Results 1-20 of 217 for justice speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...by the EU Drugs Agency. Ireland supports that mechanism through the early warning and emerging trends network, EWET, which has representatives from the Department of Health, the Department of Justice, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Health Research Board, the HSE, several national laboratories, and civil society representatives. Naloxone is used as an antidote...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...over different parts of Dublin and to see a bus burning on O'Connell Bridge and to see the scale of violence and people terrorised in their shops was heartbreaking. I have also worked in youth justice since 2006 and know the Garda youth diversion programme has worked for 95% of the young people who come into it. It is incredibly effective but I feel I saw that night the 5% whom State...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: While it is very important to listen to my colleagues, including the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and other Ministers, outline the spending priorities of today, I will speak about the future, and the future Ireland fund that will be established as part of this budget. It probably generated the fewest headlines but it is one of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this important issue. I convey the apologies of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, who cannot be here. I am grateful to have the opportunity to provide clarity on some of the issues raised. I must obviously clarify that the management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the Judiciary and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...way that the courts would be happy to stand over and that we, as legislators, would be happy to stand over. For that reason, it is important that the working group established by the Department of Justice has looked at this and other issues. I recall the former Deputy, Alan Shatter, when he was Minister for Justice and Equality, had similar concerns regarding the conduct of custody...

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...;il Eireann to facilitate parliamentary oversight of the operation of the guarantee and contribution agreements. Under its miscellaneous provisions, the Bill seeks to amend section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, so as to require those engaging in correspondent banking relationships to conduct enhanced due diligence when the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Referendum Campaigns (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...way and shared those views. As I said, forgive me if I am mistaken in that regard but I just do not recall it. Nor do I recall, and forgive me if I am mistaken, the Senator's attendance at the justice prelegislative hearings on the hate crime Bill. Again, I was Vice Chair of that committee and I recall the work that came up in great detail. The issues there were essentially about how...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the duty of care legislation, the amendment of Occupiers' Liability Act, as the Deputy is aware, is being led by the Minister for Justice. We hope that it will be passed by the House, should time be available at both Houses, before the summer recess. That is certainly the intention. Overhauling that legislation should help to address the "slips, trips and falls" piece and it is an...

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...in commercial decision-making. It interferes straight up with freedom of contract and no right of appeal is provided. This could be provided for by means of amendment. There is, however, an access to justice issue for all persons, whether individuals or bodies corporate. There are also several difficulties with the Central Bank and the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. The...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...the Senator will be aware, is the Supreme Court decision in the Zalewski case in 2021, which related to the exercise of powers by adjudication officers in the Workplace Relations Commission. Mr. Justice O'Donnell stated in that case regarding the issue of an oral hearing that: The rule established under the Constitution is not an absolute one, even for court proceedings, and is not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (26 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...to the particular centre which Deputy Ó Murchú and I have discussed. I thank him for raising it with me directly. Public liability remains outstanding, and that is a matter for the Department of Justice, which is bringing through the House at this time legislation to change the operating environment for public liability insurance. I can assure the Deputy that in all of my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...extent to which more of that can be done and in what circumstances. I will update the House on the duty of care legislation. The Deputy is right about it being a matter for the Department of Justice, but it is my understanding that the legislation will be enacted before the summer. It is a significant part of the action plan on insurance reform because it sets out the culture of what...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...in the awards issued by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board are met and set, and stick with the legal profession, because these impact everybody's ability to get insurance. The Department of Justice is introducing legislation in the coming weeks to change the public liability aspect, which will have an important impact on what the Deputy is raising.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide assistance on a stamp 4 renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/23]

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...will also make changes to the operation of the regime, making it more efficient - we hope - more effective, and ensuring it conforms to the required standards of fairness in the administration of justice in light of the Zalewski case. Part 4 will make a series of amendments to the Central Bank Act 1942, in particular to Part IIIC, which deals with the Central Bank's administrative...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...in the event of an individual being unhappy with the outcome or the process of a Central Bank investigation with the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal, of which the chairperson had been Mr. Justice John Cooke. There are a number of solicitors and barristers on that to ensure fair procedures in regard to the appeals process.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., as well as for business, which the Deputy rightly highlighted and regarding which there is much to do. That is the focus of the reform agenda in the Departments of finance, enterprise and justice with outstanding work to do. The focus is firmly on delivering for the people of Ireland to make sure insurance is available, competitive and reliable at every turn.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Tánaiste's response is very welcome, particularly as it is in tandem with the implementation of the third strategy under the Department of Justice. I know the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment conducted a stakeholder consultation on it. I am interested in the tenor of some of the responses that came back and the extent to which they highlighted gender harassment and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., to ensure that will change, given I have a concern about the scale of advertising and gambling. Representatives of the gambling industry appeared before us in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice to discuss a range of these points, which are by no means exclusive to the national lottery. We need to know what the spend is, what the distribution of that spend is and how it relates...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I might give an example. When other parts of the gambling industry were being represented before the justice committee, we asked the same questions of the representatives of Flutter and they were able to tell us the figures. While they used United Kingdom figures, they subsequently provided to the justice committee a subset of them that were dedicated to player welfare concerns within...