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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I support sensible measures to encourage people to lead more environmentally healthy lives but I have major fears about whether this Bill will lead to that. While I believe the Minister and his colleagues in the Green Party are sincere in their motives, I disagree with the approach they want to take. First, this Bill could best be described as motherhood and apple pie. While it sounds...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: There has been no shortage of shoddy, poorly thought-out legislation passed through this House in the past 14 months. In many cases, it resulted from the lack of debate and scrutiny. It is a big frustration in the context of the way business is being conducted that, often, debate only happens after a bad proposal has been passed. The Government is attempting to do the same thing with this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the installation of a public MRI facility at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/21]

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

Verona Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the breakdown of the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for child psychologist services in CAMHS in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach might not be aware that, currently, due to the dysfunctional elements with regard to what happens in different Departments and in the context of legislative licensing requirements, the cable layers of the world are laying cables on our seabed, jeopardising the livelihood of the fishermen that he does not want us to discuss. Those fishermen find themselves in the High Court...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is the Government's policy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is because Government policy is Stalinist.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes, it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: We have an ideologue as a planning regulator.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Fianna Fáil is the party which, throughout its lifetime, has credited itself for being the provider of homes for generations. The previous Government issued guidelines that prevented housing development outside the M50. The Mahon tribunal found that, in effect, the planning policy adopted by Governments facilitated the practice of payment for zoning. Now, new planning policy is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It should be a concern because the planning policies we have today mean that most of what is expected is not viable. That is why developers are not building. High densities have been pushed on them. There is no viability in the development and, therefore, planning permissions have been granted but buildings will not be built. I am glad to hear the Taoiseach confirm that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the crisis presently facing the charter boat industry here (details supplied); if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the industry has been decimated due to Covid-19 restrictions and that the sector is unable to fulfil the eligibility criteria of the current financial support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 848. To ask the Minister for Health when community medical doctors will be in a position to recommence regular primary medical certificate assessments following legal clarification in relation to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2050 of 24 March 2021, the minimum level of afforestation needed to ensure the survival of private forestry nurseries, planting companies and contractors given the fact that only 50% of the 4,500 hectares referenced will convert to planting due to inordinate delays in obtaining approval; and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Chair and wish everybody a good afternoon. I thank the witnesses for appearing. Following on from some of Deputy Devlin's questions, the witnesses will see Leinster House in the background behind me. Is a television licence for Leinster House paid on the same basis as the licence for a householder? Can anybody answer that question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Would the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine pay for another licence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: But only one. Maybe we would look into that for Ms Forbes, given that there are probably 500 televisions in Leinster House alone. It seems that there are some anomalies. Another issue I would like to bring up is that earlier in the year there was a charitable payout based on a defamatory claim made against RTÉ - a libel action. RTÉ paid out €20,000. How was that...