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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am pleased to be here speaking on the legislation and that it has been brought forward. It is well known that there needs to be a step back and that deep breaths need to be taken in forming county development plans, particularly as the national planning framework takes no account of the Covid pandemic or a post-Covid era. We saw a headline in The Irish Timesyesterday stating "House prices...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that is being made to expand the current number of specialist eating disorders teams nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26698/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 456. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 24 April 2021, when the backlog of competitions awaiting filling by a company (details supplied) as referenced in the response will be addressed to allow the processing of a CAMHS Wexford south psychologist offer to a panel candidate; the specific timeframe for the processing of an offer for the position; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue a directive to the HSE to instruct hospitals nationwide to allow partners accompany expectant mothers for all antenatal appointments and scans in addition to allowing partner presence throughout the entire labour and birthing of the new-born; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 487. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be provided to a person (details supplied) in acquiring registration with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (24 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed that a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital will be included in the HSE Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (24 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the specific timeline on the installation of a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26334/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine for persons not registered with a general practitioner due to the shortfall of general practitioner capacity and who cannot register for the Covid-19 vaccine due to the requirement to provide general practitioner details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the specific provisions in place in County Wexford for private patients of retiring general practitioners who are unable to access alternative registration with general practitioner services due to the chronic lack of general practitioner capacity in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/21]

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am glad to speak on this Bill. It has many good elements but we all know what the real issue is with rental properties. For the first time in the history of the State, 80% of serviced zoned lands in Wexford and many other rural constituencies are to be effectively dezoned. It makes no sense. It will drive up the price of land, increase the cost of housing and magnify the current housing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am heartened to hear what she said because this is an urgent matter. She will have noted from the email I received from one of my constituents, which I read into the record, that this man is in his 70s and had been working. He received his over 70s medical card but it is of no benefit if he is unable to get an appointment. I heard what the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to bring this issue to the attention of the House and the Minister of State. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for stepping in on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, whose area this is. The dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, provides access to dental treatment for adult medical card holders aged...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I concur with Deputy Munster on that point. I am unsure as to what date An Bord Pleanála appeared before the committee but it was probably a month ago. It has come to my attention that in asking An Bord Pleanála officials what they had learned from all of the judicial reviews that had been taken against their decisions, we find that 16 cases that were not been granted permission...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: No, Chairman, I do not but I concur with Deputy Hourigan on that point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: I would like the committee to ask An Bord Pleanála if it has complied with procedural issues in relation to the public consultation application of decisions and that prior to their being made that they have been publicised and that they were publicised subsequently to prevent judicial review being such an easy recourse.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: Absolutely. This is a matter of extreme urgency. A lot of people are being put to the pin of their collar because we have such a lack of competition within the banking sector. I very much lend my support to that motion.