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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Cody.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: The question was in regard to costs.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: The real answer, as pointed out by Mr. Cody, is that traffic within the Single Market that does not need to enter the third-country traffic will be disrupted with all of the other traffic. We should have been preparing for that eventuality.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Continuing on from Deputy Catherine Murphy, do we still have an issue with fuel laundering?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: It will have to be a "yes" or "no" answer, I am afraid, as I have only three minutes. Do we still have an issue with fuel laundering?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: That is grand. So we do.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Can Mr. Cody quantify the value of the problem?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Here is one for Mr. Cody. This committee is about value for money. There is a diesel rebate scheme for licensed operators.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: It is not in being at the moment because the floor of that does not meet the requirement of the pump price for the operator to be paid, so the carbon increase that we were discussing earlier will not be rebated. The effect is to give fuel launderers the opportunity to raise their heads again. Equally, the Revenue Commissioners were handed, virtually on a plate, the ability to detect anybody...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Was Revenue involved in the Irish Maritime Development Office, IMDO, report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Cody. I do not want to hold up anybody else.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: We can do that again. It is not a problem. I thank Mr. Cody.

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Deputy Fitzpatrick is first.

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I was one of the first Deputies to highlight the issue of contact tracing. I was concerned to hear the Minister for Health say that there were 231 contact tracers mid-September, at a time when we had 255 cases daily. At that time, I questioned the Tánaiste and he informed us that there were 400 contact tracers and that we would have to bring in the Army should we need any more. Last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delay in payments of the special transport grant; when outstanding payments for the July provision and outstanding payments for term 1 of the 2020-2021 school year are expected to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38461/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays many persons are experiencing between apprentice phases resulting in four year apprenticeships taking in excess of five years to complete in many instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers recruited since the start of level 5 restrictions in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers presently operating within the Covid-19 test and trace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional intensive care beds secured since the start of level 5 restrictions in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (24 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of autism spectrum disorder assessment appointments which have been carried out since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/20]