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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I could provide a copy-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Did the Leader see the TASC report?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will let the Leader finish.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcomed it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Fine Gael signed up two years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This Bill is very important. I do not wish to repeat what has been said, but to return to the rent pressure zones, I note that a period of three years is specified. I believe the term should be five years because at the moment many counties are in rent pressure zones when others are not and areas that are not included such as my area of Carlow and parts of the areas represented by Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I think the main part of the Bill is to get people who are not in a rent pressure zone into a rent pressure zone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is not worth the paper it is written on.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish the Minister of State a good afternoon. I am disappointed that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is not here today as I am raising a very serious issue, namely, the psychiatric unit in St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely. Both of them are.I welcome the Minister of State. I know he will relay my concerns to the Minister. Last week, conditions at the department of psychiatry in St. Luke's Hospital came to public attention following a case which the Mental Health Commission took against the HSE under the Mental Health Act, the first such case to be taken. Staff, parents, patients and loved ones...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I understand what he has said and that we need to recruit more psychiatrists and nurses and that would be welcome, However, the department of psychiatry in St. Luke's Hospital came to public attention last week on foot of a case, the first of its kind, brought by the Mental Health Commission against the HSE under the Mental Health Act. This...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We were all confounded by the latest threat and app in terms of the appropriateness of the Internet. I encourage everyone, including parents, teachers and students, to get involved in the six-week public consultation launched this week on online safety legislation to improve online safety and to ensure that children especially can be protected online. For far too long we have left the door...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, Senator Boyhan. He asked that the Minister be invited in here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No. Senator Boyhan asked for the Minister to be invited into the Seanad to address the issue of mortgages. It is an absolute disgrace that young people who want to apply for a mortgage and who do not qualify to be placed on the local authority housing list will be told that they cannot apply for a mortgage. That situation is unacceptable.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like to raise the issue of the provision of public transport in circumstances where the nearest hospital is 40 minutes away because it is important, but also because last weekend unexpected heavy snowfall delayed traffic on a major route in Leinster and the first responders could not access collisions on the road due to the infrastructure and the snow. As usual, it is about...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In the past two decades, the number of Traveller families in need of accommodation has more than doubled, and more and more Travellers are presenting as homeless.Many Travellers are living in chronically overcrowded conditions and are excluded from Government statistics on homelessness. I see that this a major issue from Travellers coming into my clinics. This is wholly unacceptable....

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I accept that. The figures are staggering. They are a concern and a worry. We need everybody to work together. Senators represent and work for everybody who comes into our clinics. We need balance, accountability and awareness and to have everybody working together. While I understand that people have concerns and we have to work with that, all of us must work together to ensure we...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is very difficult.

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have queries about that.