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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Perhaps I will not comment on the capacity of the surgeons or indeed the current management team. I will say that in my experience, the longer I am a public representative and engage with the hospital system, the more I know about the value of management processes in delivering for patients, for example in the reduction of some waiting lists. Although some hospitals do not seem to have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On behalf of the Minister for Health, I thank Senator O'Loughlin for raising the matter. I hope I can provide some clarity, although I am not sure if I can provide all the Senator seeks. I will try to come back to the Senator on anything that I cannot clarify. The Health Service Executive provides an extensive range of aids and appliances to individuals living with different medical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is also my reading of it, but I am at 96% and I like to be at 102%. That is my gap but that is also my read of that reply. I would like the opportunity, however, to go back to the Department, to clarify for the Senator so that we can get to 102%.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: And in Cualanor.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It was a case of spend, spend, spend.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Exactly.

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to address some of the points made today on the two amendments. On the Article 41 change, on the broadest equality guarantee, I always believed it was wrong to narrow down equalities. You cannot pick and choose your equalities. The broadest possible equality guarantee seemed to me to be the most obvious and important thing to have and retain exactly as it is. I was glad to hear...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is exciting to tease it out and determine what we mean and do not mean.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill and possibly on the one later on the proposed amendment to the Constitution on families, gender and care. I was very proud to be part of the Oireachtas committee which took on the work of the citizens' assembly. I first of all want to thank all of the citizens who contributed to that excellent piece of work and who gave up their...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator Ruane. I am glad that the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, had the opportunity to speak directly with her. I will update Senators more broadly on the position but I know the Minister of State will do further work in that regard. As Senator Ruane said, naloxone is a prescription-only drug at the moment and measures have been put in place to ensure that as many...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Prison Service has been working with HSE addiction services on this for some time. It is a hugely beneficial project that benefits both people in prison and their families. There is significant ongoing training for pharmacists on naloxone administration. There is a body of work on this as the Government recognises that it is a lifesaving drug. It is clear the response it can have on a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Finance, who will be signing the commencement order. He states that the new requirements under which employers must report to Revenue certain non-taxable benefits paid to their employees or directors were introduced in section 9 of the Finance Act 2022. These reportable benefits are the remote working daily allowance of €3.20,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Senator is right. Anything that increases the administrative burden is difficult, particularly in the first instance. That is why it is important to have a flexible approach to begin with. Once one gets into a new reporting practice, however, it tends to be embedded in the practices of the business. If we can get to a point where more compliant businesses are being audited less...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: To clarify, is the site the Senator is referring to in respect of 112 affordable purchase homes also referred to as Cammogue?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator. I was afraid we might have been talking about two different places and I would not like that. I am happy to update the House on this matter, noting that, in line with the Affordable Housing Act 2021, responsibility for the administration of affordable housing schemes rests with the local authority concerned, in this case Cork County Council. Kinsale is an absolutely...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I look forward to seeing the development of the site and the advertisements this time next year, and I am sure we will both keep an eye out to make sure the timeline is met. I look forward also to visiting west Cork and seeing with the Senator the opportunities that may be there for the vacant property refurbishment grant. As Minister of State with responsibility for credit unions, I am...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputies Pringle, Connolly and Joan Collins for putting forward this motion and giving us an opportunity to talk about this matter. I disagree with Deputy Pringle's comments that COP was a farce. I do not agree that it was. The progress overnight was really important. Eamon Ryan was one of the EU's lead negotiators and he has put enormous effort into two things in the past two...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is not a problem. I appreciate the point Deputy McNamara makes. I referred earlier to two thirds of ACRES general participants claims being in the final stages of being processed before year-end. It is now 13 December, and 18 December is next week. I will interrogate with the Minister the question or otherwise of a State body charging interest in respect of a bill. That does not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Government backbenchers have far less time to have opportunities to contribute, including on Government business. This is the first time that we have delivered such a complex payment structure. Does the Deputy not think it appropriate that the Department should get it right rather than having to go back and forth, which would double the administration and double the slowness? It is better...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy McNamara for giving me the opportunity to update the House as regards the agri-climate rural environment scheme, in particular the scheduling of payments to farmers under the scheme. ACRES as we better know it is the agri-environment climate measure under Ireland's CAP strategic plan 2023-2027. In line with the commitment in the programme for Government, this flagship...