Results 121-140 of 3,593 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will try to address the issues Deputies have raised, perhaps beginning with Deputy Canney as he is here and has just spoken. While I agree with Deputy Canney's perspective about rural Ireland being reflected in the European Union, I remind him that it is the sons and daughters of rural Ireland who are representing Ireland in the political institutions in Europe. It is the sons and...
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is what we are trying to do.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I assure the Deputy I raised it again yesterday.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree with the Deputy.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot do anything about it. We have raised it with Europe.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Taoiseach will participate in the June meeting of the European Council taking place in Brussels tomorrow and Friday. The agenda will cover Ukraine, the Middle East, security and defence, competitiveness, and the next institutional cycle. The meeting is also expected to adopt the EU's next strategic agenda and agree a roadmap for future EU internal reforms. There will also be...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the European migration and asylum pact. I will answer some of the questions asked about what Europe is doing to prevent or ease conflict elsewhere and stem the flow of migration. It is important to look at the proportion of the European Peace Facility that is used to try to prevent conflict in Africa, reduce the incidence, duration, intensity...
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are a number of issues to address. I thank all Members for their contributions. I will first address matters relating to the Bill. As the Tánaiste said, I reiterate this is the first of two substantial defence Bills that will be advanced this year. Members are aware of what is to come, so let us discuss today's Bill. The major issues being discussed are the establishment of...
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That has never happened to me.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Perhaps I will speak to what is important to all. Let us talk about defence broadly and the importance of it because that is why the Senators are here. All of us are having this debate to try to enhance Ireland's defence capacity and our defence structures at this time. Of course, it is fair to say the Government has made some strides in Ireland's security and defence policy with the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How much did you get?
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thank you, Chair, and I thank Senators for the invitation to be here with them for this introductory session. I am delighted to work with them and both I and my officials, whom I know the committee has met in private, really look forward to working with them constructively. I also know that the committee has met twice with my predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke. I want to formally...
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I join the Chair in complimenting the work Senator O’Reilly has done at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and in all his previous work in that body. I was in Strasbourg last week for a meeting of the Committee of Ministers. It was wonderful to see the Parliamentary Assembly represented there by the current president. It is such a hugely significant body because of...
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, sure.
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would be very happy to, and I thank the Chair. I am very happy to come back in again before the summer. What I would ask is that we communicate. The committee can be quite specific and tell me exactly what it is doing so that I can do a specific body of work with the relevant Departments. This is not something I can do out of my head and I cannot know everything about every Department,...
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not have the date yet. That is partly because June is absolutely crazy as we come towards the end of the Belgian Presidency. There are many different moving parts, including the European Council meeting, the General Affairs Council meeting, and the intergovernmental work, particularly on preparation for Ukrainian accession. I do not know what my diary is like, but I will work with the...
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree.
- Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How do you do it?
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy got his answer.