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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: Going back to his moral obligation, Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly came before this committee and waived their privilege. Mr. Bakhurst was the very person who asserted Ryan Tubridy's moral obligation, yet he is failing to assert his own.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: On the record, he is saying that he does not have a moral obligation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: I do not agree.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: We have to have Uisce Éireann come before the committee to counteract what might be said about the delays in providing social housing. Often the utility companies are blamed so they will need to be here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: If not, one will make an excuse over the other.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: We also have to have accountability for the central funding of local authorities. It is a €6 billion fund. We are intent on discussing moving accountability to the Comptroller and Auditor General. This is the premise for the discussion, if the Cathaoirleach recalls.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: If anything comes up, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am not sure whether I may raise an issue relating to this morning's session with RTÉ.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is the issue of compellability. Although we have given an option to Mr. Bakhurst and RTÉ with regard to whether they produce the documents, we should move on and make our arrangements while we wait. If there is a satisfactory resolution, that is well and good, but we need to move on with the process for public confidence. We will see what happens in the interim.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: In any case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: I concur with Deputy McAuliffe or he concurs with me, whichever. I respect what Deputy Dillon is saying but we are already in a scenario where the chair has agreed, in front of the committee, to give us something that RTÉ is withholding and he is going to have a conversation about that, but we do not have time to waste. Our timeline does not allow for all this. We have the Hallowe'en...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: In addition, we do not want people coming in here thinking all they have to do is kick the can down the road and the committee will run out of time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: We should bear in mind that if the report in respect of the redundancies is finalised, we will probably need to have the representatives of RTÉ back in immediately. That report is expected at the end of October.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (11 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made to introduce peripherally inserted central catheter line clean services as part of oncology services at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44241/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: Budget 2024 brings another very positive set of announcements but seriously that is all they are - positive announcements. Nobody listening to the Minister today would think that we are in the worst housing crisis in living memory. We had backbenchers applauding one another when they do not even understand the problem. The Government is clapping itself on the back when people are facing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that are available to employers and workplaces to support the employment of persons with a disability, particularly for the provision of lifts in workplaces for employees who are wheelchair bound; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current clients approved for additional homecare support hours awaiting allocation of those additional hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new persons approved for HSE homecare support hours since 1 January 2023 who are currently awaiting delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appeal in relation to a home care support package (details supplied) as advised by a home care support office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/23]