Results 1-20 of 164 for long speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: .... In respect of the direct spending aspect, it appears from the Bill that it will be possible to invest moneys in the programmes or projects of corporations that have a primary fossil fuel objective as long as our national emissions targets and policies are not impacted. From my reading of that, we could theoretically invest in a coalmine in China under this fund because that would not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (9 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1478. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long wait times for transgender adults wishing to access gender-affirming healthcare through the National Gender Service at Loughlinstown; if increased funding and resources have been allocated to clear the current ten-year backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: What does Deputy McGrath mean with his comment that he is waiting in the long grass for us?

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...protection"; and calls on the Government to: — agree that its failure to provide material reception conditions to international protection applicants is unlawful; — publish its audit of International Protection Accommodation Services and Ukrainian accommodation, identifying locations where beds are vacant, how long they have been vacant and the reason for the vacancy;...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...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]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...and will continue for the duration of that term? Those are the questions I have asked. Parents want to know the answers because they have no faith in the system at the moment. It is a fantastic, long-running scheme. Hundreds and thousands of children across the country enjoy and have the benefit of it. I know that there are logistical difficulties, such as the issues with bus drivers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: .... I have recently received information from the NTA that this would be put in place by the end of quarter 2 this year, which is fantastic and will make a huge difference, but that is an incredibly long time to wait, essentially for a number of Local Link loop buses and a couple of other improvements. The pace just is not there. We repeatedly have issues with the 133, the 131, and the 84...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It sounds like there is an awful lot of work in that and that it will take a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: How long has the Slaney River Trust been working on this particular weir?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...of Ireland free energy upgrade scheme currently has a waiting time between application and completion of works in the region of 24 months; the steps he is taking to address this unacceptably long waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/24]

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...prioritise that in the bundle of ten to make sure there are enough school places for 2025. There is no further information on that. The Temple Carraig school extension has also gone on far too long. We also have Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, which received planning permission more than one year ago and there is still no indication of any progress with that. This is an area where there...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...they will be able to generate their own energy, it is not EirGrid's problem, as such. In the wider context, however, it might be EirGrid's problem in the context of emissions targets. That is a long and convoluted question. I hope the witnesses can get some sense from it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of, including an estimated timeline and how long the tendering process for a school (details supplied) will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2559/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how long after the tender is awarded that construction will/can start for a project such as a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2560/24]

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ..., it still restricts the value of care to the family, making it far too narrow in my opinion. Care is not just something that we do or see in our immediate families. Friends and neighbours with long-standing and well established relationships with us and the people who make up our communities also provide care. From living in other countries, it is clear to me that we in Ireland have a...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...area is One Family, which launched its policy on Monday. It is worth quoting its statement on Monday regarding the vote.: This referendum symbolises reparation and recognition for those who have long been shamed. Through this referendum, the Constitution will extend its protection to various types of families, such as unmarried parents and their children, one-parent families and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...in complete disarray. Even her own party colleagues do not know what the policy is. We need to understand it. We need to know exactly what the Government is doing. Where is the strategy and the long-term planning? It is way beyond time for this Government to put in a medium- to long-term plan to deal with this issue.

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...actually takes on board the recommendations and suggestions put forward in this report. We see increased numbers of refugees coming to Ireland to access protection from places like Ukraine along with traditional countries of origin. Against the backdrop of the horror we are seeing inflicted on children in a war zone like Palestine or in the famine in Yemen, it is beholden on us to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...will be put in place quickly if they receive refusals at the end of this week or early next week. In Greystones, and indeed in the north Wicklow area, these solutions have taken an awfully long time. It can be the following May or July before parents actually know what school their children will be going to. That is not fair to the children and parents, or indeed to the schools. I ask...