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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The question relates to the efforts the Department is undertaking to increase the number of childcare places in Dublin city and county, recognising not only that affordability is a challenge but also that availability is a significant challenge, particularly in my area, which has an increasing number of very young children who need crèche places.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. Fine Gael has done some research with parents recently. We surveyed 2,300 parents and childcare providers, most of whom were parents of very young children. The responses were really interesting because while 76% of them talked about the need for more affordability, when they talked about flexibility, including flexibility of hours, and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more with the Minister. The provision of accessible childcare within housing communities is incredibly important. Another point from our survey is the perspective of the professional staff involved. Pay is a big issue but so is the recognition of professional qualifications and experience. The top ask of the State is more financial support but also greater recognition...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 26. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the interagency cooperation between Tusla and An Garda Síochána in cases of sexual assault of very young children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports provided by his Department to pregnant childcare professionals who following advice of their general practitioners, have been unable to resume work in childcare facilities due to risk of stillbirth associated with the Covid-19 virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28838/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can Mr. Kelly give me an approximate figure for new applications or the change from what was there previously?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is critically important. This is one of the first, if not the first, projects for delivery on cost rental, so I am surprised the witnesses do not have details on it. This is really important and I would be obliged if they came back to me on each of those points. Who will own the cost rental units in that development or who will manage them?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is Mr. Doyle saying he will revert to me with details on ownership?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Cost rental is one of the major planks of the Affordable Housing Bill. It is one of the most important interventions that can be made in terms of different types of housing delivery, different service facilities and different options for people on fixed incomes, incomes that are likely to change considerably, including those of key workers. It is a significant plank of-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts and I would appreciate proper answers being provided on this issue today.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is not a relatively new scheme. It has been in development for some time. These projects are at a point of near delivery. It has been included in the Bill, which is published and is going to be debated in the Dáil. This means substantial pre-legislative work has been done within the Department. It is part of the vision for the Land Development Agency and part of what is being...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have several other questions but I will leave it there. I ask Mr. Doyle to come back to me specifically on the questions I have asked relating to cost rental generally and my specific questions relating to the Enniskerry site, the specifics of the serviced sites fund that will contribute to that, what the rent will be and how it will be set and by whom it will be managed. I refer...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports and funding available to local authorities for litter and cleansing measures in particular in 2021 to facilitate an outdoor summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire coastal community will benefit from off-shore infrastructure such as windfarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 18 May 2021, if the site is located in the Booterstown-Blackrock school planning area as voted on during the patronage process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29530/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We cannot have it both ways, but we can have a bit of balance. I have seen people outdoors all over my constituency in small groups. I thank Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the effort it has made to put in appropriate outdoor seating, to change the streetscape to accommodate restaurants to make it easier to have people outside in a structured way when they reopen and to put...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress on the moves to ensure the option of remote working post-Covid-19; the details of his work with remote working hubs to enable greater flexibility in work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30106/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As we see light now at the end of the post-pandemic tunnel, we have all learned different ways of working. Will the Tánaiste update the House on progress to secure remote working for the future or the option of partial remote working for employees for the future? What steps have been taken to try to advance remote working hubs around the country? There is a big opportunity in my town...