Results 3,481-3,500 of 4,884 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is the biggest load----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They are being relaunched.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Did the Leader see the report on those who are now called the working poor?
- 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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are talking Sinn Féin here.I do not want a debate between two parties. Will the Senator please address the Chair?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to address an issue that has been raised previously, namely, VAT on food supplements. The Revenue Commissioners published its revised guidance at the end of last year on how various food supplements would be treated for VAT purposes on 1 March 2019. This will have serious implications for many food and food supplement items and it will end up costing the end consumer far more. In the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: When is he coming in?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I did not have one.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is a massive issue. If we do not address it, there are people who will not be able to afford to purchase their supplements from 1 March.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to talk about the Revenue Commissioners and the new system for PAYE workers, namely, real time reporting, RTR, which was introduced at the beginning of this year. This is the most significant change to the PAYE system since its introduction in the 1960s but already an issue has arisen regarding teachers. Last month, an end date was incorrectly applied by the Department of Education...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and we will keep working and looking after them.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: What are we to do about Brexit? Are we to do what the Senator's colleagues did up in the North?