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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That will be a major bonus for the prison structure generally. It is a great achievement to have it completed after all this time. It has been a long time coming.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Oireachtas penal reform group will look forward to visiting the newly redeveloped prison. Deputy Bacik and I have written to the new director general to ensure that the members of the committee can visit the prisons. I am sure there will be no difficulty in that regard from the perspective of the Minister or Department in enabling that to happen as soon as is possible, once Covid-19...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask the Minister for an update on the family court complex. Based on current projections, construction is due to commence in 2023. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is something that has come up again and again in committee hearings and it will be very welcome.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 100. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of expenditure of the additional €31 million secured in Budget 2022 for women’s health initiatives; if the programmes that are benefitting are on schedule for implementation in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of sexual assault treatment units nationally; the level of current delays in the processing of forensic evidence at SATU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7760/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for housing adaption grants in 2019, 2020 and 2021 in each local authority; the amount spent on housing adaption grants in each local authority from the budget in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the average best practice or expected processing time taking into account that this may differ from council to council in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to meet the commitment to have citizenship applications processed within a year; the number of additional staff that have been hired or relocated to assist; the way processes have been streamlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7666/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Today is the eighth anniversary of Sonia Blount, the 31-year-old Dublin woman who was killed by her ex-boyfriend hours after her 3-year-old's birthday party when she ended their brief relationship. Violence against women remains a problem every day. Today's review of accommodation published by the Minister, Deputy McEntee, is welcome and important. In Dún Laoghaire, that work has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This morning I met with Inclusion Ireland specifically to discuss the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act to deliver a better, more inclusive model for children with additional educational needs. That is happening with the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, in the Department of Education. Could I confirm with the Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I welcome the support the Government provided to businesses and their employees throughout the pandemic. It was money incredibly well spent when it was needed to keep businesses afloat. Could the Minister outline to the House the scale of his engagement with businesses and their response to the EWSS? He certainly responded to calls from Deputies like me to extend the scheme, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Nevertheless, the social housing list in Dún Laoghaire is being addressed through AHBs and the provision of housing generally. I know my colleague from Dún Laoghaire objects to SHDs. He raised a particular development in Glenageary, namely, Cualanor, in the House several weeks ago. He objected to one down the road as well. I was in Cualanor on Saturday and I saw all the houses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have no interest in marking the Deputy. I am just setting the facts straight as the Deputy is well able to do. I have no difficulty-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy is right. I do not use State funds for that. I have to meet them at my own cost.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I meet people at my own cost. I do not use State funding for things like that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am thankful to Deputy Connolly for raising this issue because this has been a matter of considerable concern. Of these sectors, some have been naturally slower to open, particularly in the catering sector where people have been slow to plan events, exhibitions, and so on. It is a sector that is uniquely small in the number of employees, with fewer than ten. I am thinking of two in my own...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Minister identified inflation as a particular problem in the budget when he introduced tax reductions, social benefit changes and subsidies to try to address energy prices. It is a huge pressure. What we do not hear acknowledged in the House is the external reality about energy prices generally. I recall a Department of Finance paper from December 2021 about global demand and prices....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (17 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding and number of programmes under the dormant accounts action plan which her Department will be running in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the community services programme; if the programme adequately supports initiative and social enterprises in both urban and rural areas; the details of same specifically in relation to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work taking place to make the streets safer for everyone, particularly women, from lighting to increased Garda presence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8532/22]