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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I do.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Excuse me but the Cathaoirleach was not listening to me. I asked about second level and computer skills-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and the fact they are taught in England but not here so we need to promote children-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes I am. I said that in my contribution if the Cathaoirleach had only listened to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, the Cathaoirleach was not being fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Senator is lucky in that he was able to raise two issues. Most of us are only allowed to raise one.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In secondary education.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I did not get to finish my point on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In 2020. Therefore, it has not come in yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am right.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am.

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. I and my Fianna Fáil colleagues welcome the Bill. The Minister's contribution was excellent. I will look at this from a different angle. We also see how hard Irish people have worked. If we learned anything from the recession, we learned that. They work so hard and have been upskilling and changing their careers. They are moving forward and getting by as best...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with previous speakers. We all have a fear of Brexit now. The construction sector is a major sector in the Irish economy that employs more than 100,000 people. It needs certainty as discussions over the withdrawal agreement and future relationship agreements are ongoing. Many people have said this to me on several occasions. It is about the uncertainty. In the meantime, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We must be realistic. We have a massive problem with the lack of housing.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I congratulate Senator Dolan, who has done much work on disability inclusion. I had the honour of meeting Senator Dolan in Carlow on Monday. I believe the meeting highlighted and advocated for people with disabilities. I pay tribute to the Senator. He has compiled terrific statistics that can only really inform local authorities around Ireland. The amount of work he has done is...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There are 643,131 people with a disability in Ireland, which is 13.5% of the population. In his work Senator Dolan has discovered that people with disabilities are more than twice as likely to report discrimination in relation to housing. They are 1.6 times more likely to live in poor conditions, such as living in damp housing with a lack of central heating, or to live in areas with...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and highlighting the needs of people with disabilities who should have an entitlement already.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Leader should go back to the carers. It is 68 months. He might look at that for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Chairman has covered a lot of the areas about which I am concerned. A culture change is needed in the Department. Having read through the information provided on PPPs and AHBs, it is quite clear that the Government is not encouraging direct building by the local authorities but is relying heavily on the HAP scheme to house those on local authority waiting lists. However, there are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I got these figures myself. We were looking at the housing strategy recently and these are tables I got in the past few days after I requested them.