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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies to support local authorities to continue new work practices implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic that are more family friendly for councillors and council staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am raising with the Minister of State this evening the opportunity to continue with some of the work practices of local authority staff and councillors that have emerged during the Covid pandemic. Adopting the new flexible working practices we have seen has led to a better and more balanced way of life for many people and their communities. There will be less pressure on public transport...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for all his work in this area. It is so important in supporting people going into local politics, attracting a more diverse group and keeping them. The Minister will be aware that while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which is in my area, is the first with a 50:50 gender balance, two of its female councillors, namely, Councillors Lorraine Hall and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for the update on that work. It is such welcome work and it is so important. There has been a big change for council staff. We are hearing reports from councillors to the effect that, in many ways, they have been even more accessible in recent months because people have been sharing mobile phone numbers and so on. That has made connectivity much easier,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Water (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to highlight the same issue in my own area. I thank the Minister of State for meeting representatives from my area about the Irish Water difficulty in Dún Laoghaire and the waste network that needs urgent upgrading. I thank him for providing the report on what Irish Water is doing to identify the scale of the issue and replace it, but it is a really urgent problem right across...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his work on the proposal to ban conversion therapy; if there is a timeline in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (5 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a sustainability plan for a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the HSE will consider expediting this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23189/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am not sure whether Senator McGahon is here but if he is, I will leave time for him. I thank Professor FitzGerald and Professor Morgenroth for coming before us, it is great to have their participation. I am glad Professor FitzGerald said he would not read out the tables. The scale of the financial information is huge and the witnesses might forgive me as I try to pick through it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I certainly acknowledge that there are people here who know a lot more about Northern Ireland than me and who are living those politics and those issues every day. Our concern is that we really want to see a really prosperous, innovative and self-sustaining Northern Ireland because this would be to the benefit of everybody who lives there. It is good to have the opportunity to discuss the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It may be me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Chairman and I ask about education and forward-looking investment. One thing that sticks out in all of these presentation is the response to the witnesses' queries on how we could absorb a subvention fee in any united Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In our witnesses' estimation, and I am paraphrasing here, it would represent an equivalent financial shock to that experienced in Ireland during the 2008 to 2010 period which they have shown us. Could our witnesses comment more on that point and the focus on the needs of development and productivity in Northern Ireland which are extraordinary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Professor FitzGerald states that even in circumstances of having taken urgent action on productivity measures, such as in education, we expect that the problem of productivity would remain for at least 25 years.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have heard the fantastic news today that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has had a baby boy. Huge congratulations to Helen and Paul. It is powerful proof for young women watching that they can hold high office and still be supported in having a baby. However, as the Tánaiste said, we have more to do. As Deputy McEntee has said, that was a temporary sticking plaster. I hope today...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (29 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of reference of the bathing waters expert group established within his Department; the number of times the group met in 2020 and to date in 2021; if approved minutes of all group meetings are publicly available; if so, the location from which they can be accessed; if the group has made a recommendation in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of and the timeline for the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (28 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on extending the bathing season in Dublin Bay to year round to facilitate year round water testing which will allow persons to make informed decisions regarding water swimming safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (28 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the Irish Water admission that in the four year period 2017-2020 a total of approximately 8.875 million cubic metres of untreated sewage and storm waters was discharged into Dublin Bay from overflow tanks located at the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (28 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 715. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of the pilot programme to introduce vulnerability assessments for asylum seekers; the persons included in the programme; the duration of the programme; the way feedback from the programme will be assessed; the number of assessments to date; the methods of assessment being used; the person or body...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank our witnesses for being here today. In particular, I thank the representatives of RTÉ for "Home School Hub" which has been a lifesaver for many people. I take from Ms Forbes's opening remarks that we have a big structural funding problem with RTÉ, which is accessed by 94% of people and 90% of people choose RTÉ as their main news source. It is clearly in a dominant...