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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Fianna Fáil does not care-----

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in support of this motion. I thank Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh and my colleague, Deputy Seán Canney, for putting this motion together. I want to focus on a particular section of the motion, which I know will be repeated a number of times. The motion states: "the unprecedented increase in construction costs, rising costs of materials and the...

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, allowing us time to highlight the increasing price of food and how that problem has been made worse by Government actions. I again feel it is necessary to draw attention to the increase in carbon tax as one of the causes of price increases everywhere, including for food. To take it from its origin, the farmers who sow the crops have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 730. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (31 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 767. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 1 March and 641 of 17 May 2022, if he will clearly provide the details of the specific locations in County Wexford in which the HSE public dental service is providing emergency cover as detailed in the responses for adult medical card patients unable to access a service from their local dentist; and if he will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I welcome everyone and I notice our guests are here in force, both virtually and physically, which is a sign that Covid-19, in particular, has moved on. What I have to say concerns budgets. To be fair to the Government, we certainly have an input of funding from it that depicts a first-class health service. Some would say that, although we are investing €21 billion in the health...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: You. How can you?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Okay. The question was what actions has Mr. Watt taken to ensure the implementation and that there is an efficient use of the allocation of funding? Let me be clearer and we will move on to the issue of mental health. Some €23 million was allocated. This has been widely reported in the newspapers but I do not want to go there. Where I want to go is that, at €23 million,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Just to be clear, the oversight role as stated by Mr. Watt does not include the fact that, once the money is allocated, it is his job to see that the money is spent efficiently and delivers a service. That is not his role. Am I wrong?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: We do not have time, Mr. Watt, and I have limited time. That question has a “yes” or “no” answer. Is it his role to ensure that once the money is allocated, it delivers an efficient, First World health service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Watt’s job as Secretary General is what I am asking. Is that a description of his role?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Will Mr. Watt tell me, and again I ask the question, what actions he has taken since he took up the position of Secretary General more than 18 months ago to ensure the implementation of the funding to deliver the health service? Which of these best describes his actions? A, would Mr. Watt say he has identified the problem and he does not know what to do about it? B, would he say he has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: A was had he identified the problem and does not know what to do about it. B asked if he had not identified a problem, in which case it is getting worse. C asked if Mr. Watt is paid a large salary, which he receives regardless, and just does not care?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: But that is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Sorry. Is Mr. Watt just paid regardless and it does not bother him?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Regarding the 1 million hours allocated for home care support, what actions have been put in place to ensure their delivery? In the Dáil, when I question the Minister for Health, or the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions, and I say we have increased the number of people waiting on home care support by more than 100 since an extra 1 million hours were provided, the Taoiseach responds by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Watt.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Watt regard himself as a problem-solver?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry, this is a binary question. Is Mr. Watt saying "Yes" or "No"? Does he regard himself as a problem-solver? This is a question requiring a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that. I have heard about the problems, but what I am not getting from Mr. Watt are the solutions. I say that because I believe the expectation of this committee, and of the public, is that we appoint people to positions to solve problems and not to be telling us what the problems are all the time. We appoint people to come up with solutions that reflect the fact that we have...