Results 8,141-8,160 of 8,277 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in and thank the members of their organisations for the extraordinary work they have done. Ms Ní Sheaghdha's description of the role of women in work and women's participation in the workforce is about as eloquent as I have heard in my time in this Chamber. It is succinct and perfect, and I want to thank her for putting it on the record. I completely...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: About 200 per week are affected. It impacts different people in different ways. Depending on those who work a week on-week off system or roster arrangements, different people are affected.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Ní Sheaghdha said the HSE does not have that data. Is the INMO now going to begin to collate it so that it has data on its membership? This information is crucial and the HSE should have it, although I can see the data protection issues inherent in that. Does the INMO have that information?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand the logic. Nobody has this information and it is important that it is obtained in a data protection appropriate way. I want to understand the application of the circular. Ms Ní Sheaghdha referred to circular 33/2020, which I have read. It is about trying to deliver as much flexibility as possible. The particular problem concerned lone parents and co-parents who are both...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: When Mr. Bell says he does not think it was addressed, does he mean it was not adequately addressed or simply that it was not applied?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The special annual leave credit that Mr. Bell describes is an issue if we look back on this and ask who was in what type of situation and what arrangements they had to make. It is a very different thing looking after a two year old, an eight year old or a 13 year old in terms of the presence and commitment that is needed. Without the data on how many were parents, the different stages of...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand and agree. What this is has shown is the read-across for other people working in environments where childcare has an impact. If this conversation does nothing else, we can finally put to bed the idea that childcare is a woman's issue or a man's issue. It is a societal issue and if we want to have children and to work, and to have a productive and caring society, we need to...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: She had to take paid or unpaid leave.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Mr. Bell know what happened?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am out of time. I thank Mr. Bell.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I welcome our guests in committee room 1. They are: Ms Teresa Heeney, chief executive officer, and Ms Frances Byrne, director of policy and advocacy, from Early Childhood Ireland: Ms Marian Quinn, chairperson, and Ms Paula Donohoe, member of the national committee, from the Association of Childhood Professionals; and Ms Marie Daly, CEO, and Ms Rachel Grant, HR manager, Crann Support Group. I...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry to interrupt Ms Donohoe and I am sorry for the mix-up earlier. My notes referred Ms Quinn. There are only five minutes for opening statements and we have had the opportunity to read Ms Donohoe's submission beforehand so we might press on.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will stop Ms Daly there. We have reached five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As one of the people involved in the establishment of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in 2011, it is heartening to hear so much support for it at this stage. I call Deputy Costello.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Deputy McNamara is next but he is not here. I will reserve his time if he comes in later. Now it is the Fianna Fáil slot. Deputy Butler is down but perhaps I will go to the next Fianna Fáil speaker, Deputy McGuinness.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I think that point has been made several times today.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Chairman missed his slot.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, no problem.