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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Good man.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Take your time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is making to provide emergency dental cover for adult medical card holders who are unable to access a dental service due to the current oral healthcare crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38125/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Last week, a man from Wexford in his 80th year, Seán Hayes, pulled his own teeth having contacted seven dentists in Wexford as well as the primary care centre at Grogan's Road, all of whom told him they could do nothing for him. He said on local radio that he blames the Government and not the dentists. I am asking the Minister for Health what provisions his Department is making to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant senior dietician post for Waterford/Wexford CAMHS has been filled from the national panel that is in place; when he will approve a whole-time paediatric dietician for the Wexford CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38126/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new 96-ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is currently taking to address the challenges of recruitment and retention of staff within the homecare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38128/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins - a debate to discuss the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups worldwide; (2) Deputy Matt Shanahan - the continuing lethargy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I have no doubt the Minister's objectives are well intentioned and I applaud his aspiration but I am not sure he understands the unintended consequences of the Government's lack of action. If a person is living on the Hook Peninsula on the Wexford coast and has to drive to Wexford town every day to work, there is no use in the Minister telling that person to use public transport as the cost...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: But we have the tax. It is not a derogation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: A key driver of inflation is the cost of fuel. It feeds into absolutely everything. It is true to say that the issue is EU-wide and that the war in Ukraine has contributed to the problem, but we have our own fiscal tools that we can deploy here to bring inflation under control. The truth is that every country is dealing with the war. However, not every country is like Ireland. We are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I convey my best wishes to Ms McNally. I hope she recovers soon. It is interesting we seem to be doing so much regarding school placement shortages and yet we are still short of school places every year, year-on-year, in Wexford. I will direct a question, probably to Mr. Loftus, regarding the acquisition of school sites. To what extent is the Department's choice of suitable sites...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does the Department make submissions to the county? Did it make one in respect of the Wexford county development plan, which closed recently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I ask Mr. Loftus to do that please. The question I am asking relates to zoned lands being for educational purposes only. Does that pose a problem for the Department as regards the cost of the site or the potential restrictions? Does that pose a problem for the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: The question is whether it poses a problem. Has the Department come up against great difficulties at times?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: They are generally dictated by the county development plan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Has the Department come up against problems in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is that a "Yes" or "No"? Has the Department come up against problems due to pre-ordained, designated sites for education in county development plans, whereby servicing and all those costs are pre-determined for it? Are there problems? Is it a problem?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Right. I would say the answer is "Yes", to be fair.