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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?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that domestic employers that availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme for domestic employees such as childminders are being asked to pay the full amount given to them back to the Revenue Commissioners as part of the scheme; if a reimbursement scheme can be set up to cover this loss as had employers not...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to expand apprenticeships to childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand apprenticeships to healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39390/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Establishment of an Independent Public Inquiry into the Murder of Pat Finucane: Motion (26 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Finucane for coming here this morning and for outlining his story with such dignity. As a child, I remember the murder of his father. It penetrated my consciousness even as a child because it was so horrific. I am so sorry for Mr. Finucane and his family. As a member of this committee entirely committed to the rule of law, I recognise this is the right thing. It has to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be granted to a person (details supplied) for the submission of documentation relating to a means test for the increase for qualified adult, IQA, part of the person's pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39039/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; his further views on the information in...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is clear to everyone in the House that the second lockdown has impacted our society, possibly more than the first. That is notwithstanding the participation of children in schools and the continuation of certain sectors of the economy. Thankfully, we have the hope of several vaccines for 2021. Without them, I believe the picture would be grim indeed. We know the impact lockdown has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that domestic employers who availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme for domestic employees, such as childminders, are being asked to pay the full amount given to them, as part of the scheme, back to the Revenue Commissioners; if a reimbursement scheme can be set up to cover this loss in view of the fact had...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if supports will be made available such as an adaption of the live events fund of €50 million to event management companies that due to the nature of their business and not having a physical premises have been unable to avail of the Covid restrictions support scheme and the industry is at serious issue of collapse; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (24 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken following allegations of sexual harassment in UCD; the further actions he plans to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37860/20]