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Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for his extraordinary work on this important legislation. Tomorrow, the special Joint Committee on Gender Equality will publish its report, and it is no surprise that focusing on the issue of women in politics and public life was a key target of that committee, and of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality, to find practical ways to provide help and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total budget for the national local enterprise week in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied); and if she will provide an update on any outstanding applications or appeals that the person has with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which Ukrainian refugees who have received rehoming letters from his Department are expected to be rehomed; the specific measures being taken to assist Ukrainian children with additional needs with the transition to and from temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support for a person (details supplied), given the considerable length of time that they have been on the CDNT wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support for a person (details supplied), given the considerable length of time that they have been on the CDNT wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a representation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a representation (details supplied). [61950/22]

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further supports that are available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance and who is living with a partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62575/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I hope to be able to come back to the meeting. I wish to make some points on the submission from IHREC. I completely agree with the first point made by the representatives from IHREC that the provisions for separate legal representation should also be extended for the purposes of sexual exploitation. That is obvious. We have other legislative reference to the point that, "the term...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of those 744 women, based on all the research Professors Breen and Healy have conducted into this, what proportion of the women were trafficked? I appreciate that it is speculative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of the 744 women who were for sale on Irish websites for sex on International Women's Day, what proportion does Professor Breen imagine, from his research, were likely to have been trafficked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Between 15% and 100%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: However, it is still stunning to hear it stated in so direct a manner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In those conditions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That s why the immigration status the MRCI raised is so important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That would be very difficult. I am sure Ms McGinley can see that from the look on my face.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is the matter of how it reads across for people in other categories. It is a broader legislative query.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am talking about identifying one group of people in the State for whom those rights are set out in legislation. I am just trying to tease out the practicalities of it and how that would read across for other groups who are not victims of sexual trafficking. As I said outside, it may just be my lack of knowledge but it is not something I am that familiar with in terms of setting it out in...