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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is all on the public record, having been reported in local newspapers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach might address the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Yes. I notice the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, gave the Taoiseach the information on the meeting. It is correct. A meeting was convened, and there was to be another within seven days. Even when an independent councillor voiced his opinion that he had not had sufficient time to consider the 376-page report, the council proceeded with the vote, against legal advice that it could be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: The chair is a Fianna Fáil chair.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Not if there is no sanction, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: The message is that we will all do what we like.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: There was no impact. It made no difference. He got a standing ovation and a round of applause.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: That is what the report says.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: But nothing was done.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 9 February 2022, if the persons assigned within the Road Safety Authority, RSA, with responsibility for the establishment of an exchange agreement on driving licences between Ireland and Ukraine are currently in active employment; if they are absent from the workplace; if the project will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recruitment crisis currently facing the transport sector; the steps and assistance his Department is providing to resolve the crisis and bring additional drivers into the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of HSE podiatry staff servicing acute and community services in County Wexford; if he will provide an update on plans to improve these services for persons with diabetes in County Wexford and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10667/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: To follow on from what Deputies Catherine Murphy and Dillon asked regarding the RTB's tenancy management system, Mr. Byrne stated it has cost more than was initially outlined. How much more has it cost? The figure that was stated was €1.9 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: When the system was being specced, how did such a huge deficit arise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Did the RTB not know what it was asking for or what the requirements were? Did it not ask the right people?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Such as? Mr. Kelly stated they were not anticipated, but the idea of speccing something is to cover everything. Will he explain what he means by "technical complexities"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Was it not anticipated that data would have to be transferred to the new system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: We do not have much time, so Mr. Kelly might send a detailed note on what the additional cost entailed, over and above the initial tender or spec. He might submit that to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is all at a cost, however. The taxpayer is paying all the time, and there are people who cannot eat because they are trying to pay exorbitant rents. That is a fact of life. We are all sitting here in a dry, comfortable space while the anxiety among people in respect of what is happening in the real world is mind-boggling. I do not want to sit here discussing millions of euro as if they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: That answers that question. Rents in County Wexford in the final quarter of 2021 alone increased by 15%. Was that anticipated? Did any research take place to say there were only so many houses available in Wexford and to take account of the fact rents would increase? One tenant who has approached me was paying €800 in rent and the landlord increased that by €175 within two...