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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What is the value of non-compliant procurement noted in that report for 2021? Does Mr. Nugent know if it increased or decreased compared to the €8.7 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Perhaps we might get that back in for 2021, given 2020 was also a big year for Covid. I want to refer to the new recruits who were deployed very quickly to the front line. What is the assessment of how that has gone and the review in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The value of practical experience. Does the Commissioner think the Garda might do that again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Will the Commissioner follow up with us on the Tusla issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming in today. I speak as the co-convener, with Deputy Bacik, of the Oireachtas penal reform group. I thank the witnesses for the opportunity to visit Mountjoy Prison and the Dóchas Centre yesterday. We had a very important tour and I appreciate the engagement of all of the staff. I thank Molly Joyce who came with us yesterday. She...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How do we get to a solution on that? Is it a matter for the Courts Service to change the requirement to attend court or the frequency with which people are attending court? Is there a different model or is the solution simply more staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I suppose it is also a judgment call and this does not only relate to criminal cases. It is important to be available to attend, although whether it is necessary to attend every occasion is a question. It is also very important to be able to attend childcare proceedings, in particular. Personally, I would prioritise being able to attend childcare proceedings, where a person's family is at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is also no type of interim model in respect of mental health treatment. There are some women there who need particular medication to support their mental health needs and to put them on a path where they can do other things and get their lives back in a more structured way. As far as I can see, there is no model between that and the Central Mental Hospital, although I am open to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree with Mr. Black that they are very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, that is my point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more. I know I am over time, but we are using a custodial model as the only model that is available, notwithstanding how good it is, for somebody who has stolen sandwiches repeatedly, whose children have been separated into various care facilities or care solutions, who has not committed a violent offence, who has been the victim of violence, including sexual violence and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I neglected earlier to acknowledge victims in this context, as we should always do. I appreciate that Mr. Mullins did, but I did not and I should have. I support the call for the refurbishment of some of the houses in the Dóchas Centre. A quick paint job would not do any harm, although I appreciate he is working on that as a matter of urgency. I wish to return to a point Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rehabilitative Opportunities within the Prison System: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Very few prisoners are at the 40-year stage but there are some high-profile prisoners who have served extremely long, perhaps disproportionately long, sentences. For whatever reason, it appears to be very difficult to let them go at this point. It is about putting a measure of certainty and equity around this in some way.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have raised this matter previously in this House and others have raised it as well. There is a strong emphasis around Dublin Bay on improving water quality in the bay. It is a long-standing issue but it has been particularly highlighted by the number of people using the sea facilities since Covid as they have become much more engaged with all-year round sea swimming. I work with a group...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for his response and acknowledge his attendance here tonight. I know this is not his area but the responsibility of the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, so I thank him for being here. I appreciate that the expert group is gathering survey data. I am a Deputy for the constituency from north Bray to Booterstown and I have been telling the authorities exactly...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 962. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18064/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (5 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 963. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of the financial support provided to local authorities to bring vacant properties in town centres back into use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18065/22]