Results 181-200 of 3,462 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We needed your help. You were on the ground, had a strong local presence and did nothing to help. I will never forget it.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: If I may, I will take 30 seconds to put the pages back in order, as I have been asked loads of questions during Senators' contributions, and I want to try and keep the right order. Forgive me but this is a genuine effort to respond to what Senators have said. I thank those Senators who made a contribution. I have taken a note of their points and I will try to respond specifically and...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is nothing Sinn Féin does-----

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is nothing Sinn Féin does to contribute to the building of a single private home or to the creation of a single private tenancy. It wants public homes-----

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----on public land, but it talks to everybody-----

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----as though it would solve their problems but it will not solve a single tenant's problem, because it will push more and more landlords out.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Senator's party will not serve a single person who wants to buy a home in this State, nor will it create a private home or a private-----

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I, and others, therefore, will vote for this legislation-----

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----and for this very small tax credit, but the real problem is how landlords have been demonised and the Senator's party is, in large part, responsible for this situation.

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would like to address what Deputy Conway-Walsh said with regard to the banks and the Government strategy to divest from banks. The Government does not have a view that it should remain an owner of the bank. The Government also had the view that it should move back to private ownership as part of the broader economic strategy of showing that the State does not engage and does not get...

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry; I have debated it in the House, Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Excuse me; I am speaking. Sinn Féin would, in fact, interfere in the decision-making of corporates, as evidenced by its legislation on insurance. Sinn Féin would also maintain a stake in the banks on the off chance that share prices would rise. Of course, it is easy to come into the Chamber and say this and that happened. Share prices are volatile, however. Had the Government...

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----and criticise one way or the other. The State, as the Deputy knows, has had a long-term strategy to divest precisely for that broader reason of not being involved and to have a hands-off approach from the management. However, we have actually had very good success in reducing the shareholding and making sure we have tried to recover as much for the taxpayer as possible. The Deputy...

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot find the piece that I was going to say so perhaps I had best sit down.

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy McGuinness and the members of the committee for the invitation to discuss the Report on Banking 2022, which was published ten months ago. I appreciate that it is a wide-ranging report, and I want to address all the points. I also want to address the specific issues that Deputy McGuinness raised. I will try to do both in my time. The first ten recommendations in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Are you going to sue him?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: All deleted now.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (22 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for his consistent advocacy on this matter and other matters around genuine inclusion for people with declared disabilities. As he highlighted, far too many people are not in a position to work because we have not put the correct structures in place. The Senator has been a consistent advocate for making sure there is better and proper...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (22 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is the least we can do to walk the walk. I will never forget the Senator's contribution to the Oireachtas event held by Ceann Comhairle on gender, inclusion and a range of different matters. He correctly pointed out that as the only Member of the Oireachtas with a declared disability, nothing had been provided to him in a way that was respectful of his needs. I always bring a copy for...