Results 921-940 of 5,018 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: A lot of my questions have been answered, unless Senator Flynn wants to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Senator Flynn. As she said, I always feel that if a family is affected, it is only then they see how they react and how the system is failing. I see many challenges within the system. There is no joined-up thinking. Senator McGreehan spoke about sensory rooms. I will give examples of this. I cannot get my head around these things. We are dealing with the best people in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Okay. I thank Mr. Smyth for clarifying that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, nearly 1,500.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: She has.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is, but it is the timescale of getting children with disabilities out of a prefab and into a build.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They do.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the appointment of a strategic reform lead to drive policy. However, there is a situation in which children are going to secondary school and have not been assessed. It is a huge issue. Some parents do not have the money to bring their children to a private dentist and there is only one dentist in Carlow who covers the public scheme. Carlow in the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have been made aware of a crisis in the public dental service. Along with others, the Irish Dental Association has been calling for additional funding and resources for many years. There are massive issues with the public care system and our nation's dental health is suffering. I met the HSE chief last week and he told me he had specifically omitted dentists from the moratorium. Active...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The senior alarm scheme is absolutely excellent. I do, though, have two concerns. One is that there is a need to undertake an awareness campaign. I am shocked at the number of older people who do not know about the scheme. I am glad the Minister of State said he has seen where it needs to be more accessible. Most of the older people I know have great faith in this alarm. It is like a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a great scheme.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No problem.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider reopening the connected hubs voucher scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49553/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will the Minister consider reopening the connected hubs voucher scheme and make a statement on the matter?