Results 41-60 of 3,553 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the process for enrolments to schools under the Limerick area post primary programme; how this programme was initiated; whether a similar programme could be applied to schools in particular areas in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12461/24]

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Where to start? Speaking as someone who has worked and studied in this area since I was 17, the debate so far this evening has been incredibly difficult to listen to. When we have the Chair of a committee talking about the sole purpose of a river being to drain water away from farmlands, I wonder whether we need to have an ecological education programme within the Houses of the Oireachtas....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: On 3 October I brought to the attention of the Department of Education that there will be a shortfall of at least 72 secondary school places in the Greystones area. We have had a number of interactions with the Department since then. The latest was on 8 February when the Department told us it was working on plans to accommodate those children. We have since seen two additional classes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place for the deposit return scheme for housebound or disabled persons who shop for groceries online and are unable to physically access the deposit return scheme in shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. I am on the Leinster House campus. I thank Mr. Casey for his interesting presentation and I thank the witnesses for attending. I have a few questions. There were many references to the Arterial Drainage Act. To be clear, when Mr. Casey refers to arterial drainage, is he speaking about rivers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: People watching in might think that “arterial drainage” is a much more technical term, but we are essentially speaking about rivers that have been modified since the 1940s to provide a flood relief benefit. Given that these arteries have been highly modified, they are not under the remit of the water framework directive. They are not included in the percentage that need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is the length of the rivers under the remit of the OPW? Has the OPW quantified that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: The OPW attempts to keep all of those maintained through drainage. That is a huge amount of work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: This exchange is going backwards and forwards. I have many small questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is the term "maintain" defined in the Act? Could the term "maintain" also mean maintained to an ecological rather than an engineering standard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. The term "effective condition" depends on whether one looks at this through an engineering or a natural lens in terms of how it is applied. Is that correct? Is the work defined under the Act to an engineering-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Today's meeting is about dams and barriers. The OPW has not quantified the number of dams and barriers. Is that correct? That work is under way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: If the OPW thinks approximately 81 barriers are potential barriers to migration, does it have a timeline for dealing with those or is this something it is still working on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am referring to a timeline to remediate them, whether by removal or modification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I thank Mr Casey. Does the OPW have specific funding available for that project or will that come through IFI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Casey. There are 150 flood relief schemes and those in tranche one are under way. How many of these 150 have incorporated nature-based solutions? Are any of them based solely on nature-based solution measures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is great. One of our difficulties is that we have lost trust in nature. We are so used to engineering our way out of problems that we just do not trust nature's response or nature-based solutions. In instances where hard engineering solutions are being put in place, are nature-based solutions being incorporated upstream at the same time? This would be as a pilot to show exactly how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: We can ask a few questions on his behalf.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on how many occasions the rail line between Greystones and Bray has been closed annually from 2020-2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for information on the completion of the snag list for a school (details provided); when all outstanding works will be completed; the reason for the delay in completion; if any assessment will be undertaken as to whether long term damage has been caused by these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9857/24]