Results 2,501-2,520 of 8,276 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the letting arrangements for Miesian Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land that his Department has made available for modular housing as part of the Governments emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the proportion of that land that is designated as Housing for All land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of engagement that his Department has had with members of local authorities in local authority areas that have been identified for modular housing as part of the Government's emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the number of such meetings; the dates, location and the number of elected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of days that the school was open in each of Ireland's prisons, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that the number of remand prisoners is so low in Portlaoise Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the bed capacity at which Portlaoise Prison has operated in each month of 2022; the way that this compares with other prisons in Ireland; the reason for Portlaoise Prison operating at three-quarters capacity while others are over capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48225/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop all prisons; the timing of such a development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand remand capacity at Cloverhill Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48227/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am aware the Taoiseach addressed the business supports on a macro level earlier this morning. It is clear the Government is backing business and helping companies to pay their energy bills this winter. An example of that in my own constituency is a retail food business that had a bill of €1,300 for two months last year and this year it is €6,932. It is an extraordinary...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I am glad its focus is on mediation, which reduces stress and cost and helps to manage a process better overall. Many Deputies have spoken on the Bill, but I wish to speak on a related matter of litigation, that being, the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, published last Friday, on the 2021 accounts of the public services and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (5 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to the State of providing security at the Russian embassy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48864/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact that his Department has had with the Russian Embassy in Dublin since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48985/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the extra €67 million budget allocation will be spent in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48988/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Fox told me that 116,000 teachers are registered in the State. She said it is the largest professional registration of all. When we talk about teachers available for July provision, Ms Fox cannot give me any estimate between 2,400 and 24,000 out of 116,000. She has given a figure of 1,200 who have been made available by the Teaching Council's changes to the entry level process. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further measures that Ireland can take to ensure that war criminals committing atrocities in Ukraine will be brought to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland's ability to protect its coastal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We do work and it is essential that we can work privately on things, so that we can air our different views. I think the Chairman named me directly in comments to a media outlet. I found that disappointing, not just as a member of the committee but as Vice Chair. It makes it difficult. I know the Chairman regrets the comments. I do not think it was necessary. Will the Chairman make his...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to raise the free school books scheme, as announced in budget 2023. The scheme was presented as a universal measure from which all families and children would benefit in a €9.6 billion budget in the Department of Education. A total of over €50 million is being spent on free books but this does not apply to children in fee-paying schools. We have just heard from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific plans in place for free school-books as announced in Budget 2023 including whether it will apply to all children, including the children in fee paying primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/22]