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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...assessed. All the representatives have spoken about the money but the first thing they will say is "early intervention". I feel that we are neglected in Carlow. There is an issue with CHO 5 when it comes to staffing. I am not blaming staff by the way. I am not here to criticise anyone but the problem is that people have lost faith in the system. Families come to me and some of them...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that the Minister has his full team with him today. I also welcome the €463 million, which is a 16% increase in the overall budget. Services, particularly for children, are very important. The committee has frequently discussed difficulties with recruitment and retention. In community healthcare organisation, CHO, 5, there are difficulties with services, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...in contact with the Department to see what is happening. The manager of that organisation, which provides a service for children, does not know if staff can be paid. It is a section 39 organisation, for which €59 million was proposed in budget 2023. If we cannot look after the ones that are already organised and running, how will we recruit and set up others? There are huge...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...lack of affordable medicine for pregnant people suffering with hyperemesis in Ireland; (4) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss an update on public transport facilities in County Carlow; (5) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - to discuss the failure of Department of Housing to share plans with the Moore Street Advisory Group to pay €1.5 million to the street traders; (6)...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that the Christmas bonus is being paid this week. I also welcome the €5 million announced by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, for community pantos. I spoke to her about Striking Productions in Carlow, a community panto which has lost a lot of funding. Christmas is about families. Why is the assisted human...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...to my attention. We need to look at the overall model of childcare. This is a start and I welcome it. I also welcome the extension of the national childcare scheme to children aged up to 15 from the end of next year. It is another very important move for families. It is the road we need to take. The additional teachers for schools will lower classroom sizes and it is very welcome....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...and are able to have access to deal with the same number of issues through one helpline or one specific Minister, we will have issues with this system in the next few years. I welcome the €7.8 million funding provided to address the backlog of preliminary team assessments. The Minister of State indicated that the 6,500 cases on the waiting list have reduced to 1,500. Is there...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to allocate funding supports to local print media similar to the €5 million provision which was allocated to local radio; her further plans to accelerate advertising from State and national agencies to local print media to support the industry; the position regarding the new media commission replacing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior DEIS band one schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in budget 2021; the position regarding the planned full-year allocation of €5 million in 2022 and allocation of same; the position regarding additional resources and staffing and the allocation of same to all DEIS band one schools; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior DEIS 1 schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in budget 2021; the position regarding the planned full year allocation of €5 million in 2022 and allocation of same; the position regarding additional resources and staffing and the allocation of same to all DEIS band one schools; and if she...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...budget wisely and that we make sure people are not waiting two and three years for hospital appointments. That cannot happen anymore. We need to make sure we deliver on that. A total of €38 million will be available to implement new measures under the Sharing the Vision, our national mental health strategy. There is a massive spend on health but it is important we do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...we are very lucky in Carlow that we have great facilities. There is the Delta Centre and the Holy Angels Day Care Centre and we are very lucky with our services there. I welcome the €100 million allocated for services and the additional €20 million for improving them. In regard to funding, will staffing be a big issue? Respite was one of the biggest issues for families...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We all got a shock when we realised that we had to go to level 5 this week. Many people are doing the right thing by washing their hands, wearing masks and reducing contacts while businesses have spent thousands of euro modifying their premises to protect their staff and customers. They were all stunned when they realised that no matter how hard they tried, the virus had taken control and...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... The extension of the commercial rates will help reduce the fixed cost of doing business. It was an issue I also brought to Ministers running up to the budget. I especially welcome the €10 million set aside for the IDA to develop advance factories in industrial estates for companies seeking to invest in Ireland, especially outside of Dublin, and the €30 million...

Services for People with Disabilities: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...through the HSE. Has a special budget been provided for additional buses, hiring more escorts and cleaning and sanitising buses? I welcome the Minister of State's announcement today of €7.8 million for the assessment of needs for children aged up to 18. In my area of Carlow and Kilkenny, CHO 5, €693,000 has been allocated for the assessment of needs. I welcome that...

Seanad: HSE Capital Plan 2019: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...I will make quickly. Today I met with the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, and the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA. One of the issues they raised was that €7 million was spent on private ambulances through the HSE in the last eight months. That is a concern, as they feel they are not being listened to. I ask the Minister to set up meetings with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...speaker on Rehab and its services. I have just left a meeting with Rehab where we heard about its serious concerns about the 3,000 people with disabilities who use its service. There are 1,500 staff. This is a crucial service. I live near a Rehab service in Carlow town and it is absolutely excellent. There is a meeting today at 5 p.m. with the Minister for Health and I ask that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: When town councils were abolished, there was a €5 million saving with a 40% reduction in the number of councillors. As I said, the Minister of State needs to look at this. It boils down to funding. No matter what anyone says, I firmly believe that the reason the town councils were abolished was funding. Regarding the €5 million that has been saved through the abolition of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. Will he clarify what he meant when he mentioned facilities, including a hydrotherapy unit, a soft play area and a multisensory room? He said that almost €580,000 has been allocated by the HSE? Has this money been allocated to the Holy Angels centre? The respite services in Tullow went for tender months ago, but we have had no update on that. Is there...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Government every week and we speak to the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. The delivery and timescales need to be looked at. I know there is an increase in the funding provided for homelessness services and I welcome the €310 million package for affordable housing over three years but, again, it is all about delivery. We need to see real houses for real people and we need to...