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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of the third class for secondary students for the Greystones area, which is required to meet demand for September 2024; when that class will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9858/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the process by which students, currently without places for September 2024 in Greystones, will be offered a place in one of the three additional classes being established if they had not applied for that school in the first instance and they are therefore not eligible for a place under the enrolment policy of that school; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the significant upgrade to a school (details supplied), special classrooms were sanctioned; if those classrooms are currently available for students with special needs; if not, if she will direct the school to provide those classrooms in the event there is demand in the area for them; and if she will make a statement on the...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); when the review of the Stage 1 report will be completed; to detail the process for all subsequent stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9861/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the significant pressures on school places in the Greystones area, she will prioritise the construction of an extension a school (details supplied) within its bundle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9862/24]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the tender process for a school (details supplied) to be completed; the next stages in the process; the timelines for those steps; if she expects the school to be completed in time for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Bus Éireann to pay the exceptional no service interim grant to school transport ticket holders on a term-by-term basis, rather than retrospectively at the end of the school year, in acknowledgment of the cost of travel being placed on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9864/24]

Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to exclude the requirement to publish the addresses of candidates standing for election to County Councils, Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann, the Presidency or the European Parliament; to amend the Electoral Amendment Act 2009; to amend the Local Government Act 1994; to amend the Electoral Act 1992; to amend the...

Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: This week, we have heard proposals from Government on the expansion of the school transport scheme, which is really welcome. What we have heard this week from the Minister will do nothing to alleviate the problems that rear their heads annually, like clockwork, in August and September, for many areas across the country. Our own constituency in Wicklow is hit particularly badly by these...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is not agreeing with us; it is agreeing with the independent advice.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I said everyone except-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Do you need that pat on the back?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Today was an historic day in the European Parliament, where we saw the nature restoration law passed. Unfortunately, it is disappointing that two of our MEPs, one from Sinn Féin and an Independent, voted against it. The reality is that what they are voting against is voting to restore nature and to bring our natural environment back to a point where it is not on the brink of collapse,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is where I am from.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: That was in September. The review has not been published.