Results 181-200 of 217 for justice speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications currently being reviewed; the number of persons that have been granted citizenship to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27632/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children, respectively, waiting to receive a certificate of citizenship; when the next citizenship ceremony, virtual or otherwise, is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27633/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The issue of citizenship is very important to people, particularly post Brexit. I am aware that the Department of Justice has made very good progress this year with applications but that is set against a very considerable backlog. Substantial work remains to be done and I ask the Minister to outline the situation in the Department, including what is being done to address some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 251. 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. [28838/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The point was that in 2011, the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, and the then Attorney General, Máire Whelan, decided that a proportion of the appointments were going to be women and that was all there was to it. That was a political decision and it did not matter what names arose, women were going to be appointed and that was the end of that. Would Deputy Pringle...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I acknowledge Deputy Howlin's role as a Minister in the Government that brought in this legislation. I also acknowledge the role of the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter. It was a priority in the civil law division of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and important legislation. I was thinking about our debate yesterday on the Private Security Services (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of and the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18755/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I was at meeting of the Select Committee on Justice so I am afraid I missed the beginning of Deputy Devlin's presentation. Did he cover horse and greyhound racing? I do not want to repeat anything he said.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 839. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria under which the issuing of class C visas will resume as normal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (31 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for permanent residency by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16678/21]

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1206. 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. [14205/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...; Ms Maeve Lewis, CEO, and Ms Deirdre Kenny, advocacy director from One in Four; and Mr. Dara Hayes, BL, and Ms Fiona Murphy, SC, from the Bar of Ireland. We are also joined from the Department of Justice by Ms Ciara Carberry, principal officer, criminal justice legislation and Mr. Deaglán Ó Briain, principal officer, criminal justice policy. The committee did receive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thank you. My apologies for incorrectly referring to Ms Murphy as BL when she is SC. I am very glad to see more women in that position. Next is the Department of Justice and I welcome Ms Ciara Carberry, principal officer, criminal justice legislation division, and Mr. Deaglán Ó Briain, principal officer, criminal justice policy division.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., I thank the witnesses for taking the time to participate in our meeting on this important topic. I suggest that the Joint Committee on Education also discuss this matter with the Department of Justice. Given that the Joint Committee on Justice deals with the outcome of these issues rather than their source, I fear that our successors, 20 or 30 years from now, will still be dealing...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...particular. Their pain and desire to honour their children publicly is central to the efforts by Deputies Murnane O'Connor and Jim O'Callaghan, Senator McDowell and the Ministers at the Department of Justice to bring this Bill forward. I also want to speak about other families and to offer another perspective on this legislation. I want to speak with compassion for the families in...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...have raised for many decades the way in which we present legislation. Nevertheless, it is not a body of work for the Bill before us but for the Law Reform Commission and the Department of Justice more generally. It needs to be done because it is making it difficult to access the law and to know what it is at any given time, but I am not sure that this legislation is the place for it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a NDLS receipt for a driver licence renewal will be accepted by An Garda Síochána in lieu of the licence given the extensive backlog as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (3 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of and the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5567/21]