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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: Last Friday, a landmark judgment in the case of Cork County Council v. the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Attorney General and the Planning Regulator laid bare the rot that exists at the heart of the planning system. I preface my 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...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Our country is currently facing the greatest housing crisis since the foundation of the State. At the heart of our housing delivery problem and the requirement to increase supply in this precarious market is the application of planning policy. Some 80% of strategic housing development, SHD, grants of planning permission that were judicially reviewed were...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Minister. In regard to the Minister being familiar with the 26-page judgment and him making a statement like that, this was not a disagreement. It was ignorance of basic planning policy and the legal framework. Mr. Justice Humphreys spelled it out in black and white, saying that irrespective of the law of the land, the regulator fails to operate within...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: This is a landmark case, Minister.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: Who regulates the regulator?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: What will that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for coming in. As they know, this is the Committee of Public Accounts. It is all about value for money for us. I want to point out to Mr. Spratt that I sat in on a meeting of the Committee on Transport and Communications for my colleague last week. Representatives from TII and the NTA were before the committee. I suggested to Nigel O'Neill of TII that there is an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: That is fine. Is the current funding provided on an annual basis? If the planning is granted for the runway extension and the airport is closed, what supports would be put in place to ensure the Coast Guard service is maintained?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Spratt.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: During the period of Shane Ross's time as Minister, there was a commitment of €15 million to Waterford Airport. Is that still in existence?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: Could Mr. Towey just say "Yes" or "No", as I am afraid we do not have time? He could write to me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: Therein lies the problem. This is a serious issue. I say to the Secretary General that this is a problem that is affecting the entire country. By the time planning is granted by An Bord Pleanála - it is probably the second application in this case - Mr. Spratt as Secretary General is going to faff around and decide whether to give the funding, to the point where we have to go back and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Verona Murphy: It is basically because of the lack of Government investment in the region.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recommended carbon cuts in the agricultural sector could lead to devastating job losses across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53708/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to meet the forecasted increase in electrical demand across Ireland over the next number of years as Ireland transitions from fossil fuels to cleaner fuel sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53711/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the economic impact of the carbon cuts his Department plans to implement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53707/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will be providing to Rosslare Europort for the establishment of a wind farm construction base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53706/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ecologists involved in processing the 56 Coillte felling licences issued for week 4 of the October 2021 dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53920/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I thank the committee for accommodating me. Mr. Walsh is aware of the huge increase in traffic to Rosslare Europort as a result of Brexit. We have an issue, particularly in the local area, whereby we have had an increase of 400% in commercial traffic travelling through and to the small villages of Kilrane, Rosslare and Tagoat. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Verona Murphy: I ask Mr. Walsh to stick with the local part and access roads.