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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, on the general scheme of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That was all that came in, was it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am just reading from the opening statement: The legislation is intended to be graduated and proportionate. Small-scale abstractions do not generally pose a risk to the water environment and accordingly, there are no obligations placed on small-scale abstractors, other than abiding by General Binding Rules. Only larger abstractions and those posing a risk will have to apply for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How does the Department define what is smaller?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is the most confusing part of it and it is where the Department will have to achieve balance to get it right. As Mr. Ó Coigligh said, it is about everyone working together.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will also wish to raise the issue of testing and tracing. On Friday, a child at a school in County Carlow was diagnosed with Covid-19. The pod, of course, was sent home straight away and the school showed excellent compliance. The school, however, rang the HSE on the Friday which immediately referred it to a Dublin number. The person at the Dublin number rang back and said no nurses...

Estimates for Public Services 2020: Message from Select Committee (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Select Committee on the Transport and Communication Networks has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for the Public Service for the year ending 31 December 2020: Vote 31.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I appreciate the time given to me to discuss this matter. I have raised this issue over many years and frankly I am disappointed to have to do so again. I have a number of questions about an ambulance base in Carlow and look forward to a reply to them. Some years ago, I was told that €350,000 was being allocated under the capital funding for the building of a fit-for-purpose...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, although I am confused by some of it. I welcome that a safety audit was carried out on 19 October. Is it the first audit or have they been done regularly? There are 18 excellent staff doing a great job. As we know, even with their extra duties, paramedics are going into houses and testing for Covid, particularly for people who cannot travel or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the book grant by €4 per pupil at primary level and by €7.50 per pupil at post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence sector in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31810/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists recruited by the HSE for CHO area 5 in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; if there are plans to roll out enhanced eyesight testing for children between 8 and 12 years of age in schools to assist in early diagnosis of any degeneration which may be missed in the absence of such a programme for free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the additional theatre capacity that was provided in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form [31813/20]

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We all got a shock when we realised that we had to go to level 5 this week. Many people are doing the right thing by washing their hands, wearing masks and reducing contacts while businesses have spent thousands of euro modifying their premises to protect their staff and customers. They were all stunned when they realised that no matter how hard they tried, the virus had taken control and...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me this time. I am raising the issue because of the seriousness of it and in light of the report in the Irish Examinerof the concerns expressed by the Data Protection Commissioner. I voted for what I thought, and what I was told, was a Bill to preserve information. I did not vote to lock away that information for 30 years and make it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the backlog in BreastCheck screenings as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter [33569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including deer management as an essential service under the updated Covid-19 guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the review of the legislative and administrative arrangements in relation to deer licensing with a view to securing improvements for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32584/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will take five minutes. I thank the witnesses from Home for Good. The committee and I firmly believe that everybody needs a home. It is a human right and, as previous speakers said, we are in a different world now. I have been a councillor, Senator and Deputy for more than 20 years and have seen the need and criteria for housing over the years. This referendum has to happen. The...