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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am coming and going because I was in the Chamber for oral questions. This is one of the biggest issues I, like all Deputies and Senators, face in my clinics. A response to a parliamentary question I tabled states that at present there are more than 400 family carers who are over 80 years of age. I have concerns about that because I do not know if it is sustainable. I understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is important to mention I had a virtual meeting with a group of young carers last week. I just felt they were young carers doing a terrific job so it is important we recognise them and their dedication. We must ensure we always remember the great work done by such people and we should definitely look at what we can do for young carers. I thank the Minister.

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome any legislation that seeks to provide a framework for regulating surrogacy and addressing the gaps in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. It is good that the Bill will provide, for the first time in Ireland, regulation of this wide-ranging and technology-centred area of healthcare. Nevertheless, it is sad that the time spent waiting for this legislation to pass has no...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted to join with my colleague, Deputy Ó Cuív, in bringing forward this Bill in the House today. It is an important Bill for the thousands of householders excluded from support for the maintenance and repair of their septic tanks because they did not register their septic tanks by a prescribed date. A registration and inspection scheme was introduced in 2012 for...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (23 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State and I am aware of his commitment and that of the senior Minister, Deputy O'Brien. My first concern is that it is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts. That should be addressed and all local authorities should look at this. I ask the Minister of State for a commitment on this. It is about resources and saving lives...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (23 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like to inquire if there will be an increase in the level of funding to local authorities to ensure that the current level of fire service is maintained. In addition, are there plans to bring a voluntary fire service into full-time service and retain a fire service scheme in the Carlow fire service? Virtually every town in Ireland has a local fire brigade made up of experienced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the means testing of carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14824/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As the Minister knows, carer's allowance is means tested for people living in the State providing care and attention to a child or adult with such a disability that he or she requires full-time care as a result. I know the Government's budget 2022 introduced new measures that will take effect in June. Family Carers Ireland estimates that only one in five of Ireland's 375,000 carers receive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report of the Pensions Commission including their proposals to remove the PRSI exemption on supplementary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timeline regarding the HIQA health technology assessment on a varicella vaccine; the frequency with which he is updated on the assessment process; if the assessment will be completed in 2022; if his Department is planning and budgeting for the addition of the varicella vaccine to the national immunisation programme in 2023, subject to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the pneumococcal vaccine PPV23 that have been administered for free to persons over 65 years of age and at-risk groups in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14244/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 893. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to revisit SI No. 449/2015 relating to the administration of vaccines by pharmacists; if he will increase the number of vaccines permitted to be used by qualified pharmacists; if he has undertaken a review to assess the other vaccines that could be permitted to be used by qualified pharmacists; if he has reviewed the number and types of vaccines...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 894. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the free pneumococcal vaccine programme for persons over 65 years of age and at-risk groups to community pharmacies; if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the extension of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14246/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses, particularly from the ombudsman's office, for participating today. It is important we listen to the concerns expressed. All of us meet families with such concerns regularly. Public bodies have a duty to assess unmet needs. It should not be up to the children or their families to tell the services what they need. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the past two years have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Deputy Cairns on this issue. It is so important that we have proper protocols and that all children have this right. It is in the programme for Government and we need to deliver on this. There is also accountability within the HSE. The witnesses can see the anger here. As Deputies and Senators, we see this every day in our constituencies. I feel it is getting harder. There...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for junior certificate and leaving certificate 2022 students recognising the disruption to their education due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13489/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new digital strategy for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13490/22]

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Bill provides for the reopening of the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, for certain businesses that would otherwise not be eligible and for such businesses to continue to be supported until the expiry of the scheme. The objective of the scheme is to support employment and maintain the link between employer and employee. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to welcome the recruitment of 800 gardaí and staff members. The Minister of State said 97 community gardaí were assigned to the Kilkenny–Carlow division but did not actually tell me how many gardaí are in Carlow. Although Carlow is smaller than Kilkenny, I am a Deputy for Carlow-Kilkenny and believe it is important that I get...