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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Then it is over to EirGrid on whether that 200 MW will be sufficient to make up for the gap between supply and demand we will see this winter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Those measures will not make any difference now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I know. Our time is very limited. What is the gap between supply and demand for this winter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Mr. Doyle does not think the demand for this coming winter is that much worse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I presume that will be reflected in the new supply that is out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: We will potentially be short 280 MW.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: For people out there-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: A figure of 280 MW will not really mean much to people. When we translate that into the number of blackouts or the number of hours of blackouts, what are we talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: That was compensated though. EirGrid had the other-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Are we looking at a high, medium or low risk of blackouts this winter? This is what people and businesses need to know. What is the risk that there will be blackouts? I am sure some of my colleagues will ask what measures EirGrid are bringing in and will dig into that a little more. What is the risk this winter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Is there a high, medium or low risk?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: EirGrid thinks everything is fine for this winter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: That is what I am asking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: A high risk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: The Chairman was very strict with me in the first round but became more lenient as we went along. I ask him to remember that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I had hoped we would hear a plan for this winter and we would have in hand a plan setting out what the gap is as regards security of supply and how and when it will be addressed. Unfortunately, we have not seen that and that does not give me much assurance. I was also hoping we would have a plan in relation to energy prices and how individuals and businesses would be helped in the coming...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Is that implementation plan on the site? It was promised by the EirGrid representatives the last time they were before the committee.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (14 Jul 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. I understand that this is not his area. The response that the vacancy rate in Wicklow is at 16% is quite disappointing. Many parents have contacted me to say the opposite. In fact, one parent said she contacted 46 crèches and minders before she found someone. There is obviously a problem. When we talk about averages, what needs to be reflected is that...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (14 Jul 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for attending and wonder whether he pulled the short straw in having to do so this evening. I recognise this issue is not his area. It relates to childcare in Wicklow. It is no secret that childcare in this country is at crisis point. The costs, which are exorbitant, are putting severe pressure on families who are just trying to keep their heads above water....
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I too want to raise the issue of the accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. The response the Minister has just given there is probably the same response that would have been given five months ago when this crisis started. I know that no Government could been prepared for what happened. We are, however, five months down the road and all of the kite-flying on such things as modular homes,...