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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know that the Minister is fully committed, as is the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who was spokesperson for children previously. It is important that parents understand how committed we and the Minister are and communication to all of the different agencies is key and of great importance here. No mother should ever have to come into any Senator or Deputy’s office and say that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This morning, unfortunately, I was not selected to speak to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, about the Passport Office. I have to raise it today because I have received several telephone calls about the telephone lines not being answered, the live chat and the emergency number and whether it is 24 hours. I am dealing with a case and I feel very sorry for the man concerned....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 28. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the level of crèche facilities throughout the country; if provision is being made to accommodate early learners fleeing war torn Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home, Carlow Maternity Hospital and a home (details supplied) are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff that have joined the Passport Office to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications by persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress he has made in establishing a national youth assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of subject access requests, SARs, received by his Department seeking personal information contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation archive; the number of those that were successfully responded to; if he will update on the barrier with respect to access to health information;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he intends to proceed with regard to the next national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses, particularly from the ombudsman's office, for participating today. It is important we listen to the concerns expressed. All of us meet families with such concerns regularly. Public bodies have a duty to assess unmet needs. It should not be up to the children or their families to tell the services what they need. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the past two years have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Deputy Cairns on this issue. It is so important that we have proper protocols and that all children have this right. It is in the programme for Government and we need to deliver on this. There is also accountability within the HSE. The witnesses can see the anger here. As Deputies and Senators, we see this every day in our constituencies. I feel it is getting harder. There...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: All of us today have raised the issue of housing and the lack of supply. What is the update on the module building the Government is looking at? I heard the Taoiseach speak about HAP today. As the Taoiseach knows, if you qualify to go on the local authority housing list, you get HAP. I checked daft.iein Carlow recently. Five properties are available. By the way, it is €1,200 to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to support the establishment of a women's refuge in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Reform of the Family Law System; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16235/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of schools refusing enrolment access to student applicants, the correspondence should state clearly that they have been placed on a waiting list or that they may not be accepted at all, but in order to pursue a section 29 appeal, they must first ask the school to review its decision (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if her Department will intervene to ensure that provision is made for such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on services for families experiencing relationship and marital breakdown by Tusla between 2014 and 2021; the amounts as a percentage of the Tusla annual budget for each year; the way this compares with the proportion of annual budget spent on services for families experiencing relationship and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a contract for works on Leighlinbridge Garda station has been awarded by the Office of Public Works; if a date for when the rural station in County Carlow will be reopened is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11270/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I too want to compliment the Irish people. They have shown so much generosity. I have received several phone calls about housing and people who are willing to take in families. Up to last night we have had 14,611 Ukrainians arrive in Ireland. In the last few days Carlow has had 49 arrive, including a baby and 21 families. I compliment the agencies such as the Carlow County Development...