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- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I think the Leader is confused. He is very confused.
- Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (27 Jun 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister of State. It is important that we thank Senator Joan Freeman for all of the work she has done. She is Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, of which I am a member. I have seen how hard she works and know how dedicated she is in dealing with mental health issues. The committee has received many reports. Last week it heard a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have just come in from another gorgeous day outside. We have seen beautiful sunshine and blue skies for some time now. People have been loving and hating it for a variety of reasons. The real issue that brings the good weather to my attention is anti-social behaviour. I hosted a town hall meeting in Carlow last week and anti-social behaviour encouraged by the good weather was raised by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is a Fine Gael gimmick now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was appalled at the revelations at the Committee of Public Accounts yesterday that Sammon Contracting received 98% of the payment it was owed under the public private partnership contract but none of the payments were passed on to the subcontractors. Ever since the umbrella company Carillion collapsed earlier this year, this has been a mess. Carillion collapsed, Sammon went into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome everyone. We have a housing crisis. Rented properties are a massive issue. We have a lack of supply. We are trying to bring in a system to help people. There are cases in my area where landlords will not take housing assistance payment, HAP. They take cash. Since we have a lack of supply, we force people, since they cannot find proper accommodation, into homes where the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was not asked. I knew it was this week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: None of were asked so I will let that go. We have all 31 chief executives - I would always call them county managers - there. Can we not all work together on a plan? I have only learned all of this since I have come to these meetings. Dublin is able to say that its policies are different and Waterford's policies are different. If policies are not similar, the only ones who lose out are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is a commitment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Perhaps Mr. Maher could give us a copy of the inspections-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----carried out by each local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Again, will Ms Carroll give us a copy of the inspections?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need that.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (5 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I raise concerns over the Carlow County Childcare Committee surveys on school reconfiguration for diversity being carried out on behalf of Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board. This is being done through the Department of Education and Skills. I am sure the Minister of State is standing in for the Minister for Education and Skills and I know he will relay my concerns. The...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (5 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I tabled a Commencement matter on this topic due to the confusion generated by the survey. There are parents who feel that they should have been surveyed but, unfortunately, it was only the parents of children who participate in ECCE schemes that were surveyed. As the Minister of State stated, surveys have been circulated in 16 pilot areas. I...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (5 Jul 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State.