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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (26 May 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I raise this matter on behalf of Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely, whose baby Christopher was wrongly diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality in Holles Street in March 2019. Baby Christopher's life was ended wrongly in 2019. The family has sought a review to make sure this does not happen to anybody else and that no other family grieves in the way Rebecca and Pat do on behalf of their baby and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (26 May 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is essential. We have very eminent geneticists in this country as well. Dr. Willie Reardon, who was involved in this case, is a very eminent geneticist and has been a great support to Rebecca and Pat. I thank the Minister for confirming the appointment of Professor Lesley Regan. Rebecca and Pat have looked to meet with her and I hope that can be facilitated. Something going wrong...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am delighted to be present for the debate. While not directly naming the group, the Bill gives leave to parents whose child is born through a surrogate in Ireland. That is a big step in the right direction for the many families that have children born through surrogacy as an alternative to adoption or perhaps due to health issues where they are unable to physically have their own...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Maternity and Infant Care Scheme (MICS) provides an agreed programme of care to all expectant mothers who are ordinarily resident in Ireland. This service is provided by a family doctor (GP) of the woman’s choice and a maternity unit or hospital. Women are entitled to this service even if they do not have a medical card or GP visit card. The GP provides an initial examination, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am glad my colleague raised the point she did as it means I can deal with other issues. I will pick up on the point made about the balance between men and women when taking leave and returning to the workplace. Cost and pay are a major part of that but culture affects it too. Until there is a culture at senior level in commercial organisations of men freely taking leave or adopting a...

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for his extraordinary work on this important legislation. Tomorrow, the special Joint Committee on Gender Equality will publish its report, and it is no surprise that focusing on the issue of women in politics and public life was a key target of that committee, and of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality, to find practical ways to provide help and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am informed that the regulation of marketing of infant and follow-on formula is harmonised at European Union level under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formula and as regards requirements on information relating to infant and young...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Vótáil Pharlaiminteach Chianda), 2020: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Remote Parliamentary Voting) Bill 2020: First Stage (8 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.” I move: “That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.” I am pleased to introduce this Bill today and I thank the House for the opportunity to do so. This is a Bill to provide for the possibility of remote voting for Members of these Houses. As present, only...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for all his work in this area. It is so important in supporting people going into local politics, attracting a more diverse group and keeping them. The Minister will be aware that while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which is in my area, is the first with a 50:50 gender balance, two of its female councillors, namely, Councillors Lorraine Hall and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have two follow-up questions. The reforms around workers' rights and changing the workers' agenda generally were detailed. Will the Tánaiste outline what he thinks will be the impact on gender equality of some of those reforms and changes? He also referred to "not simply a lack of opportunity at senior levels in companies, but barriers at lower levels that are unlikely to be...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Last night I sat still, writing these words and struggling to decide what to say to describe this report of the women who came before me and the rest of us and of the lives they and their children lived. I fought to find the words until my small son came and kissed me goodnight in his pyjamas. I knew then that the only way to approach this trauma of motherhood was to speak in that way. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Irish Government established ‘The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes” and certain related Matters in 2015. A collaborative forum was established in 2018 by the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, comprising former residents, academics and advocates. One of the recommendations made concerned a package of health, wellbeing and social care...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...to speak on this really important Bill. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Higgins, on the extraordinary work she has put into developing this comprehensive legislation. It is technically astute and deeply researched. That effort has not just been in the legislative sense; there has been a great deal of associated work, including the comparative international analysis she undertook and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical intervention necessary. This Model of Care comprises three elements, starting in primary care (i.e., GPs) and extending into secondary care (i.e., six Regional Fertility Hubs located across the country) and, where necessary, AHR (assisted human reproduction) treatment (e.g., IVF (in-vitro...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical intervention necessary. This Model of Care comprises three elements, starting in primary care (i.e., GPs) and extending into secondary care (i.e., six Regional Fertility Hubs located across the country) and, where necessary, AHR (assisted human reproduction) treatment (e.g., IVF (in-vitro...

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for making the time for these statements, which I believe are the first on health in this new Dáil. The Government and I are fully committed to a vision of a universal health and social care service where people have access to services based on need, and not on their ability to pay. The full implementation of Sláintecare remains one of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical intervention necessary. This Model of Care comprises three elements, starting in primary care (i.e., GPs) and extending into secondary care (i.e., six Regional Fertility Hubs located across the country) and, where necessary, AHR (assisted human reproduction) treatment (e.g., IVF (in-vitro...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical intervention necessary. This Model of Care comprises three elements, starting in primary care (i.e., GPs) and extending into secondary care (i.e., six Regional Fertility Hubs located across the country) and, where necessary, AHR (assisted human reproduction) treatment (e.g., IVF (in-vitro...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 770, 771 and 772 together. The Model of Care for Fertility was developed by the Department of Health in conjunction with the HSE’s National Women & Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) to ensure that fertility-related issues are addressed through the public health system at the lowest level of clinical intervention necessary. This Model of...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for bringing this Bill forward to enable us to discuss it. I also acknowledge Deputy Funchion and her work as Chair of the committee which did such significant work to analyse where and how this Bill should go. She will be returning to the Chamber shortly as she has been here all along. I am not a member of that...