Results 3,941-3,960 of 4,899 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Seanad: Commencement Matter: Schools Building Contractors (3 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know that.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I second Senator Mark Daly's amendment to the Order of Business. It is crucial that the Minister should come to the House to discuss the relevant matter. I acknowledge the many Lyme disease patients from across Ireland who gathered outside Leinster House with their families and friends to highlight the plight of Irish sufferers of Lyme and tick-borne co-infections. We should do more to...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for coming before the House today. This is a really serious issue. Ms Vicky Phelan's case really is a tragedy that could have been avoided. She is a hero to all Irish women. She has been an example of what a woman can do. She was relentless, she was tireless, she was exhausted. She was a solitary soul fighting against the State. That is what she was. The Minister...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have cancer patients fighting for medical cards because they cannot get them. I hear from people with long-term illnesses. The HSE needs to have an overhaul.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the two new Senators. We often have a few battles here but overall, everyone gets on extremely well. I echo what has been said regarding this disturbing information dripping from the HSE in the past few days. Thousands of women across Ireland have been on tenterhooks in case their telephone will ring to inform them that they are among those women who are walking around with...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I appreciate that. This is a major issue for the women of Ireland.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for coming into the House. I know he is a very busy man. It is good to be busy, and I am busy, but it is not good to be busy if nothing is getting done. I am not saying the Minister is doing nothing. Far from it. I know how hard he is working, but I have concerns. Housing is the key issue facing this Government. It is not about personalities. It is about real...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----but that was last year. We actually turned the sods at that time. Work has started on some of the houses - I will give credit where credit is due - but they were last year's targets. I need the Minister to know that. Let us not highlight what many of us believe are targets which fall very far short of our current waiting lists. It is great to have a plan and a goal but as we all...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hang on. I am getting there. Almost 10,000 people are homeless, more than 3,000 of them are children. We are a rich country so if money is not a problem, what is the problem? Homeless numbers are high. Home building numbers are tens of thousands behind what they should be. Ordinary workers cannot afford a home and those who have secured a mortgage are struggling. We are struggling...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will make a final point about my area. I have addressed this but I am so disappointed. I refer to the number of people in Carlow who are not qualifying to go on the housing list because of the cap of €27,500 per year when the cap in neighbouring counties is €30,000 and €32,000 per year. That is not acceptable. People are becoming homeless because the Minister is not...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and I know he is trying. I have a lot more to say-----

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----but I will come back to the Minister. I thank him for taking the time to listen to me.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are seven years on. The Government cannot-----

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are seven years on and the Government still has not taken responsibility.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are seven years on.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am listening.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Back to the blame game.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Government has been seven years in power.