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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Have operators been approached about how the anticipated refugees might be transported? There are 10,000 refugees currently. I do not mean to conflate these matters, but there is an expectation of 200,000. Does Mr. Kavanagh believe bus operators will be playing an essential role in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: At the worst possible time. I have a question. It is probably for Mr. Jackman. Regarding the low-hanging fruit that the IRHA has presented to the Government, is it not a fact that every time a truck stops at the Dublin Port tunnel, be it going inwards or outwards, it expends a litre of fuel and that €40,000 is being spent by hauliers every day unnecessarily, which the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is it not fair to say that the carbon tax is counterproductive when you consider that we could alleviate 30,000 l of fuel being expended into the atmosphere from one toll yet we are having to pay carbon tax to pay for the benefit and the effects of that? It is an outrageous proposition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The consumer will thank the Chair for this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The contributor is in line with me, I have no doubt. I want to say this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I just want to emphasise the level of urgency these people bring to the table. As a member of Government, I would like the Chair to bring that back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It tendered for the tachograph contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Are the coach companies losing money on the school transport contracts? Are they losing it or making it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I want to wish everyone well. Their future is in our hands.

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am almost there. Most of the cost-of-living problems are being made worse by Government taxes, charges and regulations. We have heard a lot about Ukraine, which has simply brought a sharper the focus onto the problems we have. Obviously, the clock has run out. I want to say, however, that many people have come to me in the past week or two. They have said that they do not feel that...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion, which allows us to discuss further the rising cost of living and the developments of the week, which now sees the motion calling for many reductions, including that of VAT which I proposed last week. Many of the earlier price surges were seen as temporary due to supply chain bottlenecks associated with the lockdown. The longer they go on,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Oil Reserves Agency (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the figure collected from National Oil Reserves Agency levy annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of transactional tax paid on gaming in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the proportion in each year paid in respect of online and retail activity; the tax heads under which any such tax has been levied; if the tax is applied by all entities that are licensed to provide gaming; the equivalent tax raised by way of the betting duty in each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 820. To ask the Minister for Health when training and accreditation for medical practitioners to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraception will recommence in view of the stated intention to commence the roll-out of free contraception for 17 to 25 year olds in August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the legislation to enable the roll-out of free contraception to 17 to 25 year olds in August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department has given to providing free contraception for persons with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments for podiatry services in County Wexford; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2021; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2022; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a period of time greater than 12 months; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for podiatrists in County Wexford; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14113/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: To follow on from Deputy Barry, for two years the Minister's Department has been dealing with the recognition of Ukrainian licences through the Road Safety Authority, RSA. Unfortunately, we are at a stalling point where the RSA says that it has not completed the due diligence on whether a Ukrainian licence can be accepted here on a par with an EU licence. Countries in the EU that have...