Results 4,081-4,100 of 4,932 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I ask to come back in.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They cannot vote in general elections.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I need to come back in on that point.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I heard what you said.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: A political battle was made of the Bill today, particularly by Senator Ruane. I actually complimented them all on this issue they are bringing forward. I was a councillor for 18 years and worked with young people. I am a mother of four children. I canvassed from a very young age so I know exactly what I am talking about and I represent everyone. Senator Ruane asked whom we are...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am just wondering, for clarification, as someone who has gone through elections and canvassed-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes it is.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I brought up elections as an example, where you went-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I just want to clarify-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely. I am just clarifying-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I just want to clarify. Fianna Fáil supports a referendum in 2019. We will support 16 and 17 year olds in general elections, local elections and European elections. As a mother and as someone who has worked with the public for 20 years and with ógra and other groups, I will 100% support them. That is not the issue. I have said we in Fianna Fáil will work with this. We...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----going on about this, that and the other and that everyone is against them. That is not true.Fianna Fáil supports a referendum in 2019. We will support a referendum to get the youth of Ireland to vote. I am giving that commitment. I was a councillor for 18 years and have been a Senator for two years. I knocked on doors from the age of 14 or 15. I will always work with Ógra...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: How does Senator Ruane know that?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want it clarified that it was not me. Senator Ruane must clarify that.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister of State took my spiel at the end.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We need a referendum.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is great to have a good debate and we are all making sure that 16 year olds and 17 year olds get to vote. It is time for the much-promised referendum on reducing the voting age to 16 or 17. We must look at the voting age in other countries. In Austria, only 16 year olds who are working can vote and in 2015, 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland were granted the vote for local and Scottish...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes. The following May, in 2019.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I can only speak on behalf of the Institute of Technology, Carlow, and I have spoken about it many times. Let us consider the criteria and statistics, and criteria mean a lot. In Carlow, there are 8,000 learners in the current academic year, which represents a 66% increase in total enrolments and a 68% increase in the number of graduates. In addition, 92% of graduates from the Institute of...