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State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am pleased to speak on this motion. It is important that we debate pensions as it is one of the fundamental structural issues of our time. It would be a better debate if it was based only on facts because otherwise it does a massive disservice to people on pensions, people expecting to get pensions soon and those working to fund the pensions of today in the hope of receiving a pension...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure the delivery of the Traveller Education Strategy. [35132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to ensure the provision of high-speed broadband connection in the Foxrock area, County Dublin (details supplied); when high-speed connection will be available to residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are assigned leaving certificate exam numbers that retain the same prefix numbers each year, which may affect the anonymous nature of the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40032/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN by a person (details supplied); when the application will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40268/20]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Deputy Creed sends his apologies. Deputy McHugh is available should we need him.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is clearly a technical difficulty with that when one must manage all the legislation and the Statute Book, and the read across of those different things. It is completely understandable why they would want that. Could the Minister commit that in internal documents in the Department and in the presentation and explanation of it in conferences and as we go around talking about the law...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No. It is contained within it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is moot. I would prefer to hear from the Minister about how she is proposing to address these sets of questions together. I do not need to press amendment No. 9.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the same point, the Minister is trying to address that so I would like to hear from her.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree with the Minister. I am aware of cases where gardaí are prosecuting people for persistently sending images or persistently following up with people, and that is done under existing laws, so it is not perhaps necessary to create a separate offence. The value of the amendment is to be able to raise and clarify that and ensure that it can be addressed in the other legislation. To...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have been involved with An Garda in cases of this nature and it is capable of taking prosecutions. The difficulty for it, on a practical basis, is getting social media companies and telecommunications companies to respond to it in a timely way in order to access the evidence that it needs to be able to take the different cases. The Garda is clearly able to take the cases and under the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can I get clarification on domestic violence-related cases and amendment No. 47?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I just wanted to check that the words "shall be considered an aggravating factor" were used, not "may be considered an aggravating factor", which it is under the Domestic Violence Act.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I absolutely accept what the Minister is saying. The difficulty with the phrase is, of course, that it is a subjective test as to how it impacts on a person. One of the consequences of this type of offence is that people do not necessarily want to admit it has had a serious effect on them. If that is the threshold for reaching a prosecution or getting a conviction, it will be difficult....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I will focus initially on the performance-related piece of work by the Comptroller and Auditor General in terms of delivering target setting. We all took the view that there should be strong transparency on which local authorities are performing well, and that they should be recognised for performing well. Equally, it is not clear to me exactly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is complex, and it is more multifaceted than that. Mr. Doyle has come into the Department, however, as a new Secretary General and has seen the work that has been done and the efforts to re-equip local authorities to build, in addition to the partnership arrangements they have for building. We have reams of briefing materials, which is helpful to a point, but if there is too much, it is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What proportion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Doyle has been there for a reasonable period as the Accounting Officer and has exceptional public service experience before that. He is well placed, therefore, and as he said, he is well placed as a chartered accountant to perform that sort of analytical task. Is it his view that the same local authorities are performing well and the same ones are not, or does he see it as a variable...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I only have a minute left. I appreciate what Mr. Doyle has said. There are, therefore, different targets the Department sets along the different elements of it. It is capable of being assessed, not just when a ribbon is being cut but at various stages along the path. How does the Department deal with local authorities that are not performing well enough?