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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is €532 million that is potentially recoverable and €160 million recovered. They are varying.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Did the Department only start doing that in 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: All right. Will we see progress this time next year? I will ask the same question then.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: I know but I will be looking for the policy changes that see progress being made. I will look for that next year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: And how we get it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Ukrainians are all over the country yet there is no Intreo office open on a full-time basis in Enniscorthy. We do not have an Intreo office or a Local Link service from Enniscorthy to Wexford, which makes it difficult for the volunteers on the ground. Volunteers are getting tired. They have been working really hard so I ask the Department to have a look at that-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is that on a full-time basis?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: That is good news.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am happy with what was decided last week. I apologise - I was not here. I am not sure if it is a matter for the committee, but I suppose if we-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: I think we have looked at it every week-----

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: We now deal with amendment No. 52 as discussed earlier with with amendment No. 44.

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: We now deal with amendment No. 54 in the name of the Minister. Amendments Nos. 54 to 56, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 58 to 64, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Amendments Nos. 71 and 73 will be discussed together.

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Amendment No. 47 is in the names of Deputies Naughten and Canney. I do not see either Deputy in the Chamber, however.

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Amendments No. 49 and 87 are related and may be discussed together.

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Amendments Nos. 44 to 46, inclusive, 52 and 57 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: In a 2017 report, it was estimated that more than 5,000 were in employment either directly in the greyhound industry or as an indirect result of it. The greyhound sector is worth more than €300 million to the Irish economy and the funding provided to it comes from a betting tax that is used to fund both greyhound racing and horse racing. The sports are therefore self-financing. With...

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for preparing this motion and for bringing it forward. The toll increase is just another example of the arms of the State imposing greater costs on people during the cost-of-living crisis. Much of what I would have said has already been said about the money these toll companies are making. The Minister is only too well aware of the many proposals that have been put...