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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: We welcome this Bill and the opportunity to have a debate on it today. Over the past few years, we have seen the impact and huge community and societal cost of the prices. There have been record energy prices for consumers, and record levels of energy poverty and disconnections. At the same time, along with the incredible impact on our communities and individuals, there have been record...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what measures his Department is undertaking to ensure that budgetary proposals this year relating to overseas development assistance and climate finance are not double-counted with regard to meeting international commitments relating to both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any portion of Ireland's oversees development assistance budget has been used for the purposes of enhancing European Union border security or funding migration control facilities in third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 868. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if as part of his Department's budgetary proposals this year will they propose measures to address issues raised by a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 886. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the report on the cariban reimbursement scheme review will be published; if further changes will be made to the scheme than the changes (details supplied) that were announced at the end of August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39530/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I think nearly all my questions have been answered because Deputy Bruton got in with many of them. I thank the witnesses for coming in and for all the work they did. A great deal of work went into this report and it was a big sacrifice, especially for Ms Jones and Mr. Joyce. I thank them for all their efforts because it is important that their voices were part of this debate. I have one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to take that to the level of ACRES with Dr. Moran. Is it the case that ACRES could be scaled up if the finances were put into it? Could the ACRES model be scaled up to a national level if the funding was there or are there still elements of ACRES that could do with being refined and changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Dr. Moran very much. I will ask another question. Sometimes we say we cannot do something because it is Europe's competency and we deflect and we say it is too hard and that it is something that can only happen at a European level. That has also been a flaw over the years in regard to the marine. For example, because quotas are dictated at a European level, that has prevented us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is a matter of trying to speed up those-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Those quick wins are very important, not just to build trust but because we are in a crisis. We have to get the balance right between having a robust process that may take time and something that achieves immediately. We need those measures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I cannot agree more with Dr. Moran on our cultural connection and how we have lost it. We have become very disconnected and see ourselves above nature as opposed to part of it. I worked with Aboriginal communities in Australia on water management and learned so much from them, including how they were part of nature and water. We could do a lot worse than listen to those voices and try to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Retained firefighters are balloting this week with an indication from their union, SIPTU, to reject the offer. The firefighters are disappointed with the offer that is on the table as it does not address the low value of the retainer and the precarious nature of their pay structure. I do not want to pre-empt the results of the ballot but the feedback I am getting is entirely negative....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Barnardos is again raising the issue of child poverty and the increasing number of families being pulled into poverty and deprivation. It is calling on the Government to target child poverty and ensure families hit by it will be protected in the upcoming budget. The Taoiseach said that when he first took up office that he wanted to focus on this area. It is timely for us to have a debate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is an unfair representation.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a formal site transfer from Wicklow County Council to his Department for the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied) has been finalised; and if not, when it will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the procurement process will begin for a contractor to complete the construction of the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied); the timeframe for construction to occur; when it is intended that the facility will be available for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points delivered, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points connected to the ESB grid, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of pregnant females released on a club-by-club basis for the coursing seasons 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34172/23]