Results 1-20 of 330 for long speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...it all of the time – to be told that if people have a full medical card, they should send in the receipt and it will refund them. However, it does not work that way. People are waiting for so long that they could have three or four blood tests done. I ask the Minister of State to look at these services that are needed urgently. I want to raise the issue of an injury clinic for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...issues I have been talking to her about recently is the inclusion of assessments and intervention from private service providers, which I welcomed. That made a difference but we still have a long road to go. As I always say to the Minister of State, early intervention is the only way forward. It is important that children are assessed early. That is the most important issue going...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... Lots of people have come to me about this. Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021, contributions from farm and business assets can be capped after three years in care as long as the family successor who is appointed will continue to run the assets for a period. Having already introduced amendments to the fair deal scheme to safeguard family farms and...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...growth in the number of special classes being opened in schools, as I have seen in my own area of Carlow-Kilkenny. I also welcome that. I know there is the good with the bad. Do we have a plan for the long-term development of new school campuses which would cater for all students to allow them to complete their primary and post-primary education? The one thing I want to see is children...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...enacted quickly. This is of the utmost importance. As of 31 December 2015, the Residential Institutions Redress Board had made awards of compensation to 15,579 survivors. These survivors, along with those who obtained a similar court award or settlement, would be eligible to access support provided for under this Bill. That is really welcome and important because not enough has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...game-changer. I was delighted to hear the Minister’s facts and figures about how it has benefited children, how children are going to school and how the programme makes a difference. There is a long-term effect for communities. It is also helping many caterers to create jobs. The standard is absolutely excellent. It has a knock-on effect for communities particularly in rural...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to ensure those suffering from long-Covid are not penalised in the public sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/24]

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ..., particularly in rural Ireland. I have met with several business owners recently in my own area. We know this has to happen because the one thing we see now is that people are living longer, and that is really welcome. However, people would not live on an old age pension. They would need two pensions coming in to survive, particularly we are talking about a couple and one has...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...particularly in County Carlow, where I work, roads need to be prioritised and funding needs to be made available. When funding is available and an application goes to An Bord Pleanála, one must wait a long time for a decision. I beg the Minister of State to determine what we can do in this regard. This is about road safety and saving lives, and these have to be a priority. In...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...for standard posture training for children in schools to prevent posture-related problems in later life, and the posture problem is directly related to children being on their phones at all times. This is a long-term problem and we really need to work to see what we can do about it. The Meta representatives spoke about working with communities throughout the world and holding workshops,...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...to encourage the higher participation of women in the workplace, less commuting and greater regional balance. I am all for regional balance. That is so important. Such changes will give long-term resilience to our economy and society, and it is therefore important that we also bring about this balance. We need to have women at the decision-making table in order that they can represent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...school but because they have not been assessed, it is hard on the parents and on the child. Do the witnesses believe there is a crisis? Schools are waiting to get classrooms built and there are long delays. Families are fighting to get places in schools but they cannot get them. What do we need to do? I deal with parents daily and I really feel they are at breaking point. I know of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Waste (22 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...is doing. He spoke about farm to fork. The strategy is important. All I can do is highlight that this is about information, communication and everyone working together. If we do that, it will go a long way towards getting this issue sorted.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...to have a medical card because a visit to a doctor can now vary in price from €60 to €75. That is a lot of money. I always say, as do other people, that a medical card is like a gold card. I have long argued that medical cards need to be automatically issued to anyone with cancer. I have spoken to the Minister several times about this. I had a few cases in recent months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Safeguarding: Safeguarding Ireland (21 Feb 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...I am a big believer in education and in people knowing that if they report something, it will not come back on them. I again thank the witnesses. Like the Chair, I apologise that they had to wait such a long time to come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. She came to Carlow not long ago and visited our library. We have a beautiful library, but as the Minister knows, we need to expand it. I know Carlow County Council is promoting it and working within the community. The library is in what we know as the cultural quarter of Carlow town. The town has seen expansion, and according to the most recent census, Carlow has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have received several questions and queries about when the mother and baby scheme will be open for applications. As the Minister knows, the long-awaited redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes was signed into law in July. I can honestly say, like the Minister, that the survivors who have contacted me not getting any younger. They deserve and need the scheme up and running...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...under way by the national disability service and HSE procurement to develop a tender process and service specifications for delivery of assessments of needs from private providers to deal with the long backlog in assessments of needs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...the Minister of State. As she said, we need to see this tender process. I believe we need to see the service specification for the delivery of assessments of needs. It needs to be rushed. The long waiting lists for assessment of needs, which is not a new phenomenon, should be reason enough for the national disability service and the HSE procurement team to speed up their delivery of...