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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 1778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares of afforestation applied for in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63773/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 1779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the forestry budget for 2022 that will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63774/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 1902. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a report and-or feedback on the recent unsuccessful application by an organisation (details supplied) to the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63651/22]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Next is Deputy Mac Lochlainn. Excuse me, I am wrong. The next slot is the Rural Independent Group's.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I need my glasses.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: As someone who comes from a part of County Wexford located 1 mile from Duncannon, where fishing is a way of life for many, I am deeply concerned for the community. I thank the Rural Independent Group and will support its motion. It reads "all fishers, including the inshore fishermen, have been hit extremely hard by record high fuel cost increases, while bait prices have also...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let the Deputy talk.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let the Deputy finish.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have and will be made by his Department to provide direct funding for nurses in an organisation (details supplied) to support motor neurone disease patients and families throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the outstanding Covid pandemic recognition payments for persons working with private healthcare providers who have submitted self-assessment forms as far back as November 2022; the delay on this payment; when it is expected that all payments for eligible persons will be finalised and processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proactive measures her Department is taking to address and resolve the current recruitment and retention difficulties of the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3848/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: In May of 2022, Fáilte Ireland launched an awareness campaign on the issue of recruitment and retention in the tourism sector. This campaign was launched in May, as the busy season was just about to get under way. With those recruitment and retention issues in mind, what proactive measures is the Department of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media taking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. I appreciate there is a lot in her response and that she has committed €15 million. However, in June last year, the Irish Examinerran the headline "No 'quick fix' for hospitality staff shortages" in which Dr. Deirdre Curran, a lecturer at NUI Galway, who had conducted research on the industry, stated that the pandemic had worsened the problems but there were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I come from County Wexford and we host some of the country's most valuable tourism attractions, such as one of the oldest lighthouses in the world at Hook Head. That must continue to thrive. The Minister mentioned our film industry. We can expect an influx of tourists given, we hope, our success rate at the Oscars and not just the fact that Irish films have been nominated. Wexford is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: The neurorehabilitation strategy implementation framework was launched in February 2019. The overarching aim of the strategy is the development of neurorehabilitation services to improve patient outcomes by providing safe, high-quality, person-centred neurorehabilitation. People in Wexford who are living with stroke injury, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy,...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: As I am a mere Deputy in this House, I am going to read an email that has been sent to me by the private forestry sector which is clearly very angry. The email states: Just a couple of points from the private forestry sector perspective on the proposed Coillte-Gresham House partnership, particularly on the assertions of ministers McConalogue, Hackett and Ryan that Coillte are needed to reach...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: To be fair, Deputy O'Sullivan, this session is on mental health.

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I think you should write to the Minister. I will give you a little bit of latitude but to be fair to everybody-----

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that; I am not minimising it, I am just saying that-----

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Continue.