Results 1-20 of 53 for going forward speaker:Verona Murphy

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

Verona Murphy: I have to say that I do not see the forward planning as an improvement. For this committee, it is imperative that the mistakes of the past are not repeated, given the spending that has gone into a black hole. I will put it to the witnesses again. Never mind the fact it is €150 million running to €300 million for three combined projects that are now gone by the wayside. Were...

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

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for sitting in for the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. I acknowledge that some good work has been carried out by the Minister but I remind everyone that we have had no discussion of this issue in the House since the failed referendum. I remind the House of the commitment of the former Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, that the Government will continue to increase...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...wrong. I am sure it is no consolation but it begins another fight and that fight is to understand whether or not what you have heard today is sincere and will turn out to be true to form. I look forward to a day when we will look back and celebrate what we have learned through the awful tragedy of the Stardust. That will come, no doubt, in the form of a commemoration in which, probably...

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

Verona Murphy: ...to becoming more environmentally sustainable. However, as I have said when I have spoken on the matter, I believe our transition is unjust. Just last week we saw the latest contradiction put forward by Government. On the one hand the Government pressed ahead with increases in the excise duty on petrol and diesel and then on the other hand, a Government agency, the NTA, released...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...women who, within the meaning of the Constitution, provided care in the home for their families. Their families are struggling to do the same. We announce with great gusto in this House that we are going to throw money at many services and we are going to do this, but it does not happen. It is the delivery we need to focus on and we are not able to deliver the services. The HSE in CHO...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...earlier from Deputy Bacik that the actual issue this leaves for a father who is widowed is that he is not entitled to the widow's pension if he is not married, and, similarly, nor is a mother. Skipping forward to 2022, we see the census figures show there was a marginal decrease in the number of one-parent families with mothers with children, which is down by 1%, compared with a rise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 Dec 2023)

Verona Murphy: ..., Food and the Marine if he acknowledges the current immense pressures being exerted on the family farm model; what measures his Department intends to take to ensure viability of the family farm going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is Mr. Doyle saying that he cannot put forward a proposal in his capacity as Secretary General? I mean a proposal to help this person not to be homeless because of a 14-month delay in planning and for the other number of people who are homeless - we have 12,500 homeless in addition to all those who are in direct provision and cannot get out of it. We are talking thousands of people and we...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let us go back to where this all started. The confidence the Minister expressed in the Commissioner may be somewhat misguided but that will be determined by her. Go back to 2018. The Commissioner, Drew Harris, decided he did not need 800 recruits a year. He said he would do with 600, going against what was Government policy and the Department. It was endorsed and signed off by the then...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is all I need to know. I have to go back on the basis that there is no documentary evidence to support what has been put forward by RTÉ. Can Mr. Bakhurst tell me where the evidence is that documented, as he said, that Noel Kelly knew of how this scheme operated?

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...of hundreds of thousands of euro, all while RTÉ's former director general, Dee Forbes, protested that the TV licence fee had to increase as RTÉ's survival depended on it. The board of RTÉ has scapegoated the obvious and has absolved itself of any real responsibility. The board's lack of knowledge and of interaction with the executive board would call into question the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...of that attitude. I am not saying it is wrong; it is just one area where we need to think about how we can bring both together. I am prepared to work on that. As Mr. Ó Lionáin mentioned, going forward I am concerned about the criteria that will be set down for what we determine a disadvantaged area. I live in a quite normal part of rural Ireland. By no means would I consider...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: On foot of our debate yesterday evening regarding our fire services, the Government's amendment is disappointing. We heard about our firefighters. Their hourly rate equates to 90 cent an hour, but I am not sure if that point was made, or if it was, the Government must have heard it but been deaf to it, and this is similar. I have been working since I was 12, and I have no shame in saying...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...I am not impressed. Before the country is bankrupted, the Minister needs to have a discussion with his Secretary General and insist on a cost-benefit analysis for any of the schemes being brought forward. If he cares to look at the record of the meeting this morning, he will see that Deputy McAuliffe has joined me in calling for a cost-benefit analysis. There also needs to be a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Does Ms Hurley think that going forward it probably should be? The Standards In Public Office Commission is something that we should use as a measure of the persons or particular standards being accounted for, particularly at county council level given the level of funding that is attributed to them.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: ..., I can see where we have a very efficient local development group and there should not be a penny wasted. It is perfectly capable of administrating it. I would like it to be a consideration going forward that a local authority should not benefit from what ultimately is part of its job, as far as I see it. I am very concerned about the underspend. Does Ms Hurley have a figure on...

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...special mention and their actions most likely helped to prevent the fire spreading further. While the focus might be on the fire-damaged building, it is also an appropriate opportunity for the Government to review fire services and identify ways in which they can be better supported and brought into the modern-day realm. There are inquiries and investigations into how this fire occurred...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...want to shout, so I will calm down and put the issue to the Tánaiste. I received a document from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage yesterday. I had not decided how I was going to vote because I have spoken about planning for three years. There is a very serious issue, whereby 70,000 planning permissions have been granted but not yet commenced. They will not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Meally said earlier that there are significant challenges going forward. Are our targets low? We met them in 2020 but were they revised at any stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Going forward it will be a challenge to meet them. Is that correct?