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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I wish to address the Secretary General's remarks on land hoarding. Everything we have heard today has been the Department blaming everything that is outside of its control from interest rates to inflation and now land banks. The reality is that land hoarding is a false narrative and if it does exist, it is very much in a very small minority of cases. It certainly does not exist in County...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: The cost of housing has been driven up beyond belief. The Department has done it all by itself because it has refused to take any cognisance of the poor planning policy that has left us where we find ourselves today. If I were the Minister, I certainly would not be giving Mr. Doyle an increase; I would be asking him to go and look for a new job.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Chair, should we just ask a specific question like what loss was incurred or if there was a loss incurred in the production?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. I appreciate there is a lot in her response and that she has committed €15 million. However, in June last year, the Irish Examinerran the headline "No 'quick fix' for hospitality staff shortages" in which Dr. Deirdre Curran, a lecturer at NUI Galway, who had conducted research on the industry, stated that the pandemic had worsened the problems but there were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I come from County Wexford and we host some of the country's most valuable tourism attractions, such as one of the oldest lighthouses in the world at Hook Head. That must continue to thrive. The Minister mentioned our film industry. We can expect an influx of tourists given, we hope, our success rate at the Oscars and not just the fact that Irish films have been nominated. Wexford is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proactive measures her Department is taking to address and resolve the current recruitment and retention difficulties of the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3848/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: In May of 2022, Fáilte Ireland launched an awareness campaign on the issue of recruitment and retention in the tourism sector. This campaign was launched in May, as the busy season was just about to get under way. With those recruitment and retention issues in mind, what proactive measures is the Department of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media taking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a private patient (details supplied) has not received the results of a test which was performed on 5 October 2022 and has been told they will not receive results for a further 20 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3829/23]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let the Deputy talk.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let the Deputy finish.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: As someone who comes from a part of County Wexford located 1 mile from Duncannon, where fishing is a way of life for many, I am deeply concerned for the community. I thank the Rural Independent Group and will support its motion. It reads "all fishers, including the inshore fishermen, have been hit extremely hard by record high fuel cost increases, while bait prices have also...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: Next is Deputy Mac Lochlainn. Excuse me, I am wrong. The next slot is the Rural Independent Group's.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: I need my glasses.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will survey the use and demand on the current 13.35 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort train service; if there are any current considerations to increase the number of carriages on the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a child (details supplied) will begin their specialist orthodontic treatment given that they were first assessed on 8 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be referred to the new procurement that allows patients to have treatment with private specialist orthodontists given that they were first assessed on 8 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if and when funding will be made available to fund CHO5 for a community neuro-rehabilitation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO5 that provide walk-in dentistry services and the locations of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the specific training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease; the awareness campaigns that will be in place for 2023 in regard to Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jan 2023)

Verona Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant ophthalmologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023; the days and times that each consultant is at the hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/23]