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Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I acknowledge Deputy Howlin's role as a Minister in the Government that brought in this legislation. I also acknowledge the role of the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter. It was a priority in the civil law division of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and important legislation. I was thinking about our debate yesterday on the Private Security Services (Amendment)...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses from An Bord Pleanála for coming today. I want to look a bit ahead and to focus on An Bord Pleanála's work plan, its staffing arrangements to date and how it coped with Covid. Following Covid, one of the big developments is new capital investment in the country, especially with the increased capital projects in the national development plan, NDP, for example....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Public consultation is a big part of the new framework. One of the fears people have relates to the unknown in terms of what disruption may be caused to the seabed because it is different and we cannot see it. People do not have the information they might need. Is there a way of expediting some of the analysis on the areas that have been identified for potential development and getting...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Walsh. It is a big issue in my constituency, which is coastal. I know people want to have their say.

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is a pleasure to be able to speak in support of this Bill and I recognise how many Deputies have spoken in support of this amending legislation today. It is a necessary fix for what was a genuine wrong. The scenes we saw in Dublin and elsewhere were deeply wrong, difficult to watch and should not have happened. The enforcement of court orders generally, whether in relation to property,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work being done to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the objectives and commitments contained in the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland at the United Nations or otherwise to help address the humanitarian and political situation in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider advocating for an expansion of the current restrictions to include outdoor classes such as zumba fitness in order that they can resume in the same capacity as that of an organisation (details supplied) and athletics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the members of the Bathing Waters Expert Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Future of Ireland: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would like to comment on a point made by Reverend Karen in regard to the 50% plus one. It is important to say that 50% plus one is the democratic standard. It is the democratic mandate. To deviate from that risks my vote or someone else's vote being bigger than the other. That is a very important principle of democracy. The concerns that are being articulated around it reflect more of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities (6 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the form of sports facilities that are planned for a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a revised cost plan needs to be prepared in advance of preparation and issuing of tender documents in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (6 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maps used by her Department when carrying out the patronage process specifically in relation to an area (details supplied) will be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23543/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies to support local authorities to continue new work practices implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic that are more family friendly for councillors and council staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am raising with the Minister of State this evening the opportunity to continue with some of the work practices of local authority staff and councillors that have emerged during the Covid pandemic. Adopting the new flexible working practices we have seen has led to a better and more balanced way of life for many people and their communities. There will be less pressure on public transport...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for all his work in this area. It is so important in supporting people going into local politics, attracting a more diverse group and keeping them. The Minister will be aware that while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which is in my area, is the first with a 50:50 gender balance, two of its female councillors, namely, Councillors Lorraine Hall and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for the update on that work. It is such welcome work and it is so important. There has been a big change for council staff. We are hearing reports from councillors to the effect that, in many ways, they have been even more accessible in recent months because people have been sharing mobile phone numbers and so on. That has made connectivity much easier,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Water (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to highlight the same issue in my own area. I thank the Minister of State for meeting representatives from my area about the Irish Water difficulty in Dún Laoghaire and the waste network that needs urgent upgrading. I thank him for providing the report on what Irish Water is doing to identify the scale of the issue and replace it, but it is a really urgent problem right across...