Results 1-11 of 11 for esri speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...either from a childcare perspective or from an elder care perspective so this really important motion. I will cover both aspects of this motion today. Regarding elder care, in January the ESRI found the 74% of all nursing home beds were provided by private providers which is 14 operators providing 40% of all beds nationally. Those figures should have set off alarm bells in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...as having biodiversity officers in each council which might cost €1 million a year but at the same time, a lot of biodiversity damage is happening. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and other agencies look at our budgets to see whether they are progressive or regressive from a social perspective. Would it be worthwhile to have an assessment of our budgets to see if...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...is now their concern. Even though they own their home, they know it is nearly impossible for their children to get onto that ladder. A recent report from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, found that when it comes to home ownership, Ireland has among the widest gaps in western Europe between younger and older people. The Minister threw a lot of statistics at us. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...The CRU representatives will look into it and examine whether that is a potential. There was a paper out this week by a couple of the economists from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, about data centres and how the biggest issue is not just the location of the data centres but their magnitude and their demand that they are putting on energy policies. Since this term, I...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Protection of Financially Vulnerable Customers) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the walk. Every time it puts these issues of the cost of living on the long finger, the Government visits months of worry and stress on hard pressed people and their children. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, published a report yesterday in which it is stated that one in ten children in Ireland is living in a home that his or her parents cannot afford to heat. We all...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...fearful of this upcoming winter. They simply do not have the money to pay the kinds of extortionate bills that are now mounting up month after month. In June, there was widespread shock when the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, revealed that nearly one third of households were experiencing energy poverty. The previous record high for the number of households in energy...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I would argue that the measures the Government has introduced to date are not working. Indeed, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report published today is sending a clear signal to the Government that the measures it has brought in so far are not working. The ESRI has recommended a number of targeted measures which it believes is the way out of this crisis. One is an...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...plans and policies, plus further new measures, are needed for Ireland to meet the 51% emissions reduction target for 2030. I agree we must be cognisant of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which recently ranked Ireland as the fourth most energy insecure country in Europe, but how we address energy security in Ireland will define how successful we will be and what kind...

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...as it continues to promote the reopening of the post-Covid economy. If the economy does not recover to pre-pandemic levels, regrettably, the reality is that the child poverty rate in Ireland could increase. The ESRI has calculated it could increase by one quarter. During the previous recession, child poverty rates doubled, resulting in one in five children being at risk of poverty....

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, 2014-2020 (Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures), will not be reached; — that this wholly unambitious target is unlikely to offset the Economic and Social Research Institute’s (ESRI) prediction of a one-quarter increase in the rate of child income poverty by the end of 2020 if the economy does not recover due to the...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...participation rate among males than females in the 25 to 44 age group in Ireland. We can see the gender gap, which is larger in Ireland than the EU average. In 2018, a study conducted by the ESRI found that mothers with higher childcare costs when their child was three tended to work fewer hours when their child was five. This indicates that high childcare costs are a barrier to...