TDs / Jennifer Whitmore

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Jennifer Whitmore

Social Democrats Wicklow TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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872
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
114,259
words spoken in the chamber
Across 502 contributions. Plus 13 contributions from the chair, not counted
385
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
185
topics asked about
Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 872 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 502 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 11 3
February 2025 38 27
March 2025 34 8
April 2025 37 6
May 2025 66 32
June 2025 42 22
July 2025 58 54
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 78 14
October 2025 57 14
November 2025 34 60
December 2025 30 22
January 2026 21 18
February 2026 64 33
March 2026 21 24
April 2026 65 33
May 2026 23 27
June 2026 67 39
July 2026 68 39
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 31 17
October 2026 27 10

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 339 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Wicklow 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1596. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the development of marine protected areas legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43059/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1597. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes for Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43061/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2207. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who still have not received any payments under the ACRES scheme for 2023 to date, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43058/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Climate
15. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the Government’s position on commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39906/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Climate
16. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will develop a policy statement banning the development of any commercial liquid natural gas facilities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39907/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Climate
17. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he believes there would be a business case for a State-led liquid natural gas facility in the event that a commercial facility was also operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39908/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Finance
51. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of Ireland’s financial services tax regime, as encouraged by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and plans to review the deemed disposal tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Education
74. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if students of the upcoming educational psychology course in Maynooth University will undertake their placements in health and social care settings; and, if not where exactly will they be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39738/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Education
75. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the course accreditation for the upcoming educational psychology course in Maynooth University will be amended to reflect concerns over graduates being limited to careers in the NEPS; if such an amendment will be informed by a proper consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39739/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
280. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she has issued health advisory guidelines to schools related to nicotine pouches in response to calls from an organisation (details supplied); if not, whether she intends to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40018/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
582. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding his Department's drafting of a code of conduct for interacting with basking sharks under the Wildlife Act 1976; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39150/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
790. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date when an individual (details supplied) will receive his ACRES payments; if he will instruct a Department official to engage with this individual to inform them of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39137/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
606. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current immigration status of a person (details supplied); when their application for the spouse of Irish national visa will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37077/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
77. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will direct the Marine Institute to undertake a formal stock assessment of sprat, with a view to introducing a total allowable catch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
81. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Agri-Food Regulator will be granted additional powers of compellability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36023/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
82. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s plans to deal with bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36021/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
103. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the feasibility of a national wool scouring plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36022/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
111. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will mandate his Department to work collaboratively with other State agencies to address the environmental degradation of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36020/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
310. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department have engaged with the Marine Institute regarding a formal stock assessment of sprat and the introduction of a total allowable catch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36042/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Education
100. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the impact of the special schools redesignation on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36406/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Education
101. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the changes coming in under the redesignation of special schools will come into place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36407/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Justice
168. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the channels that exist for a prisoner in the UK, with family connections in Ireland, to be transferred to the Irish prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36253/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Health
245. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the capacity of the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36402/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Health
246. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health when the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36403/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Health
247. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the cost to establish the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36404/25]