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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for her reply, which I will relay to the family. I know that she has experience of the system. In fairness to the staff of Crumlin hospital, I know they are under pressure. However, this family is deeply upset at the delay in the provision of treatment for their son. I ask the Minister of State to relay to the Minister, Deputy Harris, that no child or cancer...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Like previous speakers, I support the families outside Leinster House protesting to get their children the drug Spinraza. It is crucial that the Minister steps in and delivers this drug to save these children's lives. I take this opportunity to congratulate team Ireland, which claimed the first ever world championship medal when it won eventing silver at the World Equestrian Games. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I also welcome everyone back.I see the Leader is in good form today. I am glad to be back. Today, outside Leinster House, the families of our Defence Forces are being forced to withstand gale force winds in order to be heard, as they seek respect for their loved ones. Today all of us here must give our support to the Defence Forces, along with proper pay and respect. They protect us,...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Fine Gael is eight years in government now. It has to be responsible.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Look to the future. That is what we are saying. We all need to work together.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: One cannot just keep promising and then not deliver. That is what Fine Gael has done.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Senator McFadden said today that the Government needed to step up. I listened to her speaking and she said she was not happy. She said that the Minister needed to step up and was not doing what he said he would do. That is coming from one of Fine Gael's own Senators. I heard her today in the Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I heard that today. I am glad to be back, Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Senator McFadden asked the Minister to step up.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am watching everything the Government is doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely not. I was proud to be here. When Fine Gael's own Senator does not agree with the Minister-----

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely and that is why I was proud to stand outside Leinster House today. The Leader was not out there but I was.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am sorry but I was proud to stand outside there today, a Chathaoirligh. I made the effort to go out.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted to be back, Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I too want to address some questions. Mr. Cahillane's colleagues said here on 3 July that checks on Carillion in the UK were flawed but that the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, had done everything it could to vet the company in Ireland. That is unacceptable. Does he feel that the subcontractors sitting in the room can accept that? He cannot stand over the fact that the NDFA had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Who vetted Sammon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: So there was a risk with Sammon straight away. It was not vetted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is unacceptable. Risk is Mr. Cahillane's area of expertise. Is it not risky to let one company regulate how it operates without any further checks apart from certification at the end? I am not suggesting micromanaging companies, but we have no accountability. We are sitting here today asking questions and I really feel they are not being answered. There is no accountability. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I do not believe that. That is why things need to change. Did the NDFA not know of, or hear anecdotally, stories of these companies' bad track record of paying subcontractors in other jurisdictions? Did it have any say in to whom Carillion awarded the contract? If so, what criteria were involved? I cannot understand. Mr. Cahillane said the NDFA vetted Carillion yet I have heard stories,...