Results 4,861-4,880 of 4,887 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Seanad: Waste Disposal Charges: Statements (30 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes.
- Seanad: Waste Disposal Charges: Statements (30 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I spoke on the pay-by-weight issue last week. There is confusion. The Minister needs to clarify this for us, especially for the people using Greyhound and other facilities. I would like the Minister to come to the House to explain the situation. I believe it will be sorted but we need confirmation of what the situation is. In the last local elections, the name of the Leader programme...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will give the Minister of State a brief synopsis of this matter. The Holy Angels Day Care Centre opened in Carlow in 1978 in the basement of Carlow's old district hospital by a Presentation nun, Sister Columba. She was given a cheque for £100 from the south east health board and with the names of five children with special needs from the local area, Holy Angels was set up to provide...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will I not?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is the same situation.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Do I have to finish?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is so important because unless one knows the particular details-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Can I have two more minutes, please, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: To give a rough outline, Tír na nÓg was set up in 2005. It is a respite service for the children of Carlow and was opened for 11 years. It first opened with ten children and then it had 42 children attending it. It was a weekend service with a waiting list of 30 or so. It was closed by the HSE in December 2015 and because of the need for the service, a weekend one was put in...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: That is right.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes. I welcome the Minister of State's response but I think we are both suffering from a bit of confusion. The respite service was closed in December 2015 because it was in a private house in a housing estate and the house required improvement works, such as changing the doors, in order to comply with HIQA standards. That is a reason it closed. The facility had great staff. The children...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I, too, congratulate the Irish team. Like previous speakers, I was taken aback by a report in this morning's edition of the Irish Examinerunder the headline "Harmful drinking is the 'norm' in this country and causes three deaths every day". The report notes that new data released by the Health Research Board shows that young drinkers aged from 18 to 24 years have the most harmful drinking...
- Seanad: Mental Health: Statements (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Can I give my colleague two minutes of my time?
- Seanad: Mental Health: Statements (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I congratulate the Minister of State on her appointment. I know she will do well in her new position. It is great to see the appointment of a woman. No family is immune from some form of mental health issues. Beyond the striking statistics on suicide levels and the affliction of depression extracting a hefty toll on the day-to-day lives of countless people, the recovery model recognises...
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister to the House. Fianna Fáil supports the replacement of flat-rate bin charges with pay-by-weight bin charges for households. This will reduce residual waste going to landfills, give householders more control over their waste costs and reward those who recycle. However, we acknowledge that the implementation of the new charging regime has been highly problematic...
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We have to give them real answers.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There has been a lack of information and a growing sense of fear and frustration among families with regard to these charges. I understand that. There has been a complete failure of communication on the part of the Department and the providers regarding the new charging structure. The issues of information and regulation must be addressed. Fianna Fáil is committed to promoting...
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: And what then?
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Hear, hear.