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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: What are the plans to review the community employment, CE, schemes?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to increase staffing resources in INTREO centres to meet demand for public services card appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Development Projects (13 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any plans to provide capital funding for the multi-functional community hub at Tullow Road, Carlow to remedy the serious lack of community facilities such as childcare, community, youth and family in the Tullow Road area in Carlow with a key partner (details supplied); and if he will make...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. I know only too well the impact the energy crisis is having on families and businesses across the country. Families who have never asked for help before have been coming to my clinics. There is a fear, and that is something on which we need to try to work. Schools and many section 39 organisations have contacted me about funding, particularly in terms of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I met foster mothers in Carlow-Kilkenny yesterday and what I heard was worrying. Although these foster families do an incredible job on behalf of the State, I felt the State should do more for them. Foster care allowance has not increased since 2009 and if the same children were to be put into State care the weekly cost per child would be €6,000. I heard a foster parent was told to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [49968/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for her reply and the Minister, Deputy Martin for her funding for the outdoor public space at the Carlow Exchange in Carlow town. This is beautiful for the community. I am aware of the €210,000 awarded by the Arts Council, which I welcome, but again I feel that this answer is not a good one in the sense that we have a fabulous building and a crisis with the cost...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In Carlow town, we are so very fortunate to have the VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, one of Ireland's leading contemporary arts spaces. It opened in 2009. With its beautiful gallery space and performance area, it is an incredible amenity to have. VISUAL houses a 335-seat theatre and the largest white-cube gallery space in the country. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on discussions that she has had with a group (details supplied) regarding supports for Leaving Certificate exams in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Carlow has the third highest national rates of early-school-leaving, and that absenteeism rates are higher than the national average; if she has plans to support measures in County Carlow to combat this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49785/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank our guests. Some of my questions have actually been answered. All of us have seen homelessness, and very much so recently. There has been an increase in the use of food parcels. In my area in Carlow, St. Clare's Hospitality Kitchen gives out meals every day. The increase in that for young people has been absolutely unreal. It is a concern because when we speak about people who...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Many of my questions have been answered. I am from the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency, as is the Chair. How many social workers are there in counties Carlow and Kilkenny? The pressure for social workers, because we need so many more, has become a significant issue that needs to be addressed. The foster care allowance rate of €325 for a child under 12 and €352 for a child...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sometimes we hear the expression, "There is money there", which I understand, but this has come to the forefront in recent weeks for me and other Deputies. The biggest issue is the question of whether fostering will continue if this keeps going on. I refer to the cost-of-living crisis. There was such love among the foster mothers I spoke to, but equally such love among the children as well....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Mr. Gloster.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, of course.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Do it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Duggan.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Alternative Aftercare Services for Young Adults: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Murphy. I will send on the information in this regard. I thank all the witnesses again for their work. I know everybody is doing their best, and these are challenging times.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish to speak about funding for a community build on the Tullow Road in Carlow. The council and the Government are working on a jointly funded €2.5 million project. The project comes under Part 8 planning, and it has been approved for a hub. For 35 years there have been many high-density housing developments in the Tullow Road area of Carlow. Unfortunately, little or no social,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----on this as it falls within both of their areas.