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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister. Throughout my constituency, I am hearing stories of children from Ukraine joining various schools. It is great to hear that this has happened for them so quickly. As I dropped my son off this morning, a young boy was joining junior infants and high-fiving the kids around him. He had settled in nearly immediately. I hope that persists because there will be a very...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the potential role the Irish Defence Forces might have in peace-keeping measures that might arise given the ongoing conflict in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a timely response is issued to a school (details supplied) on its submission of a detailed cost analysis plan to the building section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13367/22]

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Flaherty for sharing time. I did not think I would have the opportunity to speak but wanted to hear the contributions from colleagues. Today is a particularly important moment in the response to the current crisis. I very much hope this is the last of the measures necessary but I greatly fear it will not be and that this is an issue we will be discussing in the House for...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Commission published notable research after President Von der Leyen's speech in December about the scale of the worrying trend of hate speech and hate crime, in particular the level of hatred manifested against, for example, the Roma community, Jews, Muslims, persons of Asian origin or those perceived to be of that origin, and the effect that had in terms of linked crimes in the...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As others will have done, I sat down and opened my emails this morning and received a number of positive updates concerning women, which was befitting for International Women’s Day. They included updates on the launch of the women’s health action plan, the roll-out of free period products in further education, the introduction of gender pay gap reporting, and research...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the impact of the inclusion of all post-school options in the CAO system; the number of additional applicants there were in 2022 due to this expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update will be provided on which local authorities offer apprenticeship programmes; if there are plans to support the expansion of the programme specifically in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not necessarily draw the same correlation but I at least note Mr. Le Jeune's source. Mr. Ó Ríordáin also made a comment. This speaks to what the committee and the Oireachtas are so concerned about, that is, safety in gambling. We have all had a number of constituents highlight the difficulties this issue has created in their lives and the lives of their families so it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does Mr. Ó Ríordáin think those errors were?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How would the organisation have caught problem gambling? How is this consistent with a model that tries to expand gambling and bring more people into a gambling structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Perhaps I could phrase my question a slightly different way. I am sorry to cut across Mr. Ó Ríordáin. It is not my style but we are very limited on time. I apologise for that. How many people did Flutter Entertainment stop from gambling last year as a consequence of having identified that they had a problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Grant will forgive me but I asked how many people Flutter Entertainment had stopped. How many interventions were there? What were they specifically and how many people were stopped from gambling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Grant described a range of interventions, including possibly writing to people. I am looking for something more specific.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Some kind of hold or stop is placed on 7,000 accounts per month until there is a conversation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What happens after that?