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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Taoiseach ran out of the Department of Health.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Government promised 800.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Okay.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of order------
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The resources are not available and the Garda is put to the pin of its collar. People are not being vetted in enough time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There are not enough resources. It all boils down to resources and that is where the Government is falling down.
- Seanad: Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and subsequent regulations to reduce social housing and housing assistance payment scheme assessment times.
- Seanad: Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (15 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As all Senators are aware, next weekend is a long weekend and the clocks will go back an hour. It is very important that we look after our elderly neighbours. There are 9,500 elderly people living in County Carlow. Last week, I met Mr. Joe Butler, chairman of the Carlow Older Persons Forum. There are concerns regarding the number of young people congregating around the entrance to housing...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I think an election is coming.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Leader has to accept the figures.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Deputy Micheál Martin and the Leader are neighbours.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely. I thank everyone for coming to this meeting. During the many years I spent as a councillor, I saw the role that local authorities played in planning. I believe the local authority is the best place for planning. I am concerned about the possibility of this initiative being extended. Everything relies on local authorities. The mechanism used by local authorities always...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: People have expressed to me their concerns about communication. Most of us have said that today. Like everything else, everybody needs to work together, including local authorities and other bodies. People's concerns need to be addressed. All of us need to work on that together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that, because as we all know, and I saw this during my time working in a local authority, appeals can take a long time. They are complicated and we all need to examine the process because time is of the essence in things like this. Fast-tracking planning is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Is it just the application process? Where does the Irish Planning Institute see the root of the problem? There is always a problem when we have a review like this. Where does Dr. Norton see the problem? Is there one particular problem? Is it the application process? Is it an overall problem? Do we need to change the system? As someone who has been reviewing this for some time, what...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have concerns that in the past two years, there have been 100 cases. Sixty-seven were granted and 34 were refused. There is a housing crisis and the reason the committee invited the board to appear before it was to sort out issues. We all agree on the need for proper planning but there cannot be a system where 67 cases are granted and 34 refused when the board is the body that exists to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree that we need proper planning, but we also need compromise. We are experiencing a housing crisis. I totally agree with proper planning for everybody but I sometimes wonder where certain refusals come from. I am always in favour of proper planning but I also believe the system needs to be examined because it is hard to understand some of the refusals. There needs to be some...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We seem to have two different rules. We are allowed to serve in the Houses of the Oireachtas when we are aged over 70 years, yet I have a colleague in Carlow who is not allowed to drive a school bus. Bus Éireann operates the school transport scheme and has a system whereby bus drivers who reach the age of 65 years and express a desire to continue to drive can work for a further five...