Results 1-20 of 249 for long speaker:Verona Murphy

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...reports from gardaí and drugs councillors stating that drugs are available in every rural village and town in Ireland. The cliché of cocaine as the drug of choice for the wealthy, young elite is long out of date. It has evolved in recent years and is now being used regularly by all classes across society. The epidemic has soared to new heights and is now being felt in every...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: How long has Ms McCrum been Secretary General of the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: I do not mind, as long as there is an answer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: They can drive for a private operator, as long as they are not on the school bus run, at 80 years of age and carrying 54 or 55 children.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: How long was the third bus put on for?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick (9 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: That is not what the president told us. When asked, the president said that he had a long-standing engagement and was not available. We took that in good faith. This is a statutory committee. My understanding is that was a blatant lie, if what Professor Kilcommins is saying is true.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick (9 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...tells us that somebody was not present but it would appear that the reason given meant that the only hours he was unavailable were the hours that PAC was sitting. The advice was that there was a long-standing engagement that only pertained to the hours that PAC was sitting. Professor Kilcommins said there was an emergency executive meeting after the PAC, after he raised his concerns....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: .... I did some analysis of my own. I was informed yesterday that the service would be faster and that the proposal would make the journey faster, but that is not the case. It is not faster. How long does it take to get from Wexford to Dublin? Which is the fastest train?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: How long has that review been going on for?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...that were never going to work, and we just ended up spending this money? Is there incompetence somewhere that is not being unearthed? I do not know of any business, and I was in business in logistics for a long time, where you would outlay €150 million and then blame a matter of policy for it being removed. Either the policy was bonkers in the first place or the proposed project...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...a wait of three years for an MRI under general anaesthetic. Then Covid happened and the surgery that was meant to take place in 2018 only took place in October 2021. The bone had been left for so long that the ball joint had worn down to the socket. The femoral head had to be removed and a titanium shoulder put in. This was supposed to leave the child pain-free but with a shorter leg....

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Verona Murphy: It was left to the school to sort out and source another provider. Another provider has come in but for how long I do not know. Ultimately, these services just do not pay any more.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...much on punishing people. We know the benefits forestry brings, yet we cannot get it right. We also need to get our public transport system sorted out. In a number of towns, the main bus stop is a long walk away from the main train station, and there is very little link-up between buses and trains. We do not even have a train, metro or any kind of railway near our airports. The most...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (7 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...not my first time to stand on the floor of the House and ask for that amount to be given to Wexford to improve the condition of the roads. Addressing that significant 30% deficit in funding would go a long way to help bring Wexford up in the categories. If we are to be serious, we need to stop asking why we have so many road deaths. In recent weeks, I have seen flooding,...

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...addition, I am getting letters from people with Airbnbs who feel that the policies the Government is bringing in through regulation will put them out of business. It is trying to force them to become long-term rental properties for which they are not suitable. If nothing else, I ask the Minister of State to take that back to the Cabinet and her Government colleagues and tell them that...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...necessity for a coroner to be available to conclude those such an inquest. The people involved in that inquest have been through hell and back and are trying to get answers. It has been a very long process since the incident occurred in 1981, at which time I was a child. Now, 43 years later, the anniversary of those awful events is traumatic for people when they have to be going on for...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: How long does the first instance to check admissibility take usually?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Verona Murphy: I absolutely accept that, but I think we also need to do a proper analysis on what we are really saving ourselves in the long term. I turn to the social insurance fund in the short time I have left. What is the provisional outturn for the social insurance fund in 2023, and was there a vote subvention required?

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...raised the pension rights of carers on this floor many times. We are three and half years into the lifetime of the Government. Although a limited pension solution for carers will be introduced in January, it falls a long way short of what I believe the Government had hoped for. It will allow people who have been caring for 20 years or more to have some contributions towards their State...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...any favours in allowing a far-right element to blame the people for whom we cater in this regard. That is all I need to say on the matter. We all need to look at this a little more from a long-term perspective and stop looking at it in the short term. I do not see where the short term is now. It seems to be a long-term issue and we need to look at it from the point of view of...