Results 301-320 of 4,899 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It was due to the spatial strategy.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will come back in and clarify the issues.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am so disappointed with some of the Minister's answers but on a point of order, with regard to zoned land, I was a member of a local authority in Carlow for 18 years. Every five or six years, the Department-----
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister said to me he did not know about zoned lands. We were told in the last local area plans to dezone lands, which has happened.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a point of order. The repair and lease scheme is a point of order. I was elected to promote the repair and lease scheme.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, this is crucial.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Twenty-one people applied for the repair and lease scheme in Carlow but only six qualified. I want to promote that initiative. I was here to be positive about it but the fact is that the uptake of this scheme is not good. It is a pilot scheme and the Minister needs to address it. It is the same with the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. People were taken off the housing list and put on...
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----but, overall, I thank him for coming into the House today.
- Seanad: Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (21 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I said zoned land in general.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I read something in the local newspapers today that concerned me. It is a concern I have expressed for years through the local authorities. Some €63 million in compensation has been paid in the past five years by the four local authorities in Dublin. This is a massive issue for those of us who have worked in them during the years and have been calling for extra funding for...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to ask about the by-laws and their implementation. Over the years, we have all worked through the local authorities. There was always confusion over local authorities, OPW and Waterways Ireland. Who will implement the by-laws? Are there extra jobs involved? Where will the money come from? Like with everything that is set in writing, we must ask where the funding is coming from....
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They are not implemented.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. Will a new appeals system be set up? What are the offences? We are passing legislation that concerns offences and appeals, yet we do not know what system will be in place. This is crucial. I agree that many people do not have €150, which is a lot of money. There should be some system in place to help with an appeal.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is important to know.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with previous speakers. This has become political now. We all represent the farmers and we all live in the farming community. My biggest issue-----
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How can a pilot scheme be carried out all over the country? It is unacceptable. For Fine Gael to stand by something that does not make sense to the normal person does not add up. The Minister should pick a part of the country, carry out a pilot scheme there and see how it works.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Then we will know it works. Until the Minister can come in here and tell us that she has something in place to pilot a scheme on a small basis, we cannot support it. I have never in my life seen a pilot scheme carried out across the entire country. It does not add up for the Minister to come here and say that carrying out a pilot scheme across the country would work and for her Senators to...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am calling on the Minister to look again at this pilot scheme.