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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of Government Chief Information Officer
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management (19 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: He is very good at obfuscating. He is becoming the Secretary General that is required.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I apologise to my Sinn Féin colleagues. I skipped ahead by accident. Next is Deputy Cronin followed by Deputy Ó Murchú.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Deputies Richmond and Bruton are sharing time.

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the issue. When it comes to housing, the various rules, regulations and proposals being debated by the Government and the main Opposition party are, as the saying goes, like “two bald men fighting over a comb”. I do not have a great deal of confidence that either side is identifying the root causes. The Bill deals with what I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: My question, which is for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, relates to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. In both north Wexford and south Wexford, we do not have a full complement of staff in CAMHS. In recent weeks, as I have raised in the House before, the clinical nurse specialist, who has 13 years' service, moved to the Wexford north service. There was no proper...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made in addressing the debilitating and distressing shortage of hormone replacement treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent actions that his Department is taking to address the critical issue of retention of healthcare professionals in Ireland; if his Department is engaging in cross-Departmental discussions in regard to third-level capacity for specialist medical courses and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeking to secure direct Exchequer funding for the nurses of an association (details supplied) to support motor neurone disease patients and families throughout Ireland; if he will allow for income for the association of which 86% is donations and fundraising to be available for other vital motor neurone disease services and research;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the specific action plan that his Department has put in place to address the poor service provision across the child disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department intends to implement real reform to the dental treatment services scheme; when the scheme will be replaced with a fit for purpose scheme that reflects modern dental practices and standards; when he will take steps in relation to the recruitment of public dentists and engage in cross-Departmental actions to increase the number of dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of occupational therapy vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those occupational therapy vacancies across the different community healthcare divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of speech and language therapy vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those speech and language vacancies across the different community healthcare divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27209/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of physiotherapy vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those physiotherapy vacancies across the different community healthcare divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of psychology vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those psychology vacancies across the different community healthcare divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27211/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of social work vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those social work vacancies across the different community healthcare divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has determined the longer-term skills needs of the healthcare sector; the cross-Departmental actions that will be taken to ensure that those identified skills needs are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if highly skilled and highly in-demand healthcare professionals across the HSE services and in particular in the child disability network team services are being sought under the current critical shortage are being sought under critical skills employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations that have been made to his Department by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27215/22]

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...

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...