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Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: For years we have been doing that.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Deputy O'Rourke is sharing time with Deputies Buckley, Mairéad Farrell, Martin Browne and Patricia Ryan.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Tóibín. I welcome the opportunity to speak about the very worrying energy situation. I thank my colleagues and, Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, our co-ordinator, for organising this debate. Unfortunately, there were signs of this energy crisis emerging before any blame could be given to Putin for his invasion of Ukraine. We must look closer to home, at some...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: You are. However, is Deputy Collins here?

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: We are ahead of time.

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am glad the Deputy knows his music.

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: The issue I am raising is that we cannot have the regulator investigating people with whom he worked. It makes no sense and it is not transparent. He has worked with these people. He was the head of planning policy. That is the issue, if I had not made that clear. Is that okay?

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: The planning regulator has a defined role outside of which he acts.

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am talking about the Office of the Planning Regulator investigating his colleagues, which is clearly what it is. That is what I am outlining. It is not appropriate. The fact we have this investigation ongoing is not appropriate. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to take our exchange into account if I take longer to explain what I am trying to say. The Minister of State is well aware...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Deputy Canney will not make it, so I will take his time if that is all right. I am sharing time with Deputy Tóibín. I normally begin my contributions by welcoming the opportunity to speak on the topic in question. I must say, however, that on this occasion I am pretty dissatisfied with the behaviour of the Government in scheduling this debate. The Government has allocated three...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Was it an unprompted voluntary disclosure or was it an accounting error? Was it the result of an investigation or not?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is on the screen there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: We do not have dentists providing dental treatment in Wexford.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is utter chaos. The fund is currently €20 million less than it was ten years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Not one final- year OT was offered a job by the HSE this year, nor could the HSE say how many OTs were qualified.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: There is a chronic deficit in communication on how many we need in education and in services.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Currently, only €62 million in funding is provided. That figure was €80 million in 2008.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: There are a lot of deficits. We have no emergency service for adults in Wexford. The hospital intervention service for patients with special needs, requiring anaesthetists to be available, has been reduced to operating one day a week. It is everything. There is no early intervention, which means that we might as well be throwing the €60 million into a black hole. As Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: Do we know why this is?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Verona Murphy: We have discussed it previously but the reality is that a huge amount of money is expended and entrusted to the local authorities. It is in excess of €1.2 billion. I understand that the Comptroller and Auditor General does not have an audit function over them.