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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when mental health services, both in the private sector and those facilitated by the Health Service Executive, will recommence fully in-person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports his Department is planning to put in place for 2022; the funding to date in 2021 for mental health supports; the way that funding has been allocated and spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46901/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply to Deputy Duncan Smith earlier on the maternity question. He mentioned nightclubs, and of course tonight 450 people will be able to go to the Button Factory nightclub. They will have to show proof of vaccination and do an antigen test. There will be CO2 monitoring and good ventilation but no social distancing. Maybe there will be a pregnant lady...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of humanitarian visas provided to persons in Afghanistan; if he plans to increase the number of these visas provided following requests for additional support such as that from frontline defenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Family Reunification (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance his Department is providing in relation to family reunification plans for Afghans living in Ireland with family in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46845/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will be brief. I have been listening to proceedings and Senator Ruane asked the questions we had talked about previously when preparing for this meeting. I thank her for doing so. However, I wish to congratulate Ms Denning on having the position of CEO of the Courts Service. She may not remember me, but I was a town agent back in 2004 in the central office. It is great to see another...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How much time do I have? Is it five minutes?

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important strategy. Youth justice is something I have worked on for more than 15 years. In 2007, Emer Meehan and I published The Children Court: A National Study on behalf of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development. In it, we profiled the young people who were before the Children Court. I raise the 2007 study because...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will ask Mr. Breen about the clinical indemnity scheme. I spoke to the clerk and the Chair before the meeting. I have a personal interest in this matter but we think it is a matter of public interest and not a conflict of interest, as such. I wanted to mention that at the outset. I will ask about the scheme and, in particular, how it relates to maternity hospitals. There was a report...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is interesting that a similar number of cases has been reported. It does, of course, take time for a brain injury diagnosis of some kind to manifest and for people to become aware of it. I am interested in the risk notification by the hospitals. I do not presume to know about all cases, but in many of them, there are circumstances in which the injury could have been avoided. From the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That includes where in the hospital the incidents are happening and the circumstances involved.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is interesting that a very large number of incidents are reported. I know they are not all cerebral palsy cases or anything of that nature, and there is a much broader range of cases. I understand Mr. Breen was only giving that as an example. I speak to parents who have gone through litigation processes to secure funds for their children for the long term. In other cases, where there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The parents to whom I speak feel that litigation is the only way they can get a dialogue with, or a response from, the hospital. Are there ways in which we can change the clinical indemnity scheme to require, where an incident is notified, that the patient or parents of the patient be notified, just as a matter of basic courtesy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I totally agree. Has Mr. Breen found any of the hospitals resistant to that idea? It seems like such an obvious thing to do for the holistic care of their patients.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The media reporting might sit slightly against what Mr. Breen is saying. I do not wish to contradict him, but the experience of parents with hospital management in general, rather than with the State Claims Agency, is somewhat different. I am conscious that I have only 30 seconds. I do not know if we are getting a second round later on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot think of anything to say. I will leave it at.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Chairman asked the question I intended to ask about corporation tax. Ireland and the NTMA have been successful in continuing to access the international markets. What is Mr. O'Kelly's perspective on that continuing? What risks might make it more difficult?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The opening statement the NTMA provided stated, "When the crisis hit, we had fiscal room when we needed it most and, in the years ahead we need to create that room again." Presumably, Mr. O'Kelly is inferring that we should create similar circumstances at that point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. O'Kelly. I wish to ask Mr. Breen about the hospital accountability issues. During the break, I discussed this with some of my colleagues. It is obviously an issue of exceptional public interest given the risk to the young citizens of our State. With the financial risk to the State and the ongoing liabilities, it is one of the biggest issues that we face. Going back to the...