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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. Ms Prendeville understands I am not criticising behaviours as such; it is really to get beyond that to allow children to learn.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. It has been an interesting and informative debate. I will take a slightly different approach or angle to the discussion because I will focus on housing delivery. Up and down my constituency I have people, and young people in particular, who would like to live in or remain in areas in which they have grown up. As a councillor and Deputy, I have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: From a public representation perspective, it is very frustrating to see what I suggest are aggressive applications being made relative to the neighbourhood. People wonder whether the developer is doing it deliberately in order to be constrained. It deeply upsets the local community. If an even slightly softer approach were taken, people would be on board because they want to see the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know of local cases where people have not been directly affected. It is probably best not to go into individual instances. What does the Department estimate the additional cost of judicial reviews to be? A judicial review can of course be taken but when it comes to delivery, I am concerned about people who actually want to buy places to live in. What is the cost inflation implication of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I ask Mr. Doyle to give me an example for an apartment. A figure of €2 million does not mean anything on a big development but, for example, if a young person in my constituency wants to buy an apartment that is being priced at €400,000 because it has gone through a judicial review and all sorts of different things, what cost is being built in to anticipate judicial review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is very important to know that. At the end of the day, the cost is being passed on, whether a judicial review is taken or not. If a risk premium is being built into the financing of a project in anticipation of such a review, which I again say people are entitled to take, that is a meaningful effect on cost. People are telling us that. It is important the Department be aware of that,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the question about variations, I understand that An Bord Pleanála takes them on a case-by-case basis and that is fine. From a transparency and public confidence perspective generally, however, if we go back to the people who live beside applications, and this will persist in respect of the new system also, it is important people see that the board can vary and has varied, and that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time that it takes to process an application for carer’s allowance; the steps, if any, that are being taken to make the assessments required for the application more efficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were made for the exceptional needs' payment by constituency or county to date in 2022; if there is information or details relating to the reason that each application was made, for example to cover fuel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for all the work she has been doing on this issue. Classes have opened across my constituency and there are more to come. What in her perception or experience brought her to the point where she believed there is a need for the legislation she is introducing? What was the genesis of the legislation? What is the need for it? Having gone through a collaborative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am conscious that I had to step out to attend another committee meeting, so I am happy to let somebody else speak now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I read both of the submissions and I am sorry I did not get to hear the witnesses. My apologies for that. I have one question and one observation. On the observation, I have been working closely with schools, teachers and parents across my constituency and I see a very mixed picture. From some parents I hear about a teacher or principal being absolutely wonderful and that the atmosphere...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Perhaps that is something for the public sector pay talks, a different model that brings people further into July.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have a number of comparative questions and observations based on the statements. I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive work they have done on this matter. We on these islands have been led a very merry dance by Tory backbenchers in recent years. To me, this proposal is especially egregious because it involves absolutely no reference to a democratic mandate of any kind. However...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Will Professor McEvoy just clarify those 17 cases again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: And four of those-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would be very interested in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No. It is great.