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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Apologies, I did not know if they had come in because I have been coming and going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, we are speaking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I was at another meeting and coming and going. I met our guests a while ago. I am not sure if I missed some of the questions or if I am repeating some of them. Can they discuss what supports survivors of thalidomide receive and the gaps in the unmet need? Where does Ms Browne feel there are big gaps? Ms Browne might have discussed this. What changes are needed in the disability service...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know the Minister, Deputy Harris, has left the Chamber but I want to thank him for visiting Carlow. When I invited him he said he would come down and in fairness to him, within about six weeks he was down to visit the two excellent third level colleges we have in Carlow. I thank him for all the work he has done for us in Carlow. Higher and further education have been greatly affected...

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The efforts Irish people have made in recent weeks to reduce social contacts and take care when they meet others, combined with the high uptake of the vaccination and booster programme, have made a considerable difference to the public health situation. I know this is the reason restrictions have been eased. We have heard from the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, that getting back to activity is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. I am intensely aware of the interruption experienced by students due to take their leaving certificate examination this year. The level of stress as they awaited certainty about this year's examinations was felt by all of us. I appreciate that the Minister has made great changes to the examinations, but these students have missed an entire year of a two-year...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to ask the Minister about supports. What supports will be offered to students with long-term illnesses that might prevent them from sitting the examination on the assigned date? A student with epilepsy who experiences a medical emergency such as a seizure immediately before or during the examination and is unable to complete that examination, should be given the opportunity to re-sit...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support a hybrid leaving certificate for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4664/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: My question is about the hybrid leaving certificate for 2022 students. The students and parents who contacted me today are so disappointed that the Minister has ruled it out. What are her plans now to reform the leaving certificate?

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I know it is clear we need to build housing but we need to make it affordable. I still meet people who do not qualify for the local authority home loan and they do not qualify for social housing. We talk about supply being the issue, but there have been other issues, including a backlog in housing applications. I thank the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for addressing...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3619/22]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will meet next. [61982/21]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: While I welcome the restrictions lifted last week, I have concerns about how people with medical cards are being looked after. I have been contacted by people with medical cards who were denied dental appointments. I sat with one elderly gentleman in my office last week and we went through a list of dentists together. We finally finding one in Carlow who sees patients under the General...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Today the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is discussing surrogacy which is very important issue. We do not have a roadmap for those who become parents through surrogacy and we do not have the correct status. A mother told me she had to sit in the carpark of a children's hospital while her young child was inside as she is not recognised as...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses, in particular Ms Wheatley. Her story was very refreshing, particularly regard in to identity with the child. I welcome that. We need to hear the real stories and that is very important for all of us. I have several questions. I apologise that I was late but I was attending oral questions to the Taoiseach, and I am not sure if some of my questions were asked....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide for students with a serious illness to resit the leaving certificate prior to the CAO results being released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4665/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the list of applications being considered by his Department relative to new roads infrastructure in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the stage each application is at in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated for the N24 in County Kilkenny given that the N24 Waterford to Cahir project had been mentioned in the National Development Plan – Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has plans to improve safety along the N25 under the Waterford to Glenmore road scheme in County Kilkenny; the current position of his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the Waterford to Glenmore road scheme; if funding has been allocated for the work; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student with epilepsy that experiences a medical emergency such as a seizure immediately before or during a leaving certificate exam and is unable to complete the exam, will be given the opportunity to resit that exam within the same exam cycle or before such a time that CAO offers issue; if she accepts such a provision that has been...