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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the representatives from the Department . Statements on strategy are important for the period 2021 to 2025. All of us have a role working with local authorities to provide the best service we can to people. There are many issues I wish to address in the Department's strategy to deal with local authorities. I heard this morning that millions of euro worth of funding has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also want to talk about the threshold to qualify for local authority housing. That needs to be changed, and I know the Minister is working on it. The tenant purchase scheme was never brought in - it has never been used. It was announced approximately two years ago and no one is able to use it. The following is something about which I have a real bugbear. Do our guests feel that the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. He was here this morning when we had the representatives of the Department in and they spoke about the statement of strategy to cover the period from 2021 to 2025. That is about strategy and policies. The 31 local authorities are doing their best but we need proper policies and procedures, whether it is to do with homelessness, mental health, disabilities, thresholds...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have brought up with the Minister several times the issue of capital funding for Carlow. To me this is still an issue. I know the Minister is working on it. I welcome it. My biggest concern is that after Christmas we will still have Covid-19 - it will be with us for a long time yet. How many businesses will actually reopen? It is a concern. I can see it now with people buying online....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have Carlow. That is why I brought it up. I wanted to ensure Carlow was in that plan. I had to ask the Minister whether Carlow was in it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a very good one.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I had to ask the Minister nicely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (12 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am ensuring that the Minister keeps it in mind.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As we are all aware, in the coming weeks we approach the publication of the final report of the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes. This publication and surrounding story will most certainly be an emotional time in our storied history. A raw wound will be reopened and we must do all we can to heal that wound. It is important that those who have contacted us feel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is so important that we listen to the concerns and deliver on them. Covid-19, in particular, has been very hard on people with disabilities as services have been cut. Availing of services and going to work are part of one's life and routine so it is important that we realise the hard time people have gone through. It is important that we make sure all the services are up and running...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I mentioned Myshall but I did not go through all of the names.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As I said, I did not go through all the names because there are so many. I welcome this €32 million for broadband for County Carlow. It is essential now more than ever that we make sure the delivery is quick. I know from working with Carlow County Council that it will be fully supportive of this. I know the people of County Carlow will welcome this. We must make sure it is there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I, too, have been inundated with calls from my constituents about the poor state of broadband in County Carlow. This is especially true in rural parts of the county. Now more than ever, a robust Internet connection is required for all constituents working from home and also to prevent isolation in these challenging times. It is important for us to keep connected, and there is an urgency...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 78. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of IDA site visits for County Carlow in each quarter of 2020 to date; the percentage of visits in the county as a percentage of the number of visits nationally in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34718/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the additional incentives the IDA has in place to encourage foreign direct investment outside Dublin and adjacent counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35054/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pay and working conditions of school secretaries many of whom are paid through the ancillary grants scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Maternity Leave (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 542. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the extended maternity leave that was announced in July 2020 will come into effect; if a person who is currently on unpaid maternity leave can have these extra weeks added on to the end of her maternity leave without having to come back to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 760. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the sale of greeting cards by retailers being defined as an essential service; his views on whether the sending of greeting cards is a positive substitute for person-to-person interaction and a means of communication in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses from the Department and An Bord Pleanála. Like other speakers, I also have major concerns with the SHD process. When this was originally brought in, it was for the delivery of additional housing supply. I do not think it has worked the way it should have. We now need to know that the public has a voice. Regarding An Bord Pleanála, I have concerns in...