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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is very important to know that. At the end of the day, the cost is being passed on, whether a judicial review is taken or not. If a risk premium is being built into the financing of a project in anticipation of such a review, which I again say people are entitled to take, that is a meaningful effect on cost. People are telling us that. It is important the Department be aware of that,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the question about variations, I understand that An Bord Pleanála takes them on a case-by-case basis and that is fine. From a transparency and public confidence perspective generally, however, if we go back to the people who live beside applications, and this will persist in respect of the new system also, it is important people see that the board can vary and has varied, and that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time that it takes to process an application for carer’s allowance; the steps, if any, that are being taken to make the assessments required for the application more efficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were made for the exceptional needs' payment by constituency or county to date in 2022; if there is information or details relating to the reason that each application was made, for example to cover fuel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I was struck by Ms Honan's comment that teachers reflect on themselves and their own biases, which is a huge part of the work that we are trying to do. It is in that context that gender and sexuality need to be the grounding principles behind this. I mean that this is not something that is simply descriptive but is understood in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What happened then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, Dr. Sullivan made that point earlier. It is the first time that I have heard Covid cited as a response to this question. Everything was impacted by Covid but schools continued to function albeit under pressure and the Oireachtas continued to function. Policy development in a range of Departments, commercial State-sponsored bodies and different entities continued to function and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I acknowledge what has been said. I respect the fact that the NCCA has lost staff, as well as on an administrative basis, to schools and so on. I sit on range of sectoral committees, including the Joint Committee on Justice and the Committee of Public Accounts, where we deal with all State bodies and entities that perform difficult functions over time. I find the timelines for this matter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Honan mentioned BeLonG To and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Have those organisations fed into the content development? Will the NCCA cross-check it with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Have they made suggestions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask a question as we could not get clarity on the following matter. Will the new programme that will emerge be taught to every child in Ireland, without exception?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it available in schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I mean irrespective of school form, teacher preference and anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it for every child in every school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Sullivan for clarifying the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not know why we had a difficulty before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is why I kept asking.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is national Traveller Pride Week. There are so many different issues one could raise but a particularly vulnerable group are those Traveller women in prison in Ireland. Traveller women are between 18 and 22 times more likely to be in prison than a non-Traveller woman like me. In the general female prison population, 85% have addiction issues and 60% of sentenced women have mental...