Results 8,161-8,180 of 9,552 for speaker:Verona Murphy
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Slippage?
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Now the Deputy is blaming the EU.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Hear, hear.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I would like to read into the record an article by Ciaran Fitzgerald that was published yesterday in the Agriland.ie journal: Since 2016 with the UK Brexit vote, Irish agriculture and the Irish economy, have faced a huge challenge of 'economic iceberg' proportions in terms of regional and rural economic impact from the UK’s exit from the single market. A self-imposed...
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I am.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: It may be, but this article defines where we are in relation to climate change.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I do, absolutely. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I may now go over a little.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I will go back to the article: So, while the looming carbon budget could totally undermine Irish agriculture sector output in the name of an environmental ideology that views livestock production as equivalent to oil exploration, there is a row in the agri dressing room about sucklers versus dairy beef. A row equivalent to a fight over the deckchairs on the titanic, with the iceberg...
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I have a question on a matter that interests me. Why does NAMA have 8,025 residential units, built on sites outside its control, that are included in the agency’s residential development target?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does NAMA have any control over the pricing structure for the residential units? What prices are they being delivered at?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is that at today’s price?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I want to ask a question on the consultancy costs, which seem to have increased exponentially. Note 13.11 on page 53 of the report states that the consultancy cost in 2019 was €800,000 and that it was €1.7 million in 2020, which is an increase of 94%. Can Mr. McDonagh explain that?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Page 53.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: You may have as I have printed my copy. I am referring to the special report.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I am sorry; it is page 43. Excuse me. Effectively, it states the main increase constituted legal fees.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does Mr McDonagh expect the figure to increase again?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. McDonagh mentioned the wind-down. As the extension is now to 2025, have bonuses been paid to the executive or to Mr. McDonagh, as CEO, in regard to the extension to stay on?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I appreciate that and that is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Chairman and Mr. McDonagh.