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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. Something I am deeply interested in since coming into the Department is the way in which our tax structures can be of assistance to anybody who needs additional assistance, such as the disabled drivers or passengers community. I agree that the scheme needs to be reviewed, including from the perspective of accessibility to the scheme. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. He is correct that the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan, who has responsibility for special needs, has met stakeholders. Last night, I spoke to her to get the most recent update for the Senator. She is in County Mayo; otherwise she would be here in person. I have a similar school in my constituency and I am well...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for his question and good wishes. I look forward to working with him. He raises an important point in which every Deputy has an interest. Government recognises the concerns felt by individuals, businesses and community groups regarding the cost and availability of insurance, and as such, has prioritised the delivery of targeted, multifaceted reform to this key sector....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate the importance of what the Deputy is saying and he is correct in his analysis of reduced awards but it takes time for that to be passed on in every respect to policyholders. There are other positive indications that the substantial reform programme is having a marked effect and the market is responding to it. It has been recently reported that new insurance firms are seeking to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My attitude to all matters in this House is to sit down and discuss them constructively and I am always available to do that. As Minister of State with responsibility for insurance, I am not here to support or provide excess or extra profits to the industry but to make sure a reform programme is delivered across Government that will increase competitiveness, draw new entrants into the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank both Deputies for raising this important question. Deputy Conway-Walsh will be aware I have a strong interest in Mayo, with significant family connections and family businesses there. I have a good understanding of the pressures faced right across Mayo and other parts of rural Ireland. Indeed, her constituency colleague, Deputy Dillon, also raised this with the Minister, Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I completely appreciate the point made by both Deputies, particularly on auditing. This scheme is devised under a European framework and is also subject to state aid rules so it is not simply me, the Department or a lack of desire. It is constructed under the state aid rules as a particular intervention measure, all of which we must comply with. Therefore, please do not let me go further...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know the Deputy's commitment to the climate agenda, having heard her raise it on many occasions in this House. This is about a transition model. Ireland is fully committed to meeting our climate goals and a key part of that involves the decarbonisation of transport and the large-scale transition to electric vehicles. The Deputy was quite right to highlight the announcement by the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for her comments. I will do everything I can to address all the points she has raised. Where I do not have the information, I will get it and come back to her with more detail. The important point to set out is that Government policy has focused on strengthening the environmental rationale behind all company car taxation. In the 2021 Climate Action Plan -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a universal rate will be decided on for microgeneration customers who have signed up to sell power from solar panels back to the national grid; if a date for these payments has been set, given that it was originally due to be in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied) whose pension has been reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a carer's support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households receiving the over-70s fuel allowance; if there is a breakdown by local area, in tabular form, including Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Victim Support Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the management of a redress scheme for victims of abuse of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 965. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new childcare policy has made the model less flexible for those not availing of full-time childcare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 (details supplied) will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1161. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements that are available for children under seven years of age in terms of early intervention healthcare such as dental checks, hearing tests, eye tests and general medical check-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has waited for 24 months for their developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63474/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1325. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to healthcare staff (details supplied) who have been waiting for almost a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63833/22]