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Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Deputy's time is up.

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Deputy is all right. She is well ahead of time.

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I want to take this opportunity to praise Wexford General Hospital and all those involved in dealing with its recent fire and the very successful evacuation from the fire service to the volunteers, the staff, the management and everybody else. There were two firemen who worked on the blaze for 20 minutes and they did a stellar job. Organisations have fire plans and procedures in place but...

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The next slot is a Sinn Féin slot. I call Deputy Martin Kenny.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach has said that a number of times now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Tánaiste will not be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: This Government's policies have locked three generations out of buying a house.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am not playing to a gallery. How dare the Tánaiste say that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Tánaiste is not able to answer the question, is that it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I did not say that but if that is how the Tánaiste heard it, and if the cap fits, let the Tánaiste wear it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I want to voice my displeasure at again having to sit here through a mockery of what has happened. Nobody won anything yesterday, least of all our reputations for solving problems. I have a headache from listening to rubbish. There is no solution from anybody here. All they want to do is bicker and blame somebody else. All of these things are in their control. I do not want to shout,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is the Tánaiste going to address the-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I said it should be a planning consideration.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is not, and this is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Government has taken measures to make matters worse.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: There are 60,000 private renters on HAP.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: The foundations have not been dug, never mind there. That is the problem. There are 70,000 housing units with planning permission ready to go. Does the Tánaiste understand viability? Could he pass that information on to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage because he does not know what the specific planning policy requirement is? We do not get that in what the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am sorry that I am not in the room, but I have been listening in for most of the meeting. In his submission to a recent meeting of one of the joint committees, Mr. Clancy stated that some companies face a moderation of their growth ambitions. Can he outline what he meant by that statement and why he made it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: No, that is fine. It was more than six months ago, and it was a general statement. It probably related to energy costs and all of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Clancy see any issue with the current housing crisis and how it is affecting companies ability and their ambition to grow? This is an issue, particularly in Wexford. Many of the businesses I visit are Enterprise Ireland clients and larger enterprises. We are very enterprising in Wexford. May of these businesses have to access labour markets abroad. In that context, they are...