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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I believe that this new data, coupled with the report of the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, is invaluable and shows that we need to intervene early and support each other along the way so that we can ensure positive outcomes for all children in Ireland today.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. Our housing crisis is escalating but we are here to make statements on Rebuilding Ireland. Before there is a stone cast and the usual arguments of who was running the country are thrown, let me draw a line. Do we condemn the son for the sins of the father, imprison the daughter for the mistakes of the mother or cast out the family for the actions of one...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We have been relaunching them. As a nation we must do all we can to ensure a sufficient supply of homes accessible to all of us. We hear of the homeless and the homeowner but we cannot forget those in between, the low and middle income householders who do not qualify for social housing but who are priced out of the private market. These are the hidden numbers. We are surrounded in the...

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How many times have I said that?

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are becoming the best of friends in Carlow.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister of State will tell us there is no housing crisis.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Rents have gone up by more than 6%-----

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Rent for most houses have gone up from €800 to €1,200-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Safe World Summit 2018 took place in Dublin this week. The organisers, contributors and speakers all deserve our applause. One of the main challenges facing the world is the extent and impact of violence against women and children. Ireland has come an incredibly long way. We have criminalised domestic violence in the Domestic Violence Act 2018. Now, domestic violence is treated as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes. It is important, given the figures, and it needs to be highlighted. It is close to all our hearts. I see it in my area daily with people coming to my clinics. I am calling for a debate with the Minister. This is all about information and letting people know of their entitlements. It is an awareness campaign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will keep it very short. I thank the Chair. I think everything has been said. I want to thank our guests for their reports. There is uncertainty. We are really no further on than we were this time last year. I think we are nearly looking at a backstop. We are getting very good reports. The uncertainty is caused by the lack of evidence of what will happen in the long term. People...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I congratulate Senator Dolan, who has done much work on disability inclusion. I had the honour of meeting Senator Dolan in Carlow on Monday. I believe the meeting highlighted and advocated for people with disabilities. I pay tribute to the Senator. He has compiled terrific statistics that can only really inform local authorities around Ireland. The amount of work he has done is...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There are 643,131 people with a disability in Ireland, which is 13.5% of the population. In his work Senator Dolan has discovered that people with disabilities are more than twice as likely to report discrimination in relation to housing. They are 1.6 times more likely to live in poor conditions, such as living in damp housing with a lack of central heating, or to live in areas with...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and highlighting the needs of people with disabilities who should have an entitlement already.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Leader should go back to the carers. It is 68 months. He might look at that for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Chairman has covered a lot of the areas about which I am concerned. A culture change is needed in the Department. Having read through the information provided on PPPs and AHBs, it is quite clear that the Government is not encouraging direct building by the local authorities but is relying heavily on the HAP scheme to house those on local authority waiting lists. However, there are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I got these figures myself. We were looking at the housing strategy recently and these are tables I got in the past few days after I requested them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know that but the problem is although we are talking about housing, we cannot deliver that housing when so much money is being put into an area of rent. It is the biggest issue. The purpose is being defeated. To rent a house in my area the average is now €1,200 because of all the increases. We will not be able to build if we do not set aside money for construction or for use in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The new housing schemes for people to buy their own homes are non-existent; nobody is able to buy a house because there must be 50% income and somebody must be working. If I won money in the morning and applied to the local authority to buy out my house, I could not do so. Every barrier has been put in the way of local authorities. This must be examined. We are changing our culture and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know it is not.