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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (18 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what provisions her Department is taking to introduce financial supports to the tourism sector for the development of sustainable policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in regards to the hire car shortage and increased rental costs that are impacting on rural tourism in County Wexford and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23704/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: This is obviously a very sensitive area and one which, judging by the report's findings, has clearly affected the lives of a significant number of people. The survey reports that 52% of women and 28% of men reported experiencing sexual violence in their lifetime. It must be noted that the definition of sexual violence in this survey is quite broad, as flagged in the report. When one thinks...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Before we move to the Sinn Féin slot, for the information of the Minister, Deputy McNamara has apologised because he was taken away to a call. He asked me to pass that on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Yesterday there were several reports in south County Wexford on the Waterford estuary, believe it or not, that there was pollution coming from the gas power station at Great Island. I ask the Minister to request the Environmental Protection Agency to look into this as a matter of urgency. It is not the first time. There is a severe die-back of the bivalve shellfish in this area and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent radiographer sonographers working in Wexford General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22784/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries carried out at Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22785/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22800/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Good morning, everybody. I welcome Mr. Gloster and wish him good luck in the role he has recently taken up. To be fair, the procurement exercise commenced before both Mr. Watt and Mr. Gloster took up their positions. Mr. Watt is the Accounting Officer and Secretary General and Mr. Gloster is the CEO of the HSE, so it all took place with actors who are not before the committee. However,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Mulvany see any problem with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Mulvany has just said that it was clear. Allow me to say this again; the Comptroller and Auditor General says that this was seriously misleading. So clearly, it was not clear. It was clearly misleading

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: : I have no interest in the dates.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: The witness has answered it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: I did not ask anything about a date. I asked Mr. Mulvany about the omission of the detail.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: What about the €24.5 million for instance? We see on page 27 that there is €24.5 million agreed under verbal contract.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Would Mr. Mulvany agree or disagree with what the Comptroller and Auditor General had to say? It was not misleading, is that what the witness is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: This means you would agree, so it was misleading. I want to move on to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Delivery Plan and Reform on the same question. How did the Department deal with the fact that it did not receive the full information in order to make an informed decision?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health (11 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: To be fair then, did the Department feel that it had been misled?