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Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Deputies Murphy and Barry are sharing time.

Message from Select Committee (30 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Employment Permit Bill 2022 and has made amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (30 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Select committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2022: Vote 32.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also want to welcome this scheme. Like previous speakers, information will be critical because I have been inundated with phone calls and people calling into the office. People are also going to social welfare offices for information. It is so important that elderly people get this and a lot of them do not do online applications. When it comes to the social welfare offices, has the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [59160/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I believe I am next. As of today, 65,660 refugees have been granted temporary protection. We also have 12,347 applicants for international protection. We had 24 refugees at the airport facility last night. There is no sign of any levelling off. My concern relates to the accommodation situation, which is very challenging. This week, we have seen county councils appealing for unused...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to ongoing delays with regard to exceptional needs’ payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be bringing forward a new customer charter and customer action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with stakeholders regarding the provision of an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56442/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank all the witnesses for attending. Most of my questions about social workers and parents have been answered. In recent weeks, I met a group of foster parents. They raised some challenges in the system. In 2001, the working group on foster care recommended that the fostering allowance should be increased annually in line with social welfare payment increases. This was meant to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on building works at a school (details supplied). [58212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) will be revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58213/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Nic Aongusa for her answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses. Their contributions were very informative. The committee is doing its best to make sure people with disabilities can access all they are entitled to. My first question is to the Department. Will it discuss its involvement in community development and the policies that enable joined-up thinking in this regard? Joined-up thinking is where we are falling down. I am a...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Now we have Solidarity People Before Profit. Deputy Boyd Barrett has ten minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sorry, ten minutes was on the clock. The Deputy can have 20 minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy very much. I call Deputy Higgins.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I greatly appreciate the efforts of the Government to reinforce new social welfare measures in the context of this legislation. It is good to see the goals of our recent budget fully realised and put into the legislation. After all, families who rely on welfare need as much help as they can get, and sooner rather than later. We can see the rising costs in the context of prices. Even for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Many children will be in a more vulnerable position because of the cost-of-living crisis. A Barnardos survey recently revealed that 26% of parents felt they did not have enough food to feed their children over the past year and that the cost-of-living crisis had led to 41% of parents cutting back on food spending. I welcome our budget. In July 2022, the Government report, Food Poverty:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have used LocalLink bus services by route in County Kilkenny to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57701/22]