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- 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...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need to keep our belts tight but not so tight that we are busting at the seams. Teachers do a great deal of work for our future generations. We need to address the poor compensation they receive for correcting examination papers. That problem is symptomatic of the wider issue of the shortage of teachers because the pay is not of a high grade when compared with the same positions...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: These are the issues.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are not paying teachers enough.