Results 1-18 of 18 for destroyed speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the remit of both Coillte and Bord na Móna is changed so that biodiversity is a key priority of theirs and that it is not just a commercial remit they have. The solely commercial focus of these entities is absolutely destroying nature as we speak. This is the Coillte strategy engagement report where it has the carbon decision tree. Essentially, this looks at the company's peatlands...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: I would be very concerned if there was even a potential to go down that road. Just look at Australia where I think a developer had a $600 fee to pay to destroy a koala habitat under the offset programme that was set up by the New South Wales government. That is something that we would not want to endorse or in any way go in that direction.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: There is hardly a greater avoidable tragedy in Irish society than child poverty. It destroys and limits lives. It affects everything, including emotional development, educational attainment, mental health, physical well-being, career opportunities and income in later life. Poverty does not just contribute to bad outcomes. It has a direct and negative causal impact on children,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if data have been collected on greyhounds that are put down at races in the past five years; if any of them had treatable injuries; the number that were destroyed on economic grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54947/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...natural resources, is an oversight that could have serious consequences for the future of our marine ecosystems. So much of our marine environment and biodiversity is already damaged, if not destroyed, and including restoration in the Bill would go some way towards acknowledging the work we still need to do. While conservation is necessary it will not go far enough in protecting our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ..., because they are quite heavy and cumbersome. There is also an issue with that water in that it has quite a high mineral content. Numerous people have been saying their kettles are being destroyed by the content of the water. I have asked Irish Water to put in a tanker in combination with the water bottles and I am hoping the Minister of State will be able to let me know tonight it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...with biodiversity at its heart, and is now a good time to start that off? When it comes to the damage and impact we can have on biodiversity, a lot of the time when a species or habitat is destroyed or so negatively impacted that its biodiversity potential is ruined, we have this mindset that it has happened and there is nothing we can do, or that it is unfortunate it has happened but we...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Gorse Burning (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...fires occurred in the Wicklow Mountains National Park. There were six as of June 2020 with one other major fire recorded in Killarney. More than 400 ha of protected land as well as wildlife were destroyed. In one area of commonage in the park, there have been illegal fires on the same land for 11 of the 19 years up to 2019. This land will take years to recover from an environmental...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...and legal basis for the deletion of the records; — survivors need more time to seek answers to their questions and accountability over this action; — extending the timeframe of the Commission by one year would give 550 survivors an opportunity to query why their voice recordings were destroyed by the Commission and what, if any, remains are salvageable; and — other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the Minister on the work that was undertaken. The commission's report specifically states that 550 witnesses were asked for permission to record their evidence and then all such recordings were destroyed. Section 43 of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 says: "all evidence received by and all documents created by or for the commission" have to transfer over to the Minister. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am concerned about the time. Does the Minister believe that the commission was within its legal remit to destroy that documentation or those testimonies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: What is the Minister's opinion? Does he believe the commission acted within the remit of the law when they destroyed those files?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will change tack. Has the Minister sought legal advice as to whether the commission was correct or within its legal rights to destroy that data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: The material has been destroyed, so no matter what the DPC looks into, it will not be able to find the information. That is unless it is on a computer somewhere and the Minister has already sought that information. This is the problem. The Minister stated that this did not represent a conclusion but it will represent a conclusion because once the commission is dissolved, there will be no...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...is, the testimonials from the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation and the fact that the commission will be wrapped up on 28 February. We must investigate and see how those files were destroyed. We must ask why survivors did not give their consent for those files to be destroyed and ascertain how it was allowed to happen. Will the Minister extend the remit and time...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: Five hundred and fifty survivors gave their testimony as part of the mother and baby homes commission investigation. Those recordings were never fully transcribed and they have since been destroyed. That is despite assurances from the Minister in October that survivors would be able to access their own stories and also a clause in the 2004 Commissions of Investigation Act that the...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...is important that we do not disenfranchise those people again and use this legislation to do that. I understand the rationale for this legislation. The Minister does not want the records to be destroyed and because of that, there has been a bit of a rush with the legislation. What he is essentially saying by doing that, and what the Taoiseach was saying yesterday, is that we will get...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to protect our heritage, environment and wildlife. First, there have been a number of illegal fires burning across the country. At a time when the nation was in lockdown, huge tracts of land were destroyed by fire. In my constituency of Wicklow, there were six fires in April, mainly on State land in national parks. More than 400 ha of protected land was destroyed along with the...