Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
TD
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 2020.jpg
Carroll MacNeill in 2020
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire
Personal details
Born
Jennifer Carroll

(1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 41)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)Hugo MacNeill (m. 2010)
Children1
Alma mater
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Dublin
  • King's Inns

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (born 5 September 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election.[1][2][3]

Early life[]

Carroll MacNeill studied Economics and Political Science at Trinity College Dublin before completing a PhD in public policy and Political Science at University College Dublin, with a thesis entitled Institutional Change in Judicial Selection Systems: Ireland in Comparative Perspective, which won the 2015 Basil Chubb Prize for best PhD thesis at an Irish university in 2014.[4][5]

Political career[]

She was a policy advisor to Frances Fitzgerald from April 2011 until June 2013. She then worked for the then Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter from September 2013 until his resignation in May 2014. She subsequently took a break from politics, not returning until October 2017 when she came to the aid of Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy, where she advised him on the National Planning Framework and the creation of the Land Development Agency. She worked with Murphy's office until January 2019 when she left to work for a Public Relations firm.[4]

In May 2019, she was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Killiney-Shankill local electoral area,[6] a position she held until her election as a TD in February 2020. Frank McNamara was co-opted to Carroll MacNeill's seat on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council following her election to the Dáil.[7]

In early 2020, MacNeill was selected internally by the Fine Gael branch of Dún Laoghaire to replace Maria Bailey on the ticket for the 2020 general election, following "Swinggate", a controversy revolving around a dubious legal claim made by Bailey that resulted in her subsequent deselection.[4] At the general election in February 2020, she was elected on the 8th count, without reaching the quota.[8][9]

In December 2020, 19-year-old Fine Gael member Dylan Hutchinson dropped his campaign for a council seat after being confronted on a Dublin beach by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill about an alleged derogatory social media post he made about a previous TD. Hutchinson was nominated as a candidate to fill a vacancy on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council after Barry Ward was appointed to the Seanad in April 2020.[10]

In May 2021, MacNeill apologised for delivering a speech on an online event on 8 March hosted by Iranian political-militant organization the Mujahedin-e-Khalq to mark International Women's Day, saying she had been asked by a constituent to attend the event, and was not informed of any connection between the event and the MEK.[11][12]

As of 2021, Carroll MacNeill was Vice-Chair of the Oireachtas Joint-Committee on Justice, as well as a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Committee of Public Accounts and the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response.[13][14][15][16]

Author[]

Carroll MacNeill is the author of The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland, published in 2016 by the Four Courts Press.[17][18][3][19] Her thesis was given an academic award before being published as a book.[20] David Gwynn Morgan of The Irish Times said of it; '"this book by an author of unusual but apt pedigree packs in a lot of new, useful information in a field crying out for it. It is also timely and so is likely to be influential'".[21]

Personal life[]

She is married to former Irish rugby player Hugo MacNeill, the former managing director of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking in Ireland. The couple have one son.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jennifer Carroll MacNeill". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Maria Bailey's substitute: who is Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill?". independent. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b News, Irish Legal. "New book to examine politics of judicial selection in Ireland". Irish Legal News. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "YOUNG BLOOD: JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL". The Phoenix. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Basil Chubb prize". PSAI. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Killiney–Shankill LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [@dlrcc] (24 February 2020). "At a Special Council Meeting tonight, Councillors co-opted three new Councillors following vacancies created by the Dail elections" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Kelly, Olivia (9 February 2020). "Dún Laoghaire results: Green's Smyth 'overwhelmed' at securing seat". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Election 2020: Dún Laoghaire". Irish Times. Dublin. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  10. ^ Tutty, Sonja. "Fine Gael council candidate Dylan Hutchinson confronted by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill over derogatory Snapchat post". ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Jennifer Carroll MacNeill apologises for address to 'cult-like' Iranian group Mujahedin-e Khalq". Irish Independent. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK)". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  13. ^ Oireachtas, Houses of the (18 May 2021). "Joint Committee on Justice debate - Tuesday, 18 May 2021". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  14. ^ Oireachtas, Houses of the (7 October 2021). "COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS debate - Thursday, 7 Oct 2021". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  15. ^ Oireachtas, Houses of the (1 June 2021). "Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement debate - Tuesday, 1 Jun 2021". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  16. ^ Oireachtas, Houses of the (29 September 2020). "Special Committee on Covid-19 Response debate - Tuesday, 29 Sep 2020". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  17. ^ MacNeill, Jennifer Carroll (2016). The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland. Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-597-2.
  18. ^ "The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - Irish Interest - Find Books From or About Ireland". www.irishinterest.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  19. ^ Ward, James (27 June 2017). "Senior barrister welcomes Judicial Appointments Bill". irishmirror. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  20. ^ "'I've slept in every hospital corner, caring for my son' - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, the FG replacement for Maria Bailey". independent. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  21. ^ "The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland review: thorough and fair". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Maria Bailey's substitute: who is Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill?". independent. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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