish farmers when it comes to compliance with the nitrates directive. The intervention by Europe is welcome because successive Governments have failed to protect our river bodies.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Successive Governments have failed to protect our river bodies, lakes and estuaries. In the 1980s, there were 500 pristine river bodies in this country. We are now down to 20, so we can see the scale of the problem. The reality is the changes will be very difficult to farmers to comply with. I argue they will be near impossible. There is a responsibility on the Government to ensure that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: A Cheann Comhairle-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: -----it is absolutely unacceptable for the Taoiseach to say that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to support farmers but the reality is-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: -----you have wrecked our water bodies, Taoiseach. You have wrecked them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: You have failed to protect them.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current immigration status of a person (details supplied); when their application for the spouse of Irish national visa will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37077/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. That is very welcome and I think there is a solution here. Hopefully, if he talks to the Minister - I have mentioned it to her myself - we can get someone to visit. In my remaining time, I want to put something else in the education area on the record. We are seeing major issues with the NCSC and a sort of stoppage of processes. I think it is moving to a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to raise with the Minister of State a really urgent and time-sensitive issue. As he is well aware, Wicklow town and Rathnew have seen a huge population increase in recent years. We have probably had 800 to 1,000 new homes built there. Very many of them are family homes for young families. We have seen people coming from other counties into the area. I was made aware last week...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Taoiseach does it constantly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister is clearly not listening to what I am saying and, what is worse, he is clearly not listening to what parents and students are saying at the moment. They believed the Government when it said in the programme for Government that it would continue to reduce student fees. They believed it when it said that. It could not be any simpler. The question is this. Is the Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: When will the Government get its act together and level with parents and students? It has been five days since the higher education Minister took to the airways and dropped the bombshell that parents and students will have to find another €1,000 to fund college before September. He did not try to sugar-coat that news; it was quite the opposite. He said, "All of us in any walk of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I do not think anyone is underestimating or minimising the absolute devastation when a farmer realises they have TB in their herd. As the Minister says, it is not just a financial but also an emotional shock and trauma for the family. The most important thing to do is put in place a system that is going to work for them. The Minister talks about being led by science. I cannot see any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would be really keen if the Minister could send me the studies and evidence that show transmission of TB from badgers to cattle and the incidence. If a badger has TB that is not a good thing for the badger, but the Department culled nearly 7,500 badgers last year and 20% of them had TB. The culling involves snares which not only is an incredibly inhumane way for an animal to die but it is...