Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,899 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have to say that Senator Norris is being very smart today. I object to that. It is not a nice thing to say.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Senator is being very rude to us all today.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Do I see a little bit of snobbery here, Senator?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I spoke on the ethos.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Is the Senator-----
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Have we a Trinity snob here?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We understand that.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have to make that clear. We know what ethos means. He is speaking to us like we are in the classroom.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are not in school.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We know what ethos means.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am shocked Senator Norris did not know that. I knew it.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am speaking as Murnane O'Connor.
- 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.