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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy says, it is an unusual angle, but it remains eminently fair. It is a condition that is set out by another party. As the Deputy stated, she went through the records and not only could she not find evidence of whether hares were identified as male or female, she also - I do not mean this to be funny - could not find evidence of whether the pregnancy status or otherwise of female...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Pregnancy tests.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ultrasounds.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Buckley for raising the issue of providing safe drinking water in east Cork. I ask him to forgive the fact that it is me taking it rather than a line Minister. If the latter were the case, the Deputy might receive a more direct response. I appreciate the Deputy’s concerns for the communities to which he referred. As he is more than well aware, this is a very...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy. I have a policy on never commenting on somebody, whether they look pregnant or not. Even if they are close to giving birth, I still never comment and leave it as a matter for themselves. Of course, one can never tell the state of another person's pregnancy. I am not trying to be facetious in any way. The Deputy has raised an interesting analysis of the licence...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is under condition No. 10. In the most recent season, NPWS officials monitored some or all elements of 30 of the meetings held to ensure compliance with the agreed conditions. Veterinary staff from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine also carry out inspections during the coursing season to monitor compliance with the rules governing animal welfare relating to greyhounds...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will speak on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I thank all Deputies for their contributions. I appreciate that I am not in the Department of Transport but I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which has discussed the importance of this matter. Therefore, while I do not come to this issue from a transport...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator Wall for raising this matter. This is not my area of responsibility; I am here on behalf of another Minister. However, I would be very interested in going to see the services provided. It is extraordinary what the commitment of that community group and the drive of individuals in community support can bring to a particular matter. Sharon Malloy is to be commended, as are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I can assure the Senator that I will do that. I understand that in order to have real impact, the support of families is central to the approach that has to be taken. Community-based drug and alcohol services are a key part of the national drugs strategy in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem and really getting at the issues behind that problem, which are often extremely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. The Government is aware and we have discussed the difficulties being experienced by a small number of sectors in insuring some of their events and festivals. We do not take lightly the challenges that they and other areas have experienced with regard to the availability and affordability of insurance. We engaged with a range of stakeholders, including...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the duty of care legislation, the amendment of Occupiers' Liability Act, as the Deputy is aware, is being led by the Minister for Justice. We hope that it will be passed by the House, should time be available at both Houses, before the summer recess. That is certainly the intention. Overhauling that legislation should help to address the "slips, trips and falls" piece and it is an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the public liability piece, the legislation is a crucial part of that. I do not believe that the insurers will have any conversation about barriers in regard to it after that. We have that conversation with existing providers and with new providers coming in. We have found solutions. It is not all bad. We found solutions by working with groups in various areas, as the Deputy said,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (22 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: You should read the finance Bill.

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What about if we tried to fix the issue without legislation? The Deputy said he would like me to work with him on this issue. I am working on it all the time. The solution is actually without legislation. The solution involves two things. One is the infrastructure to try to prevent flooding in the first place. I cannot believe Deputy Bacik said we should build along the coast. Really?...

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand.

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann resolves that the Flood Insurance Bill 2021 be deemed to be read a second time this day twelve months to allow for further consideration of the Bill including an updated regulatory impact assessment; and for alternative methods to meet the policy objective of the Bill be...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for his question. He is right. There has been an extension of insurers which have been working with local authorities in regard to community events and festivals. I will speak to the Deputy directly on the particular issues in Cork South-West to see if there is anything further that can be done there. The State has not intervened in the insurance market as a consequence...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Absolutely.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 8 are technical amendments, which amend the Long and Short Titles of the Bill and references in the Bill, and allow the new provision amending section 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992, which I referenced on Committee Stage. Amendment No. 1 amends the Long Title of the Bill to reflect the...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The purpose is that the Oireachtas one-stop shop made a proposal to allow all Members of the Oireachtas to receive up to 50% of approved security costs, or a maximum of €5,000, whichever is less. This is for a security requirements allowance. We need to make a technical amendment to the legislation because at the moment the Minister's power is limited to making payments which are...