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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No. I know.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is interesting Dr. Quinn should say that, because most people in Ireland are employed by much smaller enterprises, in many respects. On some of what Dr. Quinn said, for example, on hairdressers, I was in touch with them through Irish Small and Medium Employers, ISME, and they were hugely concerned about the emergence of an even stronger black market in their sector and what that meant....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Dr. Quinn said earlier that the design of the restart scheme was done very quickly, from the beginning of May to being operational on 22 May or thereabouts, which is important and well done on that. She said that, in other circumstances, it might have taken a year to put a scheme of that kind together. We saw the same quick delivery of schemes in the Department of Social Protection with the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Earlier, I spoke about the death knell for small businesses and that slow “No” which is sometimes the case in the response. In Dr. Quinn's Department, it is very important to be responsive immediately to all of the different parts of the economy and its different sectors, and perhaps this will be considered in the evaluation. Of course, our good friend, Mr. McCarthy, has a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Health and the HSE to ensure the booster vaccine roll-out includes the prison population given the nature of the congregated setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 148. 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. [57789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the review by her Department of the impact of the Community Service (Amendment) Act 2011 in addition to the use of short custodial sentences; when the publication of the findings of this review can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2020 report of the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis Project will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice and the HSE to ensure the booster vaccine roll-out includes the prison population given the nature of the congregated setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken to make rent supplements accessible for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current wait time for a standard citizenship application; the steps that are being taken to reduce the wait time throughout 2022 to meet the target of a nine-month wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of the Afghan admissions programme; the expected opening date for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57023/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the operation of the Speak Out tool for the anonymous reporting of violence and harassment in higher and further education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been provided to support the mental health and wellbeing of students in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 568. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation will start of a new assessment that ensures non-EEA doctors are assessed as equals to European Union applicants; the instructions that have issued to the HSE on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58542/21]

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works taking place on a site for a school (details supplied); the projected timeline for completion of the school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59165/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A substantial increase in the budget of the Minister's Department of €183 million brings funding up to €2.1 billion. It is great to see such support for the Department and I congratulate him on securing that in the budget. Will the Minister outline to the House the plans of how he will use that and the progress in that regard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is great. I have another question on childcare and I will leave until then. On international protection, the Minister is doing an awful lot of work in trying to end the direct provision system. Will he give us an outline of how the additional €41 million will expedite that process? There is also €3 million specifically for refugee and migrant integration and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The €3 million for refugee and migrant integration.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I believe there is also extra money for Traveller and Roma integration and support. There is an extra €5.6 million. I know it is not under the direct remit of the Department, but the national Traveller education strategy is overdue and necessary. It is the central plank for supporting the Traveller community. It is always the first ask when one speaks to representatives from the...