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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...to me with some doctors charging them for their blood tests. I also have people applying for a grant. When people are aged 66 or over, they can apply to Carlow County Council for a housing adaptation grant or a grant for windows, doors or a bedroom extension. Some doctors charge them for their notes or medical reports. People with a full medical card cannot be paying for these extra...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...the issue of children receiving substandard services in children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in Carlow. I was disappointed to read in a response to a parliamentary question I submitted that the HSE has delayed a new children's service facility in Carlow which was to be the new home for the CDNT. Part of that was to include the Holy Angels centre. A funding allocation of...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. The Bill gives new enforcement powers to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, including the power to issue compliance notices to enhance compliance with regulation in residential care homes and further protect residents. That is very important. The Bill is about further protecting residents. The new amendments to the Health Act 2007 are a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...never imagine yourself going before your child, which must be absolutely horrific. A parent has enough to deal with having lost a loved one without having to worry about days off work, bills and whatever. When I read that similar leave is already granted to workers in the Civil Service and public service, it is clear it is time to extend the right to employees in the private sector. It...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is a sad one. The death of a baby around the time of birth is something you never expect. It is the most traumatic experience a family will go through. It is important that there be support and help for everyone. The work being done by Féileacáin is excellent. We need to work with it on this. At the end of the day, a life is a life. Caroline and Martin talked about...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within Carlow and Kilkenny divisions that were refurbished by the OPW where the value of works is in excess of €100,000 in 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of works carried; the estimated completion timeframe for capital works projects that are still ongoing at present, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kilkenny and in Carlow at present; the number in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21448/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries attached to the consultant paediatric cardiologist at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seen in the endometriosis hub at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes his advocacy on Palestinian issues is now having a real impact at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20596/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...people have come into my clinic who cannot get their children assessed. These people are borrowing from credit unions and their own parents. The cost of getting assessments has gone so high that they are really under pressure. The CSO indicators show that 15.2% of children live at risk of poverty, and with 190,000 children, a child in one in every seven households experiences poverty....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This week, I met some Carlow fire and rescue members. Two of them are nearly 60 so they are going to have to retire. We have good news that there is legislation coming in to allow our firefighters to stay on until the age of 62, which is really welcome. If the legislation is enacted prior to 16 May 2024, Carlow County Council will abide by it but, if not, the firefighters will have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for that positive news. It is important. Carlow town is bigger than Kilkenny city. Central Statistics Office figures for the most recent census show that the population of Carlow town has grown by nearly 9% to nearly 28,000, while Kilkenny city has a population of 27,500. The Minister has given me good news, which I welcome, but we need to have our own services. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the reduction in the numbers on the treatment lists and I am aware of the Minister's commitment. He was in Carlow last week and we were delighted to have him down. Carlow needs to have the services it does not have at the moment. While she was not giving out to me, a constituent spoke to me about having to go to Kilkenny for orthodontic treatment. As the Minister said, some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Homes (2 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: You are very good. Thank you very much. It was good the Minister of State spoke of voluntary homes and care homes, such as those in Carlow and Kilkenny, and I thank her for the funding. Deputy Crowe spoke of care homes needing funding. We all respect the HIQA reports and whatever but I spoke to the Minister of State recently about looking at local authority grants for when a HIQA...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There are no precise, up-to-date data on the number of survivors of abuse in residential institutions who are still alive today but I can tell you they are not getting any younger. Therefore, we all need to work together to have this Bill enacted quickly. This is of the utmost importance. As of 31 December 2015, the Residential Institutions Redress Board had made awards of compensation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am sure all my questions have been answered. They have all been taken; it is no problem. I welcome everyone here today, in particular the representatives from the WRC. I know there is a Carlow branch. I wish Ms Cahill well in her new role, which is very good and important. I apologise if these questions have been asked already. I ask the Public Appointments Service representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department is giving to Irish Rail to provide ample car parking in Carlow town at Carlow train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19238/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome that we now realise from our meetings that the Green Paper was not going to work. However, the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities in 1996 recommended there should be a gradual payment to meet additional everyday costs associated with disabilities. This has come up with me recently too. There is no overall payment to cover the cost of disability in Ireland....