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Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

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Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

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Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The next speaker is Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am concerned about local authority housing, particularly in Carlow where there is a lack of local authority builds. I want to speak about affordable housing because the Affordable Housing Bill 2021 is one of the most critical pieces of legislation. I support it and want to work with it to ensure it is there for people, particularly in Carlow and other areas where we greatly need...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [36392/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have been contacted by so many constituents due to sit theory tests that were repeatedly cancelled and rescheduled. Worse, several constituents have contacted me after having secured a test only to be left waiting at the centre in Carlow on the day without any contact from the testers. One man told me he went to the centre on receipt of an email at the end of May, but when he arrived...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We all have a role to play to make the world safer for women, for girls and for all young people in all their diversity. Gender-based violence is a global emergency. Having these statements as part of today’s Government business means we are highlighting the urgency of this matter. The Women's Aid report showed a staggering 43% increase in contacts compared to 2019. Almost 15%...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am in Leinster House. I also want to thank the witnesses. During the pandemic things have been extremely hard. We have to appreciate the way our childcare providers and childminders have stepped up to the mark. They have played an essential role during the Covid-19 pandemic. We must recognise that. For young families to succeed, childcare must be affordable and accessible. I...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Department or whoever else.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. I believe this legislation is to be welcomed and that it forms an important part of the economic recovery plan. It is crucial that we support businesses as public health restrictions are eased. Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. From speaking to businesses in my own county of Carlow, I know they have gone through a massively demanding...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to raise the issue of school transport in County Carlow. Coláiste Eoin in Hacketstown is a growing school with a large rural catchment area. It will have 280 students in the next school year. During the Covid pandemic, the principal managed to get an extra bus service for the school, which picked up students living in rural areas. He has been told that the service will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications processed by the Teaching Council in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35638/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time elapsed between applications being submitted and the Teaching Council’s decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35639/21]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I fully support this Affordable Housing Bill. It is urgently needed and we must get it through the Houses as quickly as possible. Over the years, I have had numerous representations from people who do not qualify to go on the housing list and cannot get a mortgage. The people I am dealing with now are what I would describe as the new working poor. I was working with a couple last week,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gender Equality (24 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress towards gender equality in politics in Ireland; and the steps being taken to achieve a new normal in which more women political leaders have an active and equal role in decision-making and building forward. [27634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 478. To ask the Minister for Health if community pools and leisure centres will be permitted to hold swimming classes for children in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26697/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses and Mr. Tyndall for his report, which is very important. While I welcome the Wasted Lives report, I must be honest, when I read it I was a little floored because - and we have all gone through the Covid pandemic - lives are so important. Once people are alive and a family member is alive, it is just so important that we appreciate them. Everyone loves their loved...