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- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: And he was told that.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We can come back in.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are all first-time Senators and we are all learning.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of clarification-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We told to be back here for 6.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Minister, could you clarify?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will it go back to the Oireachtas?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We will do that. That is agreed.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like clarification, particularly relating to people with disabilities. The Minister is aware people are living longer. The biggest issues that local authorities have are housing adaptation and mobility grants, stair lifts and housing for the elderly. With this plan, particularly as it relates to developments of over 100 units and new builds, must every home have a bathroom...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: For years local authorities have been de-zoning land under the spatial strategy following a recommendation from the Department. What will happen if a builder comes to a council saying he wants to build 100 houses on land he owns that has been de-zoned? Has the council the authority under a material contravention to zone the land? What is a councillor's and the local authority’s role...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The question on dezoned land was an important one.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We just wanted that clarified.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The development plan.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister's clarification.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Economic and Community Plans: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see them all together. It is like everything: we are all working for the improvement of our own counties and towns, which is so important. I have to agree with the previous speakers. The loss of town councils has been a disaster, in particular in places like my home town of Carlow. To me, it has been the nail in the coffin of most local authorities...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Economic and Community Plans: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with Deputy Pat Casey. To return to the issue of the LCDC and the Leader programme, as we would have known it, it is over three to four years since any money has come from the Department for any projects. When I was on Leader, there were 15 projects in respect of which we were awaiting the go-ahead. It never happened. When I went to the LCDC meetings recently, I asked whether...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Respite Care Services Provision (22 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is my second time to address this issue in the Seanad. I thank the Minister of State for coming before the House to take it. In 2005, Tír na nÓg opened to meet the demand for respite services in Carlow and the surrounding areas. At that time, ten children were availing of the service. Eleven years later, 42 children were using the weekend respite service - with a waiting...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Respite Care Services Provision (22 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. There is still confusion. Holy Angels is a great school in Carlow which is awaiting its new school build, which was committed to five years ago. I will follow it up in a future Commencement matter. I am very disappointed. A venue for respite service delivery has been agreed, but where is it? Can I return to the committee and tell the members where exactly...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome this. It is a major issue particularly for farmers, and those concerned about environmental issues and birds. I agree with that too. As one speaker said when a pilot scheme is set up, it has to go back to the local authority. Who will enforce it? Who will police it? These issues need to be addressed. Is the Minister providing extra funding to local authorities because this...