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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will just follow up on that point exactly. I want to ask the GRA for its perspective on the need for this among its members. Clearly, we are having a conversation about the balance of rights, about enhancing confidence in policing, and about enhancing confidence in the community that policing will be as effective as it can be within the appropriate structures that we need. We have seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree there is a huge opportunity there because, as Mr. O'Connor has said, it can be such a difficult thing to get a report and to be able to gather evidence. So much of it is so nuanced and that is one of the difficulties that the organisation has in the context of training. The organisation has the capacity to use it for a specified purpose but there are issues around the protocol, how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In terms of drafting, I ask the Department to consider the role of this Oireachtas committee because this is a very fine balance of rights that could just as easily be dealt with on a legislative basis rather than being left to codes of practice. Is there a role for the Department in terms of coming back and providing a level of detail to this committee and its successors on the operation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have a question for Mr. Sunderland which he may have already answered; apologies if that is so. Presumably in drafting, there will be a legal basis for storing and processing the data. How long is appropriate for storing, recognising what An Garda Síochána is saying about gathering evidence over a period of time, particularly in domestic violence cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Legally, would it be possible to create subcategories of data? A recording, for example, of me in my car having been stopped for a traffic error of some kind might not need to be kept for very long but in domestic violence cases, a body of evidence might be gathered over a number of years. Could Mr. Sunderland envisage subcategories of data for different purposes? Is that okay legally? Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have one question for the GRA and one for Mr. Collins. I will pick up on what Senator Ruane said about the perception of distribution being overly focused on areas possibly experiencing overpolicing. What is Mr. O'Connor’s view on that? The community I represent has a very strong view that it would like to be supported by effective and enhanced policing. How do we assess that or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I tend to agree. It is a bit like the change in the Supreme Court. I am sorry I cannot remember the name of the case, but it concerned the change from the Kenny rule on the admissibility of evidence obtained incorrectly. I thought it was going to create a stronger onus on An Garda Síochána to do things correctly and to have to explain it rather than simply being off the hook by...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will use my time to discuss the most urgent issue, that of activating consented land, but, listening in my office to the speakers from Sinn Féin discussing how rubbish the Government's Housing for All plan is, I was minded to again pick up that party's submission to the Housing for All document from June of this year. It is a few short pages long. There are seven pages of text with...

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

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Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. I acknowledge and thank the emergency consular aid team, made up of Irish diplomats in the Army Ranger Wing, who travelled to Afghanistan in the initial days of conflict, a little over a month ago. The contribution they made in getting Irish citizens and their families out safely was crucial. I have parliamentary questions in with the Minister about family reunification and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maternity Leave (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress relating to the establishment and implementation of maternity leave for councillors; the interactions his Department has had with councillors and other Departments and State bodies on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the expert group set up to review the effectiveness, implementation and operation of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 and the report completed by this expert group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to applicants for the sports capital grant in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46726/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special needs classes introduced in the Dún Laoghaire area in the past 18 months; the number in train to be introduced over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to change the number of entry dates into the ECCE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46731/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to standardise university Covid-19 restrictions to national public health measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human reproduction Bill; the timeline for the publishing of this Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 817. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a national psychology led postnatal depression and mental support network to be introduced in each primary care team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 833. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to add folic acid to flour and bread products in the interest of public health in view of emerging evidence from the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the commitment to strengthen the mortgage-to-rent-scheme as referenced in the new Housing for All plan; when additional information will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46976/21]