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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: To be fair, I would certainly reconsider it for the future in that, to me, it seems like a dreadful waste of money in this day and age.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: There were some media reports indicating a certain amount of what I would call memorabilia, including pens and different things-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Socks.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: There were 4,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: The issue was that they were sent off in diplomatic bags. Senator Craughwell brought this up. I would not find it appropriate at all. I understand we have the seat and I am not going to get dug in on this at all; however, for the future, we should consider something more appropriate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sure there was no suggestion they are not trustworthy in Cork. Going back over the figures, it was said that €5 million was spent to date on the UN Security Council seat.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Do we have a breakdown of that in the accounts yet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Please, for the benefit of the committee. We will host the monthly presidency, will we not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: How much did that cost? Was that part of the €6 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: It will be in the breakdown. We did not send any socks, did we?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: If Mr. Conlan is sending us the breakdown of the figures, that is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: That is grand. To reiterate what I said earlier, this is constructive criticism that I ask Ms Byrne to take on board. It is what we experienced in the office. I suggest, without a shadow of a doubt, that the system to inform people there is an issue with documentation should be done at the uploading stage rather than at the processing stage, where the application may be placed at the back...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is making to provide emergency dental cover for adult medical card holders who are unable to access a dental service due to the current oral healthcare crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38125/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Last week, a man from Wexford in his 80th year, Seán Hayes, pulled his own teeth having contacted seven dentists in Wexford as well as the primary care centre at Grogan's Road, all of whom told him they could do nothing for him. He said on local radio that he blames the Government and not the dentists. I am asking the Minister for Health what provisions his Department is making to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: "Substantially higher" would be somewhat of an exaggeration. The question I asked the Minister was what he is doing about access to emergency services. This is an 80-year-old man whose wife died a couple of years ago and who also lost his son. It is in no way reflective of the €21 billion we put into health in order to have a First World health service. As Mr. Hayes said, it is a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Before the Minister is finished waffling, let me tell him the response from the HSE to a recent parliamentary question in relation to emergency services. It stated that the HSE is not resourced to provide treatment to adults and does not have the capacity to do so. That was in response to Parliamentary Question No. 767 received on 31 May, a month ago. Clearly, what the Minister has just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Let me tell the Minister what the Irish Dental Association said-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Seán Hayes believes that too.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: No, I did not. Seán Hayes did that on the radio.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Good man.