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Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The witnesses were asked a straight question and they cannot give a straight answer. That is the problem. It is very frustrating. I am only a politician; I am not the parent with a child suffering with mental health issues. The entire country is going to end up paying for this. I ask again why we do not have an allocation for a dietician for CAMHS in Wexford when there has been a 300%...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: May I have an answer on the staffing levels for the children's disability network team in Wexford? Do we have full staffing levels there?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Wexford must be very unfortunate because we do not have an occupational therapist and we have a speech and language therapy waiting list that blows early intervention out of the water. Can Mr. Reid explain why we do not have an occupational therapist for these children in Wexford?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Will Mr. Reid reply to this question? There is a child in Wexford who has been waiting four years to see an occupational therapist. Does that sound like a service is being provided?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Four years might be a challenge at Mr. Reid's pay level but I can tell him that four years is a challenge for these parents. Early intervention is regarded as the primary factor in dealing with any of these issues. Mr. Reid really should look it up and see what it means. We have gone beyond the ridiculous. Since I last brought this up in the Dáil, we have a waiting list for dentists...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: A lot of language has been bandied about today. Phrases such as "legally permissible" and "comply with EU directives" have been used. The most important point is the price gouging. The price gouging that is going on is the tax on tax from the Government. All of the Minister's colleagues today said that they would go along with his measures. The Government is actually robbing the people....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Not removing the taxes is a measure we will all live to regret. Not doing so will increase the cost of the food the Government wants the farmers to produce up in the heavens and add to the cost of tractor fuel. Two cent a litre is a joke, but the farmers are not laughing. Not removing tax and VAT will drive inflation through the roof and drive the country head-on into a deep, dark...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: We are very nearly at that point, so the Government can prepare another €350 million or maybe even €1 billion to add to the Social Welfare bill we will have for the people who will not go to work.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Instead they will draw the dole and avail of all that goes with it. It is time for extraordinary measures. It is time the Taoiseach listened-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: -----and worked for the people of Ireland. It is time for him to be brave and grow a pair Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is time for a change of government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Farcical.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach has no shame.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: No. The Taoiseach should be honest and transparent.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: There is no sound bite. This is fact. It is in writing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach is a disgrace.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Let me outline to the Taoiseach the composition of the price of a litre of fuel this morning. While it may vary around the country, the diesel pump price that I have been given this morning is €1.899 and it may be higher in certain parts of the country. The Government tax take is 96.58 cent, which is 50.86%. Taxes applied include excise duty, carbon tax and the National Oil Reserves...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: They will draw the dole because they will not have to pay the extra for their children to go to school on the bus. They go free.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: This is a tax on tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is a tax on tax.