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Seanad: Local Authority Members' Terms and Conditions: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I move:That Seanad Éireann calls for a Seanad committee representative of all the political groups to be established in order to examine councillors’ terms and conditions, including PRSI class K status, pension rights and other related matters and that this committee consult representatives of both the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, and the Local Authority Members...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am very disappointed to realise that the pay-by-weight system the Minister agreed to a week ago has not been clarified. My Fianna Fáil colleagues and I will agree to the Sinn Féin amendment. I proposed yesterday that the Minister address the Seanad. A week ago, we agreed there would be a 12-month freeze for everyone and that there would be information and consultation so that...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: May I raise a point of order?

Seanad: Waste Disposal Charges: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. I have to say I am a little confused. I spoke to the Minister about this issue last week. I have three or four questions for him and I want him to answer them for me. I thank him for coming in to clarify these matters. The Minister said last week that it had been agreed that there would be a 12-month freeze from 1 July 2016 to 1 July 2017. He said there would be an...

Seanad: Waste Disposal Charges: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes. It will be available in January 2017. I am trying to get my understanding of these issues confirmed. I understand that as part of these arrangements, the transitional 12-month period for the operation of the pay-by-weight system and of the wider waste market will be reviewed. I also understand that when a decision is being made on the arrangements beyond 1 July 2017, the intention...

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...