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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will go first, followed by Senator Currie and then Senator McGahon. I thank our guests for their engagement with the committee today. Unionist members and all MLAs and MPs from all parties are welcome to be on this committee. We wish they would participate, but I can imagine it is difficult for them when the conversation, as it is today, is dominated by an inevitability of a unity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Professor Harvey and Mr. Barrett for their responses. I agree with the point they are making on consent and the technical point in relation to that. The point we are making is that while that is the case, it is not without broader political ramifications. As Senator Currie said, there is a concern that not acknowledging those could lead to just as many problems as before. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to safely reopen primary and secondary schools for mainstream learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for obtaining a permanent premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 863. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding front-line and nursing home staff who choose not to get vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/21]

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank everybody for coming along. I want to return to the issue of the claims. The number of them appears to be extremely high. Can Mr. Gunning, in his professional experience, advise if 716 claims over that period is standard? Is it high or low and, if so, to what degree?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That was my interpretation of it too.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can Mr. Gunning put a bit more colour on the range of the nature of those claims? He said they vary considerably in terms of monetary value but what about the source of them?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, it does. Mr. Devine said earlier that while there were €300 million worth of claims, he contested that that would be the outlay involved. Does he want to speak a bit more about that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Gunning set out the recommendations that have been implemented post the 2019 report. He said that strong additional measures had been put in, and I assume that is what he is referring to. What about the volume of claims since the implementation of that? I am not taking April 2019 as the date of implementation. Surely it takes a period of time to implement that. Can Mr. Gunning...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can I ask as well-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will conclude in that case. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans currently in place for the July provision 2021; if the programme will be expanded and run for an extended period of time in recognition of the classroom time lost by children with additional needs due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to backdate the three additional weeks parental leave when it is introduced for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his plans to introduce legislation to allow for three extra weeks parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider certain professions, such as teachers, that are currently on maternity leave when legislating for the additional parental leave and that they might not be able to take the extra leave once returned to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accommodate those who require HIV testing but are unable to pay the fee currently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 199. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce STI testing for non-emergency cases or those without general practitioner referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand PrEP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6066/21]

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for bringing the motion on this extremely important subject, the EWSS, to the House today. I thank him for his work on this, for putting the scheme in place and for its efficiencies to date. It is fair to say that without it we would have more than 300,000 employees who would either be on substantially lower incomes or who may not be in work at all. This transfer from...