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- 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...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: Last Christmas Day, we had a flood in Wexford. Ten days later, a scheme opened. On 2 November, a month ago, we had a tornado in south County Wexford, as I have brought to the floor before. Last night they held their second meeting. I was the only Deputy for the county, for the second time, to attend with these families, who have suffered more than €1 million worth of damage between...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: When? It was a month ago.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: There has been no news. The meeting was last night.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: 775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Woodland Environmental Fund will continue in the next forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58869/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: 776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry service of his Department will achieve all the targets for his forestry licensing plan for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58870/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: Yes, I will.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Chairman for organising the meeting and our guests for attending. Mr. Walsh spoke about honouring contracts. How long has TII been set up as an organisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: Were all of these contracts inherited?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Verona Murphy: This is a legacy issue up to a point. Having engaged with TII as a former president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, I understand how the contracts work. The provision in those contracts allows for a discount for multiple usage, as do the by-laws. Is that correct?