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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new 96-ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is currently taking to address the challenges of recruitment and retention of staff within the homecare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38128/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins - a debate to discuss the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups worldwide; (2) Deputy Matt Shanahan - the continuing lethargy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I have no doubt the Minister's objectives are well intentioned and I applaud his aspiration but I am not sure he understands the unintended consequences of the Government's lack of action. If a person is living on the Hook Peninsula on the Wexford coast and has to drive to Wexford town every day to work, there is no use in the Minister telling that person to use public transport as the cost...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: But we have the tax. It is not a derogation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: A key driver of inflation is the cost of fuel. It feeds into absolutely everything. It is true to say that the issue is EU-wide and that the war in Ukraine has contributed to the problem, but we have our own fiscal tools that we can deploy here to bring inflation under control. The truth is that every country is dealing with the war. However, not every country is like Ireland. We are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I convey my best wishes to Ms McNally. I hope she recovers soon. It is interesting we seem to be doing so much regarding school placement shortages and yet we are still short of school places every year, year-on-year, in Wexford. I will direct a question, probably to Mr. Loftus, regarding the acquisition of school sites. To what extent is the Department's choice of suitable sites...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does the Department make submissions to the county? Did it make one in respect of the Wexford county development plan, which closed recently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I ask Mr. Loftus to do that please. The question I am asking relates to zoned lands being for educational purposes only. Does that pose a problem for the Department as regards the cost of the site or the potential restrictions? Does that pose a problem for the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: The question is whether it poses a problem. Has the Department come up against great difficulties at times?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: They are generally dictated by the county development plan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Has the Department come up against problems in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is that a "Yes" or "No"? Has the Department come up against problems due to pre-ordained, designated sites for education in county development plans, whereby servicing and all those costs are pre-determined for it? Are there problems? Is it a problem?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: Right. I would say the answer is "Yes", to be fair.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: We could continue to work on that for sure. I ask for a brief answer to this. When the Department looks for sites for schools, is it still of the opinion that the site should encompass a playing pitch? It appears to me the policy in recent years has been tarmac courts. What is combined with the site? What is the requirement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is not pre-ordained. It can be adjusted to suit the requirements.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry. I am looking at the clock and I have a very important question to ask regarding Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS. I ask Mr. O'Leary who I might be guided towards as regards DEIS status.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I will ask Ms Mannion on what basis postcodes deliver DEIS schools. Why are they a requirement now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate (7 Jul 2022)

Verona Murphy: I assume if someone is homeless, he or she does not have a postcode.