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Seanad: Versatis Medicated Plasters: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.

Seanad: Versatis Medicated Plasters: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is. I am taking five minutes and Senator Daly is taking three minutes if that is okay?

Seanad: Versatis Medicated Plasters: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like to thank the Minister of State for coming to the House but I am disappointed the Minister, Deputy Harris, is not here. This is a serious issue and it is not being addressed. Since the removal of Versatis patches from the drug payment scheme some weeks ago, I, my Seanad colleagues and members of the Fianna Fáil Party have witnessed people's tears, desperation, distress and...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (21 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with previous speakers. In some ways this can be an emotional issue for the families of people with disabilities. I recently saw a woman circle a car park for half an hour because one of the two of the wheelchair parking bays had been taken up by a car without a disability permit. We need to make people aware that they cannot use wheelchair parking bays unless they have a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Facilities (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister. An uncompleted school in County Carlow was promised facilities over ten years ago, but it is still waiting. Those involved in the school in Bagenalstown feel very let down by the Department of Education and Skills, especially in the light of all the promises made in the national planning framework on its release last week. In 2006 Presentation De La Salle in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Facilities (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome all the new schools that are being built but I am concerned about the excellent schools we already have but which we are not looking after. There are 700 students with no PE hall and this is unacceptable in 2018. It does not matter what plans the Minister puts in place, our existing schools have to be fit for purpose but some of them are not. That is a major issue but the biggest...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Facilities (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That was two years ago, just to clarify that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Facilities (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Facilities (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for that response.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with the previous speakers that the proposed loan sale by the bank is a disgrace. It involves 20,000 mortgage holders, people's family homes. We are talking of vulture funds buying those loans when we have a housing crisis, people are homeless and we are trying to make sure families stay in their homes. This proposed selling off of those loans cannot happen. It is a scandal. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----because they have had enough and they see patients suffering. There were 50 patients in the psychiatric unit in St. Luke's Hospital last weekend. There are only 44 beds in that unit and six people were accommodated on couches in the television room. That is unacceptable. It is not right for the patient nor for the staff. I spoke about this issue to a representative of the community...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Okay.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Not at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Taxpayers' money.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish to address matters concerning the health service and the 7,000 children and adolescents who have been waiting for psychiatric services for a year, if not longer. This is a very serious issue. Another issue I wish to raise is that of people coming to my clinics who are not being accepted into a doctor's practice. I have come across this issue recently. I know that if one has three...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The rent pressure zones are not working. The report published yesterday shows that rents are increasing and that the rent pressure zones are not working.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No, it does.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Recruitment is the biggest issue.That is why people are waiting. It is the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I did.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely. I have been highlighting issues of mental health needs for months.