Results 621-640 of 3,637 for speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will suspend the issuing of licences for the purpose of hare coursing until he conducts an examination of whether it is possible for a hare coursing club to adhere to conditions within its licence which specifies that no pregnant hares may be taken, with specific reference to the practicalities of determining pregnancy...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hares captured on an annual basis in each of the past ten years; the number of those that were identified as female; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34174/23]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for licences under section 34 that have been received by his Department for the upcoming coursing season; when he expects a decision will be made on the issue of those licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34175/23]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained firefighters who have departed the service annually from 2010 to date; the number of retained firefighters that have been recruited on an annual basis in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34255/23]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of any local authorities that refuse to employ staff who also work as retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 826. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the terms of reference for the HSE review of access to Cariban under the drug payment scheme for sufferers of hyperemesis; who is leading the review and what stakeholders have been consulted for the purposes for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34188/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the opportunity to have this discussion. First, I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State and of the Department on biodiversity. Compared to previous Governments and previous Ministers, the Minister of State has really tried to grab this issue and make substantive changes. The reform of the national parks is one of those changes. The staff of the national parks are all...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Article 17 specifies what the proceeds from the temporary solidarity contribution will be used for. It does not specify any reporting mechanisms, from what I can see. It refers only to using it for final energy customers and the other provisions the Minister of State read out. My amendment relates specifically to reporting to this House on what the temporary solidarity contribution has...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: At no point has the Minister of State mentioned that there will be requirements for him or the Department to report to the Dáil. The EU will not tell them they have to report to the Dáil. There is an understanding of subsidiarity here. The EU will not tell the Government what it has to come in and tell us. The Minister of State will not be reporting to this Dáil on this...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will wait to speak on my amendment, which I think is next anyway.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Reporting 4.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of, including the use of the proceeds from, the Temporary Solidarity Contribution.”. This is my only amendment, unfortunately, because...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome the debate on this long-overdue legislation which the Social Democrats will be supporting. I acknowledge the work done by abortion rights campaigners to get us to this point, particularly Together for Safety. Without their tireless campaigning for safe access zones, I believe this legislation would have fallen off this Government's agenda and would have been delayed even further...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I believe I am speaking for the majority of parents of secondary school children when I say we are sick and tired of forking out huge amounts of money each year for school books. We are tired of having to recycle perfectly good books and of buying electronic codes that cannot be transferred between siblings. It is hugely costly and wasteful. There are hundreds of thousands, if not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views regarding the constant electricity power cuts facing north County Dublin, including Donabate, Portrane, Swords, Rush and Lusk; his Department’s policy as to how this should be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstances where, in a joint mortgage application where one applicant is eligible for the help to buy scheme and one applicant is not, if the scheme can be availed of;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether PhDs classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made on mandating that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recommendation will be made for PhDs to have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a recommendation will be made on establishing minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay (such as the national minimum wage); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33021/23]