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National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Acting Chairman, and I thank the Independent Group for tabling the motion. It allows us to ask the Minister to account for what I believe is an underhand and discriminatory reduction in the services of the NDLS. Decisions made in the context of Covid-19 were supposed to be temporary measures, supposedly made in the public interest to protect customers and staff in a variety of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: With all due respect, I appreciate that but the Minister of State will have heard me say on that same occasion that if the process is open-ended there will be no definitive timeline as to when it ends and it could go on forever. The Minister of State said on that day that there is nothing we can do, but there is something we can do. We are legislators. We can ensure there is a timeline on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Aside from the recent-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of, and specific timeline for, his decision on the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10961/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The flooding disaster that affected the county of Wexford last Christmas, particularly in Enniscorthy and Bridgetown among many other areas, made people homeless for a short time and put Wexford County Council workers, other rescue workers and many businesses at risk. In that context, I wish to ask about the specific timeline for the Minister's decision on the Enniscorthy flood defence...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and that he came to Enniscorthy over the Christmas period. I also wish to pay my respects to Billy Kinsella and his family. He was the unfortunate county council worker who lost his life during the recent storm. My question was not for the Minister of State. It was actually for the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath. During the Minister of...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion and giving me the opportunity to speak. Despite all of the billions of euro spent year after year on the health service, the waiting list problem is getting worse. In a speech on the Appropriation Bill in December last, I highlighted the degree to which our spending on health has increased over the past six years. In 2016, it stood at...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Berry and Tóibín. I welcome the proposal to allow Ukrainian citizens to come to Europe and be a part of the communities as though they were EU citizens. Many Ukrainians already live among us and, indeed, play a big part in our day-to-day lives through work, sport and many of our social circles. Since March last, there has been a call on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and wait time for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the optimal time for the most effective treatment results is prior to the age of 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that are available to persons on HSE orthodontic wait lists for longer than 36 months in cases in which the prolonged wait time gravely impacts on the best age to start corrective treatment; if a scheme to assist with private treatment within a persons own county or neighbouring counties has been considered as a measure to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: 755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the engagement and discussions between his Department and an association (details supplied) on matters relating to the provision of services for medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11518/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: To follow on from what Deputies Catherine Murphy and Dillon asked regarding the RTB's tenancy management system, Mr. Byrne stated it has cost more than was initially outlined. How much more has it cost? The figure that was stated was €1.9 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: When the system was being specced, how did such a huge deficit arise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Did the RTB not know what it was asking for or what the requirements were? Did it not ask the right people?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Such as? Mr. Kelly stated they were not anticipated, but the idea of speccing something is to cover everything. Will he explain what he means by "technical complexities"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: Was it not anticipated that data would have to be transferred to the new system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: We do not have much time, so Mr. Kelly might send a detailed note on what the additional cost entailed, over and above the initial tender or spec. He might submit that to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is all at a cost, however. The taxpayer is paying all the time, and there are people who cannot eat because they are trying to pay exorbitant rents. That is a fact of life. We are all sitting here in a dry, comfortable space while the anxiety among people in respect of what is happening in the real world is mind-boggling. I do not want to sit here discussing millions of euro as if they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: That answers that question. Rents in County Wexford in the final quarter of 2021 alone increased by 15%. Was that anticipated? Did any research take place to say there were only so many houses available in Wexford and to take account of the fact rents would increase? One tenant who has approached me was paying €800 in rent and the landlord increased that by €175 within two...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Verona Murphy: I asked how the RTB advises the Government. This is a crisis because we are not building houses to alleviate the problem, so we have to do something about the rental market. Mr. Dunne stated that the rent increases were the same as increases in earnings. I would understand an increase in earnings of 15% if somebody was working for Davy but not if he or she worked for a supermarket or a...