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Seanad: Commencement Matters: DEIS Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a lot more in some cases.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: DEIS Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is one.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: DEIS Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted the Minister will not use the postal codes for determining DEIS status because it would not be suitable. When the children in a family go to two different schools but where one is designated DEIS and the other is not, it is a significant issue. The Minister needs to put a programme in place for disadvantaged areas which have been forgotten. Since 2009, no programme has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I, too, have concerns about the report that the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Helen McEntee, is to publish a report from the health review board on the care of elderly persons living at home. People are growing older and there are stress and worry for families who do not know how much care will cost them. There are families who are losing their homes because they are...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome some of the points that have been made. My concern, as I said to the Minister the last time, is that in Carlow-Kilkenny there was no power given in respect of the River Barrow. One had the local authorities, the OPW and Waterways Ireland but one could not get them when one wanted them. My main concern is to ensure that in the 90-day consultation period Waterways Ireland contacts...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with previous speakers. We have a housing crisis and I believe that this Government has been in denial for the last year or more. We have come to many a meeting in the House with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, or the Minister of State, Deputy English, and we have been told that everything is under control and that there will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sinn Féin objects to everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with previous speakers. Most of what I was going to say has been said. I am interested in the 84,000 fewer homes headed by persons aged 35 years or younger in 2016 compared with 2011. That is a massive issue because younger people now are either still emigrating or they just cannot afford to buy a house. Local authorities have increased the number of houses they rent. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No. I again thank the witnesses for the very good information but we must ensure that it is utilised and that we get the best outcome for people who are homeless or in vulnerable situations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is the electric gates in rural Ireland-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like to raise two issues, one of which has already been raised by Senator Colm Burke, namely, anti-social behaviour. In the last few years, there has been a lot of anti-social behaviour that has not been addressed through local authorities. The reason it has not been addressed by local authorities is because there is no mechanism available to families to have it addressed. When a...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Other speakers have raised two issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Everybody who has spoken thus far has raised two issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I never get the opportunity to raise two issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On the first issue, I agreed with Senator Burke. The issue I want to raise is the revaluation of commercial rates.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This happens to me all of the time. There has been a revaluation of commercial rates in Carlow in the last few months. Commercial rates-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----have been addressed. What I am asking-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, I feel-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is the fourth or fifth time the Leas-Chathaoirleach has done this to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have just agreed with other speakers and I now want to raise my own issue.