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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is so important. I thank Mr. Dolan so much. I am great fan of his, just not because he is from Tipperary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am Carlow, but my dad was from Tipp.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Deputy McAuliffe. I too work with a lot of people who apply for the carer's allowance in Carlow. I live in the same area as Catherine Cox, who is a spokesperson on this issue, and the means-testing is a serious issue. Again, it involves constantly filling out forms and looking for bank statements and this, that and the other. There has to be a change of system. It is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the criteria for qualification for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46230/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I acknowledge the work the Minister is doing, but people coming to my office have told me the disability allowance system has shown them that an illness is nearly starting to cost them money. More than 14,300 people in Carlow were recorded as experiencing at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty in census 2022, or 23% of the county's population....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The once-off payments before Christmas and shortly after Christmas are really welcome but there still are families feeling the pinch. I am working with a man at the moment who, through no fault of his own, got very sick. He is on a social welfare payment now and is trying to pay a mortgage. I am trying to get help for him and his family, particularly with their heating bill. People can go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also thank the Minister for the hot school meals programme. It has been so beneficial to children families that have always been under pressure with their children going to school. It is an excellent scheme. We set up St Clare's Hospitality Kitchen in Graiguecullen, County Carlow. There is no funding there. We are feeding children. We are giving out food parcels. There are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is very good.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Last year volunteers in citizens information branches in Carlow were told they were no longer needed. They were really good information providers. I can speak for them because I know most of them there. The move towards going online since Covid has meant a reduction in the face-to-face services being offered. This is a huge issue for me. When we are losing face-to-face contact it becomes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposed scheduling of social welfare payments for the Christmas period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46229/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: While capacity has expanded, this is not enough. I wish to make the point to the Taoiseach that we have no special educational needs organiser, SENO, now and it is very hard for children to get places.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [43822/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to speak today about school builds. There are 27 projects ongoing under the large-scale and additional accommodation schemes in County Carlow. Just nine modular accommodation projects are under way. To date in 2023, more than €425,000 has been paid in emergency works funding to Carlow schools. Yet I know of so many schools where children are being taught in prefabs and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46277/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline how the increases in funding for women in sport, announced in budget 2024, will take shape. [45182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Carlow will benefit from the changes for the screen industry announced in Budget 2024. [45183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the availability of accommodation for students at South East Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants (devolved capital grant and the further education capital grants) to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45581/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that County Carlow was part of the second phase of the landmark pilot that rolled out counselling services in primary school settings, in-school support and in the form of education on well-being. As we know, mental health teams in clusters of primary schools are important. I ask the Minister about the follow-up. It is great to see intervention in schools but more is needed. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford who will benefit from the introduction of free school books next year; the number of primary students that are currently benefitting from free school books in each of the counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44928/23]