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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to ensure that parents who have no alternative but to enrol their child in a non-participating provider, continue to benefit from the subsidy towards their childcare costs, in view of the prospect of childcare providers in the first instance refusing to enter the core funding model scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (7 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 509. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; how families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the status of discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to represent the Minister for Education. This is my third Topical Issue on this issue, which I have raised a number of times in the Dáil with the Minister. In early October 2023, it became apparent that there was a major shortfall of places for secondary school students in Greystones. At that stage, we thought it could be around...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have to say that I am really disappointed with the response. It has been two months and the Department has yet to ascertain how many children in the area do not have a place. How does it take two months to go through that process? How has the Department not yet figured out where there is capacity in schools in the area? Parents in the area have just two questions. They want to know...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: By March?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Some 280,000 farmers are still awaiting their agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments. In counties such as Donegal and Cork, more than 3,500 are waiting while in Wicklow it is approximately 350. This is an important funding source for farmers to assist them to transition to more nature-friendly farming models. When will those payments be made? When will every farmer have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I want to go back to the point Dr. Foley made on the IEA report. It is stated on page 1 of EirGrid's generation capacity statement that 30% of all electricity demand will be from data centres by 2032. On another page, it is stated that this will happen in 2030. I assume the latter is a typo and that it is 2032.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: We compare this with the IEA's statement that it will be 32% by 2026. Mr. Foley has said this overly exaggerates the situation. So that we can compare like for like, what are EirGrid's predictions for 2026?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Is this 25% based on contracts or what EirGrid believes the data centres will actually be consuming at that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: EirGrid's predictions are not based on the contracted amounts. Its predictions are based on what it believes the ramp-up capability will be at that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I assume that will be impacted by economic conditions and technology advances like AI-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: The IEA has made the point that the increase and ramp-up in energy consumption, due to the incorporation of AI into tech and all those services, will happen quicker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I understand that there are low, medium and high predictions and modelling. Is it not worthwhile incorporating into that what the maximum is, and what all these data centres are using? I know Mr. Foley is saying that is not going to happen, but it is my understanding that all these data centres could access that energy with no additional permissions required or anything like that. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am not talking about the IEA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am not talking about the IEA here. I am talking about whether, from a precautionary perspective, EirGrid should be incorporating what data centres are actually entitled to access and using.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: The high-demand prediction is 2,100 MVA and the actual contracted capacity is 2,300 MVA. Is that correct?