Results 321-340 of 3,570 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Is the Minister talking about exports then, that is, the impact this would have on exports, as opposed to food within Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: This was incorporated as one of the actions in the climate action plan. It was one of the key considerations as to how to reduce emissions within the sector. In the absence of the Minister's progressing this, what will he replace it with to reduce emissions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: We just do not have time to rely on research that is five or ten years away.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: May I just make one statement? I have a real fear that when it comes to this issue and dealing with emissions within the sector, the Minister is putting his head in the sand in the same way he put his head in the sand when it came to the derogations. That did no one any good because now we have thousands of farmers who thought that things would change for them and that they would be able to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I do not think the country is depending on Ireland for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I do not know the ins and outs of the Origin Green programme but is there not a requirement for producers to be compliant with all the standards? Is it not automatic that if a producer is deemed to be non-compliant with any environmental regulation, that producer will be struck off?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That would be helpful. Is the Minister in agreement that there should be a strike-off if a producer is not in compliance with the environmental regulations, which would mean that producer can no longer participate in the scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: I want to bring it back to basics a little bit. I appreciate the Minister is talking about problems with delivering on climate action. I understand there are a number of significant challenges in that regard. I also do not want to undermine the work that has been done and the fact there has been progress in some areas. I want to bring it back to the Climate Action Plan 2023, however,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Am I correct in saying then, even if that was incorporated, the EPA analysis said it will still only meet 42% of the 51%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The science is variable and very complex, and we still have a target of 51%. That target is not going to change regardless of the complexity of achieving it. If the climate action plan cannot put a percentage reduction or policies in place to represent a percentage of reduction in emissions to 2030 for certain sectors, is it not the case that the remainder of the policy should be making up...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That is a considerable amount of flexibility though, if we are saying that our policies will meet 29% when we have to meet 51% That is not flexibility.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That is what the EPA has said the current action plan specifies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Will the climate action plan be finalised at the end of this month?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: What additional emissions reductions will be incorporated? When the EPA does its analysis next June, will we be looking at another percentage point difference, up to 30% of the 51% following the changes to climate action plan, or does the Minister anticipate that we could be potentially up to 35% or 40%? What percentage reduction will the next climate action plan achieve?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: So carbon capture and storage will probably be a component of the 2004 plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: In relation to the discussion that we had this morning, one of the issues that is frequently raised with us is that in order for us to meet our climate actions, what we need is policy coherence across all levels and elements of Government and the climate action plan is an attempt to do that. Often we do not see that, particularly when it comes to agriculture. Indeed, what the Minister will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: He attended this morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: There was interaction on the issue this morning.