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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Would Mr. Hogan’s Department consider €41 per tonne of carbon tax to be an anti-competitive measure for an island nation about to enter recession? That is a “Yes” or “No” answer question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: That is an excuse as this is a very simple question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: Have the Department officials advised that our carbon tax is too expensive and should have been reduced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry to interrupt, but I cannot find a breakdown for the income level of VRT in the accounts. Could we have it in a note?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: That would be perfect. I thank Mr. Hogan.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date that the new micro-generation support scheme will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved homecare support hours which are currently not being delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 May 2022)

Verona Murphy: 500. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to conduct an audit of the administration of homecare support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the urgent need to remove the Dublin Port tunnel toll to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am glad to see both the Minister and Minister of State here. This is something I certainly cannot be accused of being populist about. In the past week we have heard all about turf and carbon emissions. In the life of this Government but also in my previous role as head of the Irish Road Haulage Association, I have been asking whey the barrier has not been removed from the Dublin Port...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: I must express my frustration and exasperation at such a rote answer written by civil servants who as Deputy Fitzmaurice said earlier just do not know what they are talking about. There is no toll to be paid by trucks and there is no suggestion that by removing the barrier, the tunnel would be free for use by all vehicles. Newer technology, such as that used on the M50, would mean the truck...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: Again, it is not about helping hauliers but rather the 1,300 people that we have heard said all week die due to lung health issues caused by carbon in our atmosphere. Here we have 40,000 litres of extra fuel being expended every day, amounting to more than 10 million litres per year, and that could be prevented. There are tunnels all over the world that are not managed by toll barriers....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is the Minister saying the lung damage caused by an extra 10 million litres of fuel being used is acceptable?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Tolls (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: I would like a report on what they have looked at.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: A bad workman blames his tools. The reality is that recruitment is not the only issue. The Taoiseach has been saying that for two years. I have been elected for more than two years and I have been hearing it for two years. The lists are getting longer, despite the fact that-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: Yes. They are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: Yes. They are getting longer in certain areas.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach can shake his head all he likes. I have given him just two examples of my constituents. I could give him 102 examples but I only have three minutes. Rather than see the Taoiseach shake his head, I want to see an audit of how administration is being carried out. Most carers are tasked with delivering 26 hours. Does the Taoiseach know what the average delivery is? It is 19...