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Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sometimes I think we are looking at different budgets. Some €11 billion of a budget is very significant indeed. I remember the days when we were taking figures of €6 billion, and so on, out of the economy. It is a seismic budget. What is the alternative in continuing with existing spending and expanding that, to not doing that? Of course, €7 billion has to be spent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I sit on a number of committees, one of which is the Joint Committee on Autism. Last week we had the privilege of having a number of parents of autistic children before us to outline the different things that were going on in their children's lives and the difficulties they were facing. Specifically, a number of parents highlighted difficulties with the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is no possibility of the child having been discharged if he remains on medication. Any child on medication, whether it is psychiatric medication, medication for epilepsy, or any other medication, is monitored and weighed for their reactions, height and weight. Is this not obvious? Is this not a thing that happens?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry but it is not a question of following up on the individual case. I am not raising it as an individual representation to be followed up, although I would like it followed up. I am raising it because it highlights that it is possible, within CHO 4, for a child going through adolescence not to have been seen for that length of time. We also have the State Claims Agency in here from...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry to interrupt but there is no need to comment on the individual case. I am asking how the system could allow something of that scale to fall through the gaps.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Margaret Lowndes from Dublin 12 was also there. Her son had the first part of an ADHD assessment in May. She has rung every single week since then but has not had a response. Ms Caroline Poole has two children in CAMHS, one of whom is diagnosed with anorexia and social anxiety. Both children have been put on medication but neither of their cases has been followed up on. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I apologise if I missed this earlier but will Mr. Reid explain to me how children are transitioned into the adult mental health service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is fantastic. I thank Mr. Farnan. Last week, literally all of the parents had a difficulty. Not only that, but many other parents have difficulties. Perhaps we could do exactly that and follow up. I can get a list of names from the parents who are working with different support groups and Rainbow Centre services. That would be absolutely marvellous because, when they go to their...

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...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes. One concerns the stream of public life and politics. Obviously, the Minister is here as party leader. This is something we have covered in many different ways. What is the Minister's view on women in public life more broadly and the barriers they are facing.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is very good to hear the Minister does not suffer from promotional bias himself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Durkan for joining. Although it is difficult within the confines of the agreement at the time, I want to better understand the mindset on the difference between achieving an agreement and knowing that you are achieving an agreement essentially on constitutional and political structures and having a sense that things were being left over, as it were, for example, legacy or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A typo.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department is supporting businesses, particularly SMEs, to address gaps in their cybersecurity infrastructure and encourage take-up of very high-capacity broadband connectivity as part of Ireland's National Recovery and Resilience Plan and funded by the European Union; if there is dedicated funding for both provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 438. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board is conducting a scoping review for his Department on advanced practice physiotherapy grades and physiotherapists as referred to for the purposes of x-rays and imaging; if so, the terms of reference for such a review; the estimated timeline for such a review; the details of any consultative process that would follow including an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnosed and suspected neuro-diverse children under the care of the CAMHS; the number of those who are currently prescribed medication; the number of those on medication who have received follow-up medical supervision regarding that medication within the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 504. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive their two-years old developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46945/22]

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill to the House and for the amount of work she has done in the Seanad on it. It is really important and timely legislation and I commend her for her work. It is legislation that has been needed for some time. It is clear from our own regulation of politics and conversations with parents, schools and other actors, there is a need for regulation of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: An interesting point will be interplay between the retention of the deduction and any other changes that Government introduces with regard to energy supports more broadly and how that works out for individuals. It is extraordinary how external events impact behaviour in a collective way, whether it is the change to remote working and how much that has been of benefit to people, particularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Minister is quite right that the State cannot be the first port of call. There is, however, a general supervisory role and level of communication with businesses, in particular, to try to effect a degree of co-ordination that works for their employees. I spoke with one city centre business owner who has a core day on Wednesday. Everybody comes into the office on a Wednesday for the...