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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his role and function in deciding which road projects will be progressed as part of national transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it remains part of national road transport policy for the eastern bypass to be constructed; if so, when the road will commence through planning approvals processes; if the bypass will be a toll road; if it will proceed by way of a tunnel under Merrion Strand or on a raised platform; when it will be operational; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin orbital C road remains part of national road transport policy; if so, when it will be constructed; if it will be a toll road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the national road projects he expects to see proceed through to planning over the next 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16142/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been included in the group 4 listing of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; the location at which the vaccine will be administered to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific financial supports her Department is making available for charter fleet businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical intern posts at Wexford General Hospital presently up to July 2021; the number of intern posts which will be in effect at the hospital from July 2021 to July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 892. To ask the Minister for Health the steps actively being taken to provide a much improved testing system for Lyme disease here to ensure early diagnosis of the debilitating disease and to prevent misdiagnosis and late diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1077. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a primary medical certificate application for a person (details supplied) will be assessed; when a certificate will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1200. To ask the Minister for Health when the front-line staff at a charity (details supplied) will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine in view of the fact the staff in the Wexford town and Gorey units have received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17526/21]

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. On Monday, the new plan for rural development, Our Rural Future, was launched. I welcome that the Government recognised the need for a plan. Many of the measures contained within it are badly needed in rural Ireland. I want to dwell on one particular problem. The national planning framework envisages a Karl Marx...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue with the Minister. Dentistry and orthodontics, obviously, play important roles in keeping people healthy. People who have problems with their teeth and gums can find they leads to other, associated physical problems but they can also lead to psychological and esteem issues, particularly for young people. From...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am very disappointed that somebody at the Minister of State's level would come into this House and restate what we can read on a website. These parents want to know when their children will receive treatment. As the Minister of State knows perfectly well, waiting lists have not fallen in years, so I do not know where the expectation comes from that they will definitely come down. I have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Gleeson and all of the crew from the Department for their attendance today. I will start with forestry. My question is simple and relates to the ongoing and persistent licensing crisis. We have never had more resources in the Department. We passed emergency legislation to provide more resources, including more ecologists, but the crisis seems to be getting worse. Could Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: In relation to applications, what is the Department's output?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: How are they divvied out, such as to Coillte versus privateers? If Mr. Gleeson does not have the figures, he might send them in to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: My information is that there are approximately 150 staff now working in forestry. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is a huge increase. We should not be having the problems that we are having. I would appreciate those figures in the coming days. The other question I want to touch on is one Deputy Carthy raised about today's report from the Commission. There are two points about this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, spent €1.47 million on legal fees in 2019. It spent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: When Mr. Gleeson says the Department has worked hard to increase the resources, how many prosecutions have been yielded out of the €1.47 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is a specific question. How many successful prosecutions have we had?