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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is not Mr. Walsh’s remit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That may be my confusion, that that was the same allocation of funding. That is fine. I want to come back to the topic which is more of Mr. O'Neill’s area. I have met him before and it is nice to see him again. I have a question on a climate policy within TII. TII would obviously have a climate carbon policy, would it not, or a carbon footprint policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: How do toll bridges or toll barriers fit into that plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: No, but the infrastructure, how does this relate to the creation of emissions? Would Mr. O'Neill say that stopping at a toll barrier contributes to air pollution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Have they carried out any study on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it raising its head as an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: We do not have a toll barrier on the M50.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will tell Mr. O’Neill where it is an issue. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, study on the barrier at the Dublin Port Tunnel says that we have the worst of NOx emissions in the country in this part of the city. It is caused primarily by the fact that we have a toll barrier. Each time a vehicle stops, it expends a litre of fuel into the atmosphere. Has there been any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is there not another way to manage that? Would they not have said the same thing about the M50?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it not the case that we need to look after the citizens' lung health? Here, NOx emissions have been way in excess of what is depicted under the European average. We are paying fines on the basis of the NOx emissions expended in this area. These are huge fines. The figure is in the millions. Is there no other way? I do not know of any tunnel in Europe that has a toll barrier as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Would Mr. O’Neill not consider maybe even traffic calming on the basis of speed control? Surely, something else is better than expending a litre of fuel for every vehicle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes, at 80 km/h. Would it not be better from a health perspective to introduce something that does not expend a litre of fuel? Money is being spent on paying fines for the whole year because of expending the fuel. As well as this, money is spent for somebody to operate the barrier. It cannot be cost effective, never mind good from a health perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Just to finish up, is it then the case that toll barriers have never been considered as part of the carbon footprint? Do toll barriers not come into the equation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Could we have a note on how that is assessed and on how the carbon footprint-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Chair.

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: We have not resourced our ICUs as we should. We have not expanded ICU capacity as required. Long before Covid we had staff shortages. In key areas of the HSE, beds are closing, corridors are full of patients on trolleys and waiting lists are expanding. The Government has put all its eggs in the vaccination basket and believes so much in the vaccination that it is trying to coerce people...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister interrupted me.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I understand it is unprecedented but I feel the need-----

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister accused me of telling lies. I referred to a report on a study carried out in the UK.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: It was not a lie. I would like the Minister to retract his statement.