Results 261-280 of 3,462 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Ms Murphy for outlining that for us; the committee really appreciates it. It is probably appropriate to leave it there for this session. I again thank Ms Murphy and all the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the payment date on inheritance tax as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact many will have been unable to prepare and sell properties in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated as soon as possible for a person (details supplied) to determine their eligibility for the State pension in view of the fact they are without a source of regular income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a widower's pension by a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sexual Education Curriculum (23 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the relationship and sexual education programme; when the stakeholder consultation will be completed; the level of funding that is available for the implementation of a new sexual education curriculum in schools commencing September 2021; the plans in place to account for the necessary training in advance of the anticipated roll...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Durkan for sharing time. I draw to the attention of the Minister of State the importance, in establishing this new Department, of remembering those people with intellectual disabilities and their participation in third level education. They should be given the same opportunity to participate as everybody else, which in turn can lead to full participation, where it is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On consumer confidence and some months forward when, hopefully, travel is resumed at close to normal levels, what do the witnesses think is a realistic timeframe for the recovery of the business, once travel is opened up to a reasonable degree? When one thinks back to the post-9/11 period, the recovery was slow. Covid-19 has had a much greater impact on the aviation industry and airlines....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Those are interesting points on security and adapting quickly to new ways of doing things. Similarly, we have adapted to all of the new measures but an aeroplane is a confined and close-contact space.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank our guests for attending and for their submissions, in particular where they outlined the concerns about Dublin Airport. Earlier we heard concerns about the aviation industry in Dublin Airport, but it is really important that our guests in this session have set out the experience and difficulty they are having. Coming away from the economics of the matter, I turn to the issue of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is what I mean.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What I mean is that it is not their job. It is their job to drive the bus and to comply with all the regulations relative to that. We talked separately in the committee about how various forms of public transport differ greatly. If someone gets on the DART, there may be nobody there and the person will be well separated from the driver, who is in a different capsule. I am very conscious...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: When was that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many face masks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I did not know that and I thank Mr. Waldron for telling me. On contactless payment, I have observed, as other members may have, that the Leap card makes it more straightforward when getting on a bus, DART or Luas. In taxis, in my experience, I have noticed a much higher availability of contactless payment in taxis. Is that something our guests have been working with drivers on? How has it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: With respect to costs, people have significantly reduced their use of cash in favour of contactless payment since the beginning of this pandemic out of concern about transmission. What is the cost of transitioning to contactless payments for a taxi driver? What is the cost of the unit and the ongoing cost or portion taken by the card companies?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I respect Mr. Waldron's comments but there are many businesses that will have to transition to contactless payments that would not necessarily be reimbursed for it. I know people have been asking if taxis use contactless payments. It is a consumer-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is a fair point but the witness would also accept there is a measure of consumer choice in whether somebody uses a taxi or some other form of transport. Both points are relevant.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a provision to exempt persons with small pension funds from the 4% drawdown requirement currently applicable to PRSA funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the further delay in leaving certificate results; if the delay will not negatively impact some university offers from the United Kingdom for students (details supplied); the communication she has had with the UK to ensure that students here are not disadvantaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/20]