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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses for their report. One third of 50,000 social homes to be provided under Rebuilding Ireland are to be delivered by 2021. My main concern is the lack of joined up thinking among all the agencies concerned with housing. The agencies are falling down in that area. Saying that housing assistance payments, HAP, do not fall within the remit of one or other of the agencies...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have no problem with Part V. I am just giving my opinion.

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are dealing with Part V locally.

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Dr. Hearne. He has hit the nail on the head. The lack of building by local authorities is the biggest issue with which we must deal. All local authorities have landbanks. They built houses 100 years ago and never experienced problems such as those we face today. We are relying on the private market. I note that Dr. Hearne mentioned leasing three or four times in his address....

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, core housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will keep it very short. I thank the Chair. I think everything has been said. I want to thank our guests for their reports. There is uncertainty. We are really no further on than we were this time last year. I think we are nearly looking at a backstop. We are getting very good reports. The uncertainty is caused by the lack of evidence of what will happen in the long term. People...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Safe World Summit 2018 took place in Dublin this week. The organisers, contributors and speakers all deserve our applause. One of the main challenges facing the world is the extent and impact of violence against women and children. Ireland has come an incredibly long way. We have criminalised domestic violence in the Domestic Violence Act 2018. Now, domestic violence is treated as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes. It is important, given the figures, and it needs to be highlighted. It is close to all our hearts. I see it in my area daily with people coming to my clinics. I am calling for a debate with the Minister. This is all about information and letting people know of their entitlements. It is an awareness campaign.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. In October last year, the Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction and associated areas of research. A commitment was given that to support the commencement of the legislation, officials in the Department would work during 2018 with the HSE to develop a model of care for infertility to ensure the provision of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I apologise.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am nearly finished. Children born through fertility treatment or preservation are children who are wanted, loved and longed for before they are born and will grow up to contribute to society. What are the Government's plans to assist families seeking fertility treatment or preservation? Is there some timescale for those plans? I thank the Minister of State. This is a very serious issue...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is disappointing that the only annual funding for the scheme, which has been in place since 2003, is €259,000. Many cancer patients now live longer than they did in the past and fertility and preservation is a serious issue for them. I want the Minister of State to look into this because it is an area we need to address. I hope he will return soon with good information. It all...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We were all listening to the radio this morning and heard about the delay in smear tests. On average, it takes up to 18 weeks or longer. After what happened in the past few months in particular, no woman should have to wait 18 weeks or upwards for the results of a smear test so I will be asking the Minister for Health to address this. Today, I would like to finish the point about mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I believe that this new data, coupled with the report of the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, is invaluable and shows that we need to intervene early and support each other along the way so that we can ensure positive outcomes for all children in Ireland today.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. Our housing crisis is escalating but we are here to make statements on Rebuilding Ireland. Before there is a stone cast and the usual arguments of who was running the country are thrown, let me draw a line. Do we condemn the son for the sins of the father, imprison the daughter for the mistakes of the mother or cast out the family for the actions of one...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We have been relaunching them. As a nation we must do all we can to ensure a sufficient supply of homes accessible to all of us. We hear of the homeless and the homeowner but we cannot forget those in between, the low and middle income householders who do not qualify for social housing but who are priced out of the private market. These are the hidden numbers. We are surrounded in the...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How many times have I said that?

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are becoming the best of friends in Carlow.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister of State will tell us there is no housing crisis.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Rents have gone up by more than 6%-----