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Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Get your own affairs in order.

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I left the Seanad this morning to attend another meeting and did not think I could be here today. I was told I could not speak on the Order of Business about vulture funds with regard to a house that had been bought in my area. That is very disrespectful. On the Order of Business I should be allowed-----

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No. I felt the Deputy Leader, Senator Noone, should not have said that. We all have meetings. She knows that. I want it clarified and I want it recorded in the Official Report.

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely not. It was totally uncalled for.

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely not. I spoke on the Order of Business-----

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----as I was entitled to. I am very disappointed. Another disappointment is we do not have the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, here today. This is one of the most serious issues facing us. We are already in a housing crisis. The Government is inviting a whole lot of trouble if it allows Permanent TSB to go ahead with its proposals to sell 20,000 mortgages to unregulated vulture funds. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I have major concerns and I agree with the Deputy O'Dowd. There is a feeling that Irish Water is stand-alone company and that it is not with other bodies. This is a concern for me. Originally a 12-year service level agreement, to 2025, was agreed with the local authorities. Now Irish Water wants to change this. I am concerned about this....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The woman was on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: One must take responsibility when something happens. There must be clarification on everything and responsibility. There are issues. The witnesses said it was not possible to have local offices everywhere. Every time Irish Water spoke today, it was all about local authorities. Local authorities are the backbone of our society. The next thing that will happen is that they will take over...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to address a very serious problem in our child protection system and, in particular, the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report which suggests that we are not doing our job in terms of child protection in Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary. Young people are being left at risk because standards in these counties are very weak. Last November, HIQA undertook an inspection of...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Saying today that there was a time when women could not vote, same-sex marriage was not allowed and slavery was legal seems insane in our modern world. Things that are now normal and taken for granted were unheard of 100 years ago, yet there are things that are still perceived to be normal that in 50 years will seem to be insane. In the 100 years since women won the right to vote, there...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I can only speak on behalf of the Institute of Technology, Carlow, and I have spoken about it many times. Let us consider the criteria and statistics, and criteria mean a lot. In Carlow, there are 8,000 learners in the current academic year, which represents a 66% increase in total enrolments and a 68% increase in the number of graduates. In addition, 92% of graduates from the Institute of...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Technological university status is about equality and fairness. The culture at Institute of Technology, Carlow puts its students at the heart of everything it does. Its culture of equality, openness, respect and inclusion is exactly the ethos we seek in a university. Technological university status will give us equal opportunity and offer a choice in the third level market. The...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They are both linked and if the Acting Chairman likes, I can do the two together.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome everyone here today, and particularly the young students in the Gallery. Hopefully, we will see change in the near future. I believe that young people should have a say. Fianna Fáil's proposal involves the establishment of a select committee. It is what I speak about in my first amendment, in subsection (1), which states "A Select Committee shall be established ... ". In...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Senator is just playing. That is what Sinn Féin does.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I ask to come back in.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They cannot vote in general elections.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I need to come back in on that point.