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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for using its Private Members' time to table this motion. Over the past week, the housing crisis has come back to front and centre on the political agenda. We have had much debate about cuckoo funds, vulture funds and housing policy. The Minister has said that he is committed to providing family homes - semi-detached or detached houses with front and back gardens, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (18 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of funding for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Wexford; when works will begin on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/21]

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am delighted to be able to propose and speak on this motion as part of the Regional Group. I concur with everything my colleagues have said on the floor. We all know the importance of top-quality water infrastructure. Unfortunately, much of our water infrastructure needs upgrading. This presents us with an opportunity to plan carefully; to fast-track infrastructural development in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: Page 46 of the programme for Government pledges to invest in healthcare. In Wexford, we have no MRI scanner despite having raised €250,000 towards the project. There are 791 children who have been on the orthodontic waiting list for more than 48 months. We have two applicants for a psychologist position which is to be filled to serve the 40 children on the waiting list for child and...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am happy to see this Bill come forward. It has much to do with the Minister of State's progress since taking office. When we talk about farming, we are often limited in what we can say and do within the parameters of EU rules and regulations, often to the detriment of farming communities. However, with the fair deal scheme we cannot blame others or pass the buck on the treatment of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1107 of 28 April 2021, his views on whether most of the 4,500 hectares will not convert to planting given the length of time to obtain the approval which forces landowners to opt for other forms of income from the proposed area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I was distracted for a minute and I may have missed some of the topics Deputy Burke asked about. Looking at the graph in Dr. Sweeney's submission concerning 2005 to 2019, what explains there being such a dip in the figures from 2012?

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it fair to say that, considering forecasts for the coming years, funding must be almost double what it is now, given that our supply is so sparse?

Public Accounts Committee: Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change (20 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: Does Dr. Sweeney have any input to funding models? He will tell me he does not set policy but it would seem very clear from what he has presented so far that all of the expenditure under these schemes is yielding nothing in return, including the fact we do not have homes to house people. What I mean is that a vast amount of money is being spent with no return. Would we not be better with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the metrics used by his Department in setting a target of issuing 4,500 licences for 2021; the way that figure meets industry demand; the consequences for the industry of failure to reach 4,500 licences given that only 1,100 have been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27478/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Invasive Species Policy (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this very important issue. Last week my attention was drawn to a very serious and concerning issue, namely the discovery of black grass on a Teagasc plot in Oak Park, Carlow. To help myself understand more about this I listened to a very informative podcast on the Irish Farmers' Journalwebsite discussing the issue. For those...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Invasive Species Policy (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for his response. What we need is a proactive approach. We normally see reaction, so I think we have time here. There certainly needs to be that type of engagement. If we have no certification process for imported wild flower seeds, that needs to be changed. We also need some form of social media campaign because there are so many community and voluntary...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I want to discuss Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, reform, in particular eco-farm schemes alongside convergence. Ireland is an agricultural country with the best farm producers of quality food in the world. Farmers were encouraged over the years to invest in good faith, with the belief that they were being progressive and their hard work and the food they yielded was and still is recognised...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Taoiseach. I am very concerned when he tries to devolve responsibility for dealing on behalf of Irish farmers to the EU Council of Ministers or whatever it is. What comes to mind is what my mother used to say, namely, if they jumped in the river would you? The reality is that the farmers of Ireland depend on the Government, regardless of when the process began, to negotiate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: We are an agricultural nation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: If they jumped in the river, would the Taoiseach?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister denied his own figures.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: As the Covid-19 situation was developing, I voted give to give the Government these special emergency powers. I did so in good faith in the belief the powers would be used in good faith. Unfortunately, there have been too many examples of these restrictions being unnecessarily draconian and going beyond what I consider reasonable. This has been shown on many occasions, not least when...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. I thank the Chair and the guests.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions his Department is making to introduce sustainable energy grants for persons embarking on new builds in order to ensure an equal playing field for everyone when looking to reduce carbon footprint and become more sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29020/21]