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- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I apologise.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am nearly finished. Children born through fertility treatment or preservation are children who are wanted, loved and longed for before they are born and will grow up to contribute to society. What are the Government's plans to assist families seeking fertility treatment or preservation? Is there some timescale for those plans? I thank the Minister of State. This is a very serious issue...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is disappointing that the only annual funding for the scheme, which has been in place since 2003, is €259,000. Many cancer patients now live longer than they did in the past and fertility and preservation is a serious issue for them. I want the Minister of State to look into this because it is an area we need to address. I hope he will return soon with good information. It all...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We were all listening to the radio this morning and heard about the delay in smear tests. On average, it takes up to 18 weeks or longer. After what happened in the past few months in particular, no woman should have to wait 18 weeks or upwards for the results of a smear test so I will be asking the Minister for Health to address this. Today, I would like to finish the point about mental...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I believe that this new data, coupled with the report of the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, is invaluable and shows that we need to intervene early and support each other along the way so that we can ensure positive outcomes for all children in Ireland today.
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. Our housing crisis is escalating but we are here to make statements on Rebuilding Ireland. Before there is a stone cast and the usual arguments of who was running the country are thrown, let me draw a line. Do we condemn the son for the sins of the father, imprison the daughter for the mistakes of the mother or cast out the family for the actions of one...
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We have been relaunching them. As a nation we must do all we can to ensure a sufficient supply of homes accessible to all of us. We hear of the homeless and the homeowner but we cannot forget those in between, the low and middle income householders who do not qualify for social housing but who are priced out of the private market. These are the hidden numbers. We are surrounded in the...
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How many times have I said that?
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are becoming the best of friends in Carlow.
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister of State will tell us there is no housing crisis.
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Rents have gone up by more than 6%-----
- Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Rent for most houses have gone up from €800 to €1,200-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the great job news for Carlow. MSD announced 170 jobs with its expansion and J D Wetherspoon announced 50 new jobs for Carlow for 2019 so it is a great achievement and I am proud to be part of that achievement in Carlow. It is great for us-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are delighted to welcome these jobs to Carlow-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted to welcome them. As a Senator working on behalf of the people of Carlow, it is great to see that coming and I am delighted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Today the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to speak. I am so delighted to be working on behalf of Carlow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is right. Today the Joint Committee on Future of Mental Health Care, which I sit on, will launch its final report. I commend the Chairman, Senator Joan Freeman, for spearheading the work of the committee. She has done tremendous work and I want to say "Well done" to her. The committee deserves praise for its joined-up thinking with all parties together which I want...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----and we worked together as a team for the future of mental health.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have only started; the Leas-Chathaoirleach has to allow me more time.