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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a very sad day for the subcontractors who have done the work. In my area of Carlow 90% of the work has been done on the two schools.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny is ours - it belongs to the Chairman and me. It is important to clarify that. The situation is unacceptable. The hardest thing today is to hear the stories of the witnesses and the reality of what is happening to our own people who have done the work. My biggest issue is the fact that the witnesses are here crying and looking for something they...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was appalled at the revelations at the Committee of Public Accounts yesterday that Sammon Contracting received 98% of the payment it was owed under the public private partnership contract but none of the payments were passed on to the subcontractors. Ever since the umbrella company Carillion collapsed earlier this year, this has been a mess. Carillion collapsed, Sammon went into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome everyone. We have a housing crisis. Rented properties are a massive issue. We have a lack of supply. We are trying to bring in a system to help people. There are cases in my area where landlords will not take housing assistance payment, HAP. They take cash. Since we have a lack of supply, we force people, since they cannot find proper accommodation, into homes where the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was not asked. I knew it was this week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: None of were asked so I will let that go. We have all 31 chief executives - I would always call them county managers - there. Can we not all work together on a plan? I have only learned all of this since I have come to these meetings. Dublin is able to say that its policies are different and Waterford's policies are different. If policies are not similar, the only ones who lose out are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is a commitment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Perhaps Mr. Maher could give us a copy of the inspections-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----carried out by each local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Again, will Ms Carroll give us a copy of the inspections?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have just come in from another gorgeous day outside. We have seen beautiful sunshine and blue skies for some time now. People have been loving and hating it for a variety of reasons. The real issue that brings the good weather to my attention is anti-social behaviour. I hosted a town hall meeting in Carlow last week and anti-social behaviour encouraged by the good weather was raised by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is a Fine Gael gimmick now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is sold out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The concern I raise is similar. Many of the matters raised are similar but it is important that we learn a valuable lesson from leaving certificate students. We cannot have next year’s examinations being brought into question because we are not paying teachers properly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This year, people who were qualified in their field were asked to correct examinations but they were not qualified teachers. The shortage of available qualified teachers this year forced the hiring of individuals outside the sector to correct examinations. That brought the correction process into question and filled many students with fear and confusion. A 30% increase on existing State...