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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...question in relation to the loan scheme. Is the Minister looking to extend it beyond residential, to community electricity generation projects? My understanding is that with these projects, a 5 MW solar farm could cost between €5 million and €6 million, which is a considerable outlay for community groups to run. It would appear that financial barriers are one of the main...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to people who are living outside our major urban areas. My one criticism of it is that it is happening way too slowly and that there is not enough investment put into it. For example, in 2022, €5 million was allocated in the budget for Connecting Ireland, and this year it was €8 million, as I understand it. These are very low amounts of money when we compare them, for...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...viable and financially attractive enough for an international investor to do this, surely it is also financially attractive for the State to do it. We have heard repeatedly about how there is a €5 billion surplus this year, so why is the Government not using some of that money so that we do not have to go to international investors but can keep control of our natural resources?...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(5) The Minister will establish a committee to look into ways by which future schemes, in relation to the provision of electricity costs emergency benefit payments, are allocated in a targeted manner direct at individuals most vulnerable to fuel poverty or who are financially vulnerable. The Committee...

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...areas. However, we are in the commuter belt so there are many rural counties in a much worse situation. To go from Arklow to Greystones, which is the nearest DART station, is a car journey of 35 minutes. There are only two morning services on the train that will get people there in time for work. There are no buses. That is twice in the morning that people can get public transport....

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...change we need in transport. The Connecting Ireland plan, the whole purpose of which is to bring public transport to rural Ireland, which is where we really need to expand it, received €5 million in funding this year. That is a paltry amount. This must be transformational. We need to put everything into it and we need to do it quickly. I also want to talk about consultation....

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to this new policy is the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which outlines Ireland's transition to net zero and achieving a climate-neutral economy not later than 2050. It also puts on a statutory footing the circular economy strategy, the circular economy programme and the national food waste prevention roadmap, which will focus on reducing food waste by 50%...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...St. Vincent de Paul has revealed that the number of requests for help with fuel in February 2022 has increased by a staggering 497% on the same period last year. It also revealed that there is a 152% increase in the number of people seeking its support for fuel since January of this year. That is a clear illustration that the measures the Government has put in place are not meeting the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...transport and that is where the focus should be. Unfortunately, we are not seeing that public transport being made available in Wicklow. Locals and commuters are having major problems with the 185 bus in Enniskerry. There are capacity issues and timing issues. They are looking for that to be resolved and it is not being resolved. There are issues like that throughout the county. The...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...and the loss-making nature in the industry, it is impossible to understand why the Government continues to increase State funding year-on-year in this sector. Between 2001 and 2020, more than €260 million of public money was given to the commercial greyhound industry. There are sports clubs, community pitches and animal welfare organisations that could never hope to get money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets and Climate Action Plan: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...implementation of these actions. To date, the Government has consistently found it difficult to meet the target in the 2019 action plan. Take transport where there is an intention for a 42% to 50% reduction in emissions. Most of that is based on the move to 1 million electric vehicles, of which 7,000 are being purchased annually. On public transport, even the Connecting Ireland plan...

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...in Bord Gáis charging almost 28% more for gas than during last winter and nearly 24% more for electricity. Last week Energia announced that it would increase charges for electricity and gas by 15.5% and 18.5%, respectively, on top of two rounds of price increases earlier in the year. Others such as Panda Power and Pinergy have already raised prices four times this year. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only one week was given for organisations to apply for the €1 million provided for sensory gardens announced on 5 October 2021 with a deadline of 12 October 2021; if he plans to extend the timeframe for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51023/21]

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the data centre sector in Ireland is undergoing a surge in development, with approximately 70 data centres constructed, representing a 25 per cent increase on last year, a further eight under construction and between 25-30 more in the planning stages; — a substantial amount of public funding has been spent on...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for coming before us today and talking us through the Estimates. My questions cover the framework. I will start with youth organisations. I know there was a €5 million increase allocated to those but young people have been particularly hard hit during Covid and there are many who would have disengaged with the education system and from their social circles and...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...issues and that is unviable, untenable and unsustainable. For 20 years the State has given special treatment to this sector and provided ring-fenced funding to the tune of approximately €200 million since the Greyhound Racing Act was passed in 2001. I know very few sectors that have been given this special treatment. One would be hard-pressed to see so much funding ring-fenced in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand on the provision in budget 2021 to give an additional €5 million to youth services; if he will address existing funding anomalies in relation to existing funding streams to address funding inequalities in counties affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31354/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...it is children and vulnerable families who have borne the brunt of the effects of the current pandemic, and I believe it is they who should get the most support in this budget. A total of €70.75 billion was allocated in this budget today, which will be the largest of any budget in Irish history. We are borrowing at a record rate and at least cost, which should mean no one is left...