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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank Dr. Quinn. I will take the matter up again.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Can I pick up on the matter of collaboration between Dr. Quinn's Department and the Department of Transport in coming up with a system that makes the employment permit for HGV drivers accessible? Have Dr. Quinn and her Department been specifically tasked to come up with a system where we can access employees, outside the four that are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, is the only representative organisation of the licensed road haulage sector in the country. Has the Department had any engagement with it based on the needs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Has Dr. Quinn had that feedback? This is where the issue seems to be. As I said, there are two defined issues. One relates to licensing and the other to the employment permit itself. With the current system for granting permits, the sector is unable to access employees satisfactorily. Outside that, no other jurisdiction has agreed a licence with Ireland. The Ukrainian licence is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Initially, with the TWSS, Revenue was asked to complete eligibility reviews for employers and it had completed 95% of eligibility checks by the end of February 2021. In the case of the restart grant scheme, the Department did not specify the proof that may be required to confirm eligibility for the restart scheme. Therefore, it may be difficult to verify the claims paid. Does that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I might-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I could be more specific. The issue was that the Department did not specify the proof that would be required to confirm eligibility for the restart schemes. That is what I am asking about. As it did not, what will that cause? Why did the Department not specify the proof that would be required at the outset?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is what I am asking. In hindsight, when it was not stipulated in the first instance and if somebody does not provide them now, where does that go?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have a last brief question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I presume Mr. Hughes cannot hear me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. I thank Mr. Hughes for his comprehensive answer. It is like anything else in that when it boils down to the legality of it, we do not want to end up with legal fees and battles over stuff that probably is just a lesson learned. I appreciate how busy it was and how quickly it was rolled out. I have a brief question. Is there a set period of time in which the amounts paid to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is probably a binary answer if there is no consideration.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Not to circumvent Dr. Quinn, but Mr. Hughes might want to answer this question. Given our conversation in regard to work permits, while I am not long elected, I have been voicing concerns about work permits since being elected. In Wexford, we are currently experiencing a huge deficit in regard to CAMHS staff recruitment. It took three years to find an applicant to accept the senior child...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I hope Mr. Hughes can hear me. The specific question I am asking is whether the HSE comes to his Department in regard to recruitment for employment permits from other jurisdictions. Is there collaboration in that vein?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes (18 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: This is the fourth time that I have raised the need for a whole-time equivalent dietician to be allocated to County Wexford since December 2020. The current allocation is a 0.5 whole-time equivalent, but there is a concerning exponential rise in the diagnosis of anorexia in the teenage population. It is fundamental to managing mental health that the clinical staffing requirement is matched...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 4 November 2021, the number of the 27 ecologists who signed off on the 56 Coillte felling licences in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: One of the headlines when the Mahon tribunal was completed and the creation of the Office of the Planning Regulator was announced was, "New regulator will restore confidence in planning system". I prefaced my opening remarks by saying that this is not a criticism of the Office of the Planning Regulator, as distinct from the manner in which the current officeholder is discharging his duties....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister of State is despicable and his answer is despicable. He is spending the taxpayers' money frivolously.