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Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I got a briefing from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage which anticipated it being commercially viable by 2037 and that has been pulled back repeatedly. I might put this question to the Department. I am hearing from Irish-backed operators who are operating throughout Europe that Ireland is not ready in terms of grid. It is not ready in terms of strategy. It is not...

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What measures specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I might put ask Mr. Walsh as I am short on time.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree. That is why I am asking Mr. Walsh. I think the opportunity is extraordinary. Given that the pace has increased commercially, which is what we are hearing from industry, and that sentiment is changing regarding offshore wind not because of the climate imperative but because of the energy security difficulties that we have, there is an enormous opportunity. I see it changing in my...

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That helps even more.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to introduce special leave for a person who has had a miscarriage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 24. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to dismantle the direct provision system in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of Ireland’s contribution to the European Union peace fund; the way that contributors will contribute to the provision by the European Union of both lethal weapons and other products needed to support the people of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13370/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Forgive me if I missed anything. I am on three committees at present. However, I heard Senator Ruane earlier, who got ahead of me and asked my question, which I know was discussed, about the mechanism for discussing wording and the policy in that regard. Obviously, the Department has a strong role in policy, and the Department of Justice has done some of this work in the past. I am aware...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to local authorities to facilitate the compilation of community-led village designs statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programme of works that is in place to establish new schools; the project plans for each school; the way her Department monitors progress against these plans; if stakeholders are kept regularly updated of progress, delays and risks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 767. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current situation in regard to the use of quarantine measures for new committals to prison including whether such measures continue to be used; the length of time that persons are currently held in quarantine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1033. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-EU doctors who applied for a place on higher surgical and clinical training in the past five years; the number who were successful in getting a place in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1169. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the eligibility for town and village renewal scheme funding under which funding for village design statements can be provided will be extended to urban villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I fully agree with the reply of the Minister, Deputy Ryan, to Deputy Durkan on energy security. What steps have his Department now taken to expedite this strategy for floating offshore wind and to bring the reality of that sooner? The legislation on maritime planning has passed. There is an opportunity for offshore fixed wind in my own constituency in Dún Laoghaire. I want to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently in temporary accommodation while awaiting permanent sites; the stage that each of those schools is at, that is, searching for a suitable site, a suitable site located, a suitable site located and acquired by her Department, the tender process under way or the build under way, by county in tabular form;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for his response. In recent decades we have been very much at peace with our geopolitical system and we have not yet felt any threat whatsoever. We are on notice now that everything is different and will be different for the decades to come. We must respond differently and this commission's report is a timely intervention in that. Deputy O'Callaghan said this is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I, too, believe we are up for that. When one looks back, we have already successfully put in place and operated many major logistical operations. I refer to the vaccination programme and how quickly that had to be mobilised and rolled out from a standing start. We have the capacity to do these different things. We have a little head start in terms of the relatively small numbers of people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Irish Defence Forces will be involved in supporting refugees arriving from Ukraine in terms of settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask about the role of the Defence Forces in responding to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. We have major financial and humanitarian programmes of support, but as we expect more and more people to come to Ireland, I would like the Minister to outline the anticipated role of the Defence Forces in the major logistical programmes of support.