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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: In the interests of public transparency and in how we started our debate, we started it on the Mahon tribunal and on its findings ten years ago. We are now here in a position of transparency, or at least we should be, and are here in the public interest dealing with the public purse. That is what we are here for. I asked the Secretary General if he had regard for SIPOC, and for standards...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Bill refers to the autism strategy, service delivery and all the various aims of the strategy. There is no doubt that education must form a central part of such a strategy. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak on special needs education. We are falling short in many areas in that regard. In that speech, I highlighted a discussion I had recently with a parent of a child with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (28 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that the Government is putting in place to increase liquefied natural gas resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (28 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans for the construction of a liquefied natural gas strategic storage facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34285/22]

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: A vote on the question has been called but will be deferred until our next voting block next week.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: As a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, I am pleased to have the opportunity to support and speak on this motion. I commend all those who worked on compiling the report, including the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the committee secretariat, my colleagues on the committee, the Chairman, Deputy Stanley, and the witnesses who appeared before us. The Committee of...

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Seanad Éireann has agreed to the amendment made by Dáil Éireann to the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, consequential upon its acceptance of amendment No. 48 made by Seanad Éireann to the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that are in place within the free travel scheme to allow for a travel pass for a minor under 18 years of age whose full-time carer is in receipt of a travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken over the past 24 months to provide equal opportunity to education for all children with disabilities and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has drawn the attention of the Government to the urgent need fully to enact the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; her views on whether the failure to do so calls into question the State's commitment to giving a large cohort of the population the opportunities to which they are entitled; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cross-departmental discussions that she has had to improve access to ASD classes for all children needing a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28432/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Farmers are being told that crazy targets of 22% to 30% are to be set for a reduction in agricultural emissions. Targets, if set at these levels, will decimate farmers, particularly those at the lower income end. KPMG stated that 56,000 jobs will be lost if these targets are set and imposed. Those are rural Ireland jobs. At a time when we face the worst cost-of-living crisis in living...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: A key driver of inflation is the cost of fuel. It feeds into absolutely everything. It is true to say that the issue is EU-wide and that the war in Ukraine has contributed to the problem, but we have our own fiscal tools that we can deploy here to bring inflation under control. The truth is that every country is dealing with the war. However, not every country is like Ireland. We are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I have no doubt the Minister's objectives are well intentioned and I applaud his aspiration but I am not sure he understands the unintended consequences of the Government's lack of action. If a person is living on the Hook Peninsula on the Wexford coast and has to drive to Wexford town every day to work, there is no use in the Minister telling that person to use public transport as the cost...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: But we have the tax. It is not a derogation.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins - a debate to discuss the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups worldwide; (2) Deputy Matt Shanahan - the continuing lethargy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that thatch property owners are facing in regards insuring their properties; and if his Department will take steps to provide support to ensure Irish heritage properties and homes can be insured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36818/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: That will probably be the first project that Deputy Carthy gets done when he is in government. We will not have to wait too long for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I concur with Deputy Catherine Murphy's comments. I would like a recommendation from the committee that all toll barriers be removed. It is counterproductive from the perspective of CO2 emissions. We could ask TII what the Environmental Protection Agency has said about Dublin Port tunnel in general about nitrogen oxide, NOx, emissions and CO2. We would find it is way in excess of what the...