Results 741-760 of 4,932 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that. It is important that funding is addressed in these areas. I welcome the commitment of the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to this. I note my colleague is trying to get in on this question. I thank the Minister for his answers this morning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have received several questions and queries about when the mother and baby scheme will be open for applications. As the Minister knows, the long-awaited redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes was signed into law in July. I can honestly say, like the Minister, that the survivors who have contacted me not getting any younger. They deserve and need the scheme up and running...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was glad to see the Minister of State launched the roadmap to improve children's disability services for 2023 to 2026 in October. I believe that the six assessment hubs to streamline the assessment of needs is urgent. Is the Minister of State going to expand on these hubs? Where does she intend to provide more hubs? That is important. There are six new assessment hubs. Will the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that. I urge the Minister of State to consider further expansion of the system. I know how committed she is to the issue. I work with parents and I am aware of their concerns. The number of applications for assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2005 has risen steadily since the implementation of the system in June 2007. Some 7,612 applications for assessments of need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like an update on the work that is under way by the national disability service and HSE procurement to develop a tender process and service specifications for delivery of assessments of needs from private providers to deal with the long backlog in assessments of needs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. As she said, we need to see this tender process. I believe we need to see the service specification for the delivery of assessments of needs. It needs to be rushed. The long waiting lists for assessment of needs, which is not a new phenomenon, should be reason enough for the national disability service and the HSE procurement team to speed up their delivery...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Is the Minister of State looking at plans to explore an international procurement process in parallel with the one being developed nationally? This should not be overlooked as a way to help tackle the long waiting lists. Going back to the CDNT in Carlow, we have a facility on Barrack Street in Carlow and only one room is being used at the moment. I know the staff there are doing their best...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On the same topic, when does the Minister of State expect to see the six new assessment hubs to streamline the assessment of needs process? When will they be established to relieve the pressure on service delivery as set out in her Roadmap to Improve Children's Disability Services? Will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is great to see that. I will encourage our farmers to participate in it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers in Carlow are benefiting from the organic farming scheme or other supports for the organic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55640/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Are farmers in Carlow benefiting from the organic farming scheme or other supports for the organic sector? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. I know the applications for the 2024 organic farming scheme closed on 8 December.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is tomorrow. Perfect.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It was changed to 15 December. Lovely. I welcome that. We have a huge farmers' market in Carlow which opened in 2004. It is one of the biggest markets in the south east.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason organisations in Carlow were not included on the list of funding for animal welfare charities announced recently. [55639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapy service for those with mild intellectual disability in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55525/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: When will the applications for the mother and baby homes scheme open? The redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes was signed off last July. Many of the survivors have contacted me. As the Minister knows, these survivors are not getting any younger. It is now important that this scheme is up and running as soon as possible. That needs to be done. Can we have a timescale for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to launch a review of the legal aid system, including a review of how legal aid is paid, and to whom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55073/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Does the Minister of State intend to launch a review of the legal aid system, including a review of how legal aid is paid and to whom and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am glad to hear about the review group but I am looking for a timescale. Every day I have people who come into my office who are over the financial threshold and they are not getting the assistance they need. The Chief Justice's working group this summer referenced that the budget for legal aid was around €50 million but there was a huge unmet legal need in family law and...