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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also welcome the package for the reopening of schools. It is very important. One of the biggest issues relates to social distancing for students in third to sixth class. That has become a big issue and many schools have contacted me in that regard. The Minister has asked all schools at what stage any planning applications they have made are. The Taoiseach will know that there are about...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (29 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make rent supplement more easily available to victims of domestic violence. [18973/20]

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish the Minister well in his new role. We have very challenging times ahead. While I welcome the extension of the rent freeze and ban on evictions, we need to take time to future-proof the rental sector. We need to take a long-term view of what criteria are used to evict tenants. We also need to encourage small landlords back into the system and protect vulnerable tenants. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be complete; when the review will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17968/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the expansion of entitlement to GP services for children from age 6 to 12. I ask the Minister to revert to me on the timescale for that. One of the biggest issues I have been contacted several times about is the availability of GPs. We have heard from the public health official that many people are not returning for their follow-up Covid-19 test after being identified as a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The wage subsidy scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment were welcome supports. I appreciate that these supports will continue as we move towards normal living with the coronavirus but I hope that the stimulus package to be announced today will provide supports for tour guides, small hospitality businesses which only ever operate in June, July and August and as such were not open in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17376/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Over the past few years in the Seanad, I raised the issue of the threshold to qualify for local authority housing lists. The Taoiseach will be aware that in almost ten years, there has been no review. I ask him to have the review carried out; every local authority in Ireland needs it.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am sharing time with Deputies Flaherty and Crowe. The Government has my full support. This legislation to extend the option of overdrafts, term loans and working capital for small and medium-sized businesses that have been severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic is welcome. It is important that we support viable businesses and ensure that our entrepreneurs do not go to the wall because of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider additional supports for local communities to hold replacement events in view of the cancellation of a number of festivals and other cultural events in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17283/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. That is welcome news. It is so important that we get the funding for the Holy Angels day care centre. I cannot emphasise enough that it really is in a bad place. We have excellent staff and fabulous children. People in Carlow are proud of Holy Angels and the work it does but the prefabs are not fit for purpose after 40 years. I will be looking for capital...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for taking this matter. I ask the Minister for a report on the very special Carlow school, the Holy Angels School for Children with Special Needs, which I have raised on a number of occasions in the Seanad. It is an issue very close to my heart. I am specifically looking for a report on a new building for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of a flood relief scheme on the border of counties Carlow and Kilkenny. [16804/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: First, I thank everyone here today. It is so important that all of us work together for people with disabilities. I particularly want to mention my good friend, John Dolan, who has been a huge advocate for the Disability Federation of Ireland. I sat with John in the Seanad for four years. I want to talk about preschool children. They are not expected to social distance and I believe...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I too wish the Ministers and Ministers of State well. As they know, education is so important in these times. Given the concerns that we have, it is so important to have such good people in education. I wish them well. I want a lot of work done for Carlow, just so as we start on the record first. There is much concern about the return to school in September. There are parents out...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On the DEIS schools-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The public needs clarity regarding travel this summer. The message might be that all non-essential travel is not advised and that anyone coming to Ireland should isolate for 14 days. In practice, however, Irish consumers are about to lose massive sums because flights are still running, hotels abroad are open while large numbers of non-isolating tourists from abroad are wandering around the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when works commenced on the new gymnasium at James Stephen's Barracks, Kilkenny; and when works on same will finish. [16439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by 10%. [16441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 183. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the elimination of HPV-related cancers within a generation here; the strategies that need to be implemented in the coming 12 months, acknowledging that the introduction of a catch-up programme for boys in sixth year for the HPV vaccine will accelerate this public health goal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16437/20]