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Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister can see the ridiculousness of it then. He can see just how ridiculous it is-----

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----to put a rapid antigen test into the post and expect that the PCR test will be slower. It makes no sense.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Government needs to have a system in place.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I think we all know there is a percentage chance of not just the antigen test being wrong but equally the PCR test being wrong. Surely it is better to have a slightly lower accuracy level but with an immediate result, which would be more effective at identifying infectious cases, and containment as opposed to what we are seeing, which is 3,000 cases a...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Hear, hear.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister interrupted me.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I understand it is unprecedented but I feel the need-----

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister accused me of telling lies. I referred to a report on a study carried out in the UK.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: It was not a lie. I would like the Minister to retract his statement.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: What I referred to is not anti-vax in any shape or form.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is a fact.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister should be more responsible.

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: We have not resourced our ICUs as we should. We have not expanded ICU capacity as required. Long before Covid we had staff shortages. In key areas of the HSE, beds are closing, corridors are full of patients on trolleys and waiting lists are expanding. The Government has put all its eggs in the vaccination basket and believes so much in the vaccination that it is trying to coerce people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications granted and in existence with her Department for schools in County Wexford; if each capital application for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the current status of each application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 887. To ask the Minister for Health when the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill will be published; the steps he is taking to create a legislative framework to govern surrogacy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 13 July 2021, if an update on funding of a permanent public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital through the 2022 Estimates process can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 936. To ask the Minister for Health if the staffing and management of the current MRI service at Wexford General Hospital is wholly funded through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recommended carbon cuts in the agricultural sector could lead to devastating job losses across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to meet the forecasted increase in electrical demand across Ireland over the next number of years as Ireland transitions from fossil fuels to cleaner fuel sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53711/21]