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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Not at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We talked to everybody. That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will accept that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Tax Code (4 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English. This issue relates to the need for the Minister for Finance to ensure that the introduction of a first-time buyer's tax relief is extended to those who have had to surrender their homes on foot of a court order, for example, those who have been divorced or those whose house has been repossessed. Starting over again will be a lot harder...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Tax Code (4 Oct 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister of State's response. He referred to homelessness but there is a housing crisis and a lack of supply. People who are unable to secure a mortgage will end up renting for the rest of their lives and something needs to be in place for them. To get a local authority mortgage, one has to have been refused by a bank and a building society. This applies to first-time buyers...

Seanad: Address by An Taoiseach (Resumed) (29 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Taoiseach. I am my party’s spokesperson on housing and there are one or two issues about which I am very concerned. We have had four months of meetings with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Coveney. Arising from those meetings, we have been told there is an 84-point action plan. One of the only two results to emerge from those meetings...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I extend my sympathies to the Lucas family. It was a very sad situation and the whole of Ireland was in shock when we saw it on the news and read about it. As the Leader is aware, now is the time for local authorities to do their budgets. Councils have experienced major changes. The most significant issue for local authorities is the abolition of all the town councils. Additional issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water Safety: Chairperson Designate (28 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Most of my questions have already been asked but I wish to compliment Irish Water Safety. Most parents ensure their children learn to swim. I have never learned to swim but I have ensured that my children can swim. I will address my inability to swim. It is crucial that people are aware of water safety. There are swimming pools where I live, so people go to the pool all the time and not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Last week I asked the Minister about addressing the cap, particularly in local authorities. I checked this further during the week. Part of the reason people are becoming homeless is that the cap has not been changed in each local authority for so long. Five years ago local authorities did not have homeless clinics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is part of pillar 1, but I did not get a reply last week. It was something I wished to address under that pillar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Okay, but that must be seriously examined. With regard to land aggregation, the Minister is concentrating too much on rented accommodation. Long-term rental will not solve the problem in this country. Renting over the long term will only cost the State money. Consider all of the land the local authorities have. In each budget they are paying pay back a certain amount to the banks because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Elderly people will not get any work done on their homes. A lady called to me last week. She is a local authority tenant and she cannot afford to fix her gas boiler. We tell those tenants that we do not fix gas boilers, doors or windows. We do not do any repairs anymore to local authority houses. The Minister must address this because people are living in fear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have many more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They do not. That is the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The tenants pay for it, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In response, the landlords are increasing rents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like to speak about housing. The Minister hit the nail on the head when he said each local authority was different. Rural local authorities are not receiving the same amount as councils such as Dublin City Council. They do not have the tools to take in high incomes. I know that the Minister will look at rural counties such as Carlow when he is putting his housing programme in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No.