Results 5,361-5,380 of 8,276 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I did not miss Mr. Adams saying it. What I repeated was that following that statement, Mr. McConville had his interpretation of that, which he gave in his testimony to this committee 12 months ago. He had also heard those comments by the IRA. He was more specific in his follow up. He would say that is not an answer to his question, and he did say that in this committee 12 months ago. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand. What about the equivalence of the tragedies of Edgar Graham and Pat Finucane?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Adams.

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for his extraordinary work on this important legislation. Tomorrow, the special Joint Committee on Gender Equality will publish its report, and it is no surprise that focusing on the issue of women in politics and public life was a key target of that committee, and of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality, to find practical ways to provide help and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further supports that are available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance and who is living with a partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62575/22]

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Taoiseach has been the recipient of many good wishes today and I thank him for his support and that of his Government for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence initiatives over the past two and a half years. Unfortunately, the majority of murders in Ireland still have a domestic violence motivation. A total of 53% of sex crimes have a relationship aspect and most killings and sex...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----the same thing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I tend to agree. As the Tánaiste becomes Taoiseach this weekend, I make one request of him in relation to the opportunity he identified on wind energy. I met representatives of a group of wind companies form Denmark, Norway and Ireland, which have European- and Irish-backed funds. They spoke to me about the opportunity in Ireland and said we are possibly missing the chance to realise...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: With the exception of Dún Laoghaire.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is very interesting.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I ask the Tánaiste to report on the efforts to assist businesses with the rising energy prices.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Tánaiste. There is a huge opportunity with that. I would like to know what level of interest has been expressed to him on the State-backed guarantee scheme. I recall during Covid there was scepticism about a previous iteration of that but the number of companies taking up the opportunity of those loans was actually very high. It is something that could be kept in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he would update the House on the forthcoming increase to the national minimum wage and make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I congratulate the Tánaiste on his period in the office he is holding at the moment and on the substantial increases he has made to the rights and conditions of workers. We have all been informed so much by Covid and the opportunities to work differently and in better ways. This is a really significant part of that. As the Tánaiste says, it is essential that work does pay and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Tánaiste. A key part of that better society is continued low unemployment, continued employment opportunities and the opportunity to derive Exchequer returns from PAYE and people paying tax. One of the key parts around incentivising people into the labour market and addressing the cost of creating jobs is looking at taxation. I would reject any attempt to increase...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made to date with the ratification of International Labour Organization Convention on Violence and Harassment, 2019 (No. 190); the next steps envisaged in advance of ratification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57496/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to update the House on the progress that has been made to date with the ratification of the International Labour Organization Convention on Violence and Harassment noting the Cabinet decision at the end of last month to progress that and the next steps in advance of ratification.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Tánaiste's response is very welcome, particularly as it is in tandem with the implementation of the third strategy under the Department of Justice. I know the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment conducted a stakeholder consultation on it. I am interested in the tenor of some of the responses that came back and the extent to which they highlighted gender harassment and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The timing of this is wonderful because the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality, in which the Tánaiste participated at an earlier stage, will publish its report on Thursday, 15 December on ending gender stereotyping, in particular, in Ireland. So much of this, as the convention recognises, comes from what has been an unequal gender-based power relationship for many years. I would...