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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish to raise an issue with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. Something is very broken in the system when between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters lined the streets last weekend to protest the Government's policies on housing. We are all working hard but there is no joined-up thinking. People are overspending on rent and the State is not building the houses that are...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I congratulate Senator Ruane on winning the non-fiction book of the year award last night. We are very proud of her. I welcome Senator Ardagh’s mother to the Gallery. We are all proud of her as she does a great job as Fianna Fáil leader in the Seanad. Maire herself was a councillor and mayor of south Dublin. I want to impress on the Minister of State at the Department of...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We will just let them continue on with what they are doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Last month in Kilkenny, some very excited youngsters were invited to rob a bank, which they did to the tune of a cool €31 million. Before anyone panics, it was a virtual bank. This took place as part of the 2018 CoderDojo conference, which took place over a weekend.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Children as young as five learned to code and listened as spacewoman, Norah Patten, an aeronautical engineer who hopes to be the first Irish female astronaut to fly to the moon, said that if something seems impossible, that does not mean one should not try. Learning to rob a bank in the virtual world taught these children about privacy, passwords, consequences and teamwork. Local children...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is just about-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is very strange the Cathaoirleach only asked this of me and did not address anybody else-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Excuse me, I highlighted a lack of computer-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I do.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Excuse me but the Cathaoirleach was not listening to me. I asked about second level and computer skills-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and the fact they are taught in England but not here so we need to promote children-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes I am. I said that in my contribution if the Cathaoirleach had only listened to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, the Cathaoirleach was not being fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Senator is lucky in that he was able to raise two issues. Most of us are only allowed to raise one.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In secondary education.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I did not get to finish my point on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In 2020. Therefore, it has not come in yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am right.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am.

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. I and my Fianna Fáil colleagues welcome the Bill. The Minister's contribution was excellent. I will look at this from a different angle. We also see how hard Irish people have worked. If we learned anything from the recession, we learned that. They work so hard and have been upskilling and changing their careers. They are moving forward and getting by as best...