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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Orbinski Burke.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is very good to know. Communication is the key here so perhaps the Minister could give us more information. I very much welcome the €20 million. It is very important. Apprenticeships have been part of our culture over the years, but we need them now more than ever. It is great to have that apprenticeship programme. It can offer so much to students. I strongly welcome this....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss the important issue of apprenticeships. I was very welcoming of the launch of the new five-year apprenticeship action plan. The action plan aims to deliver 10,000 apprentice programme registrations per year by 2025. Everyone learns in different ways. The plan to provide a roadmap to a single apprenticeship system and new...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We have all seen how challenging Covid-19 has been for older people, those living on their own and people living in nursing homes. Nursing homes are at the heart of their respective communities, meeting the vital healthcare requirements of a cohort of our society during a difficult time in their and their families' lives. Nursing homes are very much a home away from home and a safe place in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Planning Issues (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans by his Department to bring a company (details supplied) and An Taisce together to identify issues of concern and deliver an outcome to progress this project without any further delay given the importance to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work he is undertaking with third-level institutions to ensure the full return to campus of students for the academic year 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 18 new apprenticeship programmes will come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Decision Support Service (20 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses and Ms Flynn for the comprehensive report. It was excellent and contained much important information. I have three questions. We have seen approximately 1,200 people taken into wardship since the enactment of the 2015 legislation, yet because of this slow pace, various levels of decision-making supports are not operational. Wardship is, in my opinion and the opinion...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I, too, support the Bill. Reducing the gender pay gap is one of the key priorities of gender policies both at EU level and here in Ireland. We must ensure businesses publish information relating to the remuneration of their employees by reference to gender in order that we can monitor this. These measures, which take into account the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on both employers and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for the figures she provided in respect of Carlow. I, too, welcome the fall in the number on the PUP because it is so important that we reopen the country as best we can. We are definitely on the way to doing so. I am concerned that support be maintained for the people who need it, such as those in the accommodation and hospitality sector who have not fully returned to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for her reply. I thank the people of Carlow in the context of the work that has been done in respect of the PUP through the Departments. This payment has been so welcome and vital for people that it is important we ensure that, as the Minister stated, no one will be left wanting. I refer to the hospitality sector and other sectors that have not fully reopened. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Carlow currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Wexford currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish to raise again the issue of some doctors charging medical card patients for blood tests. I am constantly raising this issue. These are very vulnerable people. I have people ringing my clinic saying they cannot afford to pay for their blood tests. They have medical cards. More than 1 million people have a medical card and, although they can ask for a refund of these charges from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a Carlow town bus service; if funding will be made available for this service in quarter 3 or quarter 4 of 2021; his plans to provide rural bus services between New Ross, County Wexford, and Saint Mullin's, Tinnahinch and Borris, County Carlow, and Arklow, County Wicklow, to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse in particular works to the railings at Carlow courthouse being managed by the OPW on behalf of the Courts Service in view of the fact that the building is of historic importance; if there is an update to tender documentation for the repair of ten sections of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Chair, and I confirm that I am in Leinster House. I apologise for being late. I was on with the IT department for the last half an hour because my computer crashed. I am back up and running now, it was nothing sinister and everything is fine. I do not know what happened, so I apologise for coming in late. The IT staff were very good, they sorted it all out for me. I do not...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Nobody can deny that this is a big week for the leaving certificate. Tomorrow is the last day for the completion of any assessments associated with the accredited grades process. From there, teachers will begin the task of awarding estimated marks to their students, so I am conscious of the stress on thousands of students right now and on their teachers. However, I think we did the fairest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the model of allocation being used for special needs assistant allocation for the academic year 2021-2022; when her Department will be publishing the allocations for the coming academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the qualifying criteria, including scores and other assessment parameters which a school has to achieve at a minimum in order to qualify for DEIS status; if the review of the DEIS scheme is complete; if there are proposals for the provision of a summer programme in 2021 to include DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of each large-scale school building project in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25060/21]