Results 4,201-4,220 of 6,040 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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.

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...