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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I was struck by Ms Honan's comment that teachers reflect on themselves and their own biases, which is a huge part of the work that we are trying to do. It is in that context that gender and sexuality need to be the grounding principles behind this. I mean that this is not something that is simply descriptive but is understood in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What happened then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, Dr. Sullivan made that point earlier. It is the first time that I have heard Covid cited as a response to this question. Everything was impacted by Covid but schools continued to function albeit under pressure and the Oireachtas continued to function. Policy development in a range of Departments, commercial State-sponsored bodies and different entities continued to function and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I acknowledge what has been said. I respect the fact that the NCCA has lost staff, as well as on an administrative basis, to schools and so on. I sit on range of sectoral committees, including the Joint Committee on Justice and the Committee of Public Accounts, where we deal with all State bodies and entities that perform difficult functions over time. I find the timelines for this matter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Honan mentioned BeLonG To and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Have those organisations fed into the content development? Will the NCCA cross-check it with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Have they made suggestions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask a question as we could not get clarity on the following matter. Will the new programme that will emerge be taught to every child in Ireland, without exception?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it available in schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I mean irrespective of school form, teacher preference and anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it for every child in every school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Sullivan for clarifying the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not know why we had a difficulty before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is why I kept asking.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is national Traveller Pride Week. There are so many different issues one could raise but a particularly vulnerable group are those Traveller women in prison in Ireland. Traveller women are between 18 and 22 times more likely to be in prison than a non-Traveller woman like me. In the general female prison population, 85% have addiction issues and 60% of sentenced women have mental...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of overpaid cash fares to Dublin Bus in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; if the money is held by Dublin Bus or used for some other purpose following the ending of the opportunity for bus passengers to recoup their overpaid cash fare in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Prison Service (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists providing services to those in the custody of the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that he is making on supported apprenticeship programmes for persons in contact with the criminal justice system and specifically for Oberstown prison and all prisons and for persons on probation supervision; the estimated number of apprenticeships that could be developed within the prison system; the steps that he is taking to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committal assessments conducted by healthcare staff in Irish prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the addiction services that are provided by the HSE in Irish prisons; the steps that have been taken to ensure continuity of addiction treatment on the release of a person back into the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38508/22]