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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: To be fair, I would certainly reconsider it for the future in that, to me, it seems like a dreadful waste of money in this day and age.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: There were some media reports indicating a certain amount of what I would call memorabilia, including pens and different things-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Socks.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: There were 4,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: The issue was that they were sent off in diplomatic bags. Senator Craughwell brought this up. I would not find it appropriate at all. I understand we have the seat and I am not going to get dug in on this at all; however, for the future, we should consider something more appropriate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sure there was no suggestion they are not trustworthy in Cork. Going back over the figures, it was said that €5 million was spent to date on the UN Security Council seat.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Do we have a breakdown of that in the accounts yet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Please, for the benefit of the committee. We will host the monthly presidency, will we not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: How much did that cost? Was that part of the €6 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: It will be in the breakdown. We did not send any socks, did we?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: If Mr. Conlan is sending us the breakdown of the figures, that is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: That is grand. To reiterate what I said earlier, this is constructive criticism that I ask Ms Byrne to take on board. It is what we experienced in the office. I suggest, without a shadow of a doubt, that the system to inform people there is an issue with documentation should be done at the uploading stage rather than at the processing stage, where the application may be placed at the back...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken over the past 24 months to provide equal opportunity to education for all children with disabilities and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has drawn the attention of the Government to the urgent need fully to enact the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; her views on whether the failure to do so calls into question the State's commitment to giving a large cohort of the population the opportunities to which they are entitled; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cross-departmental discussions that she has had to improve access to ASD classes for all children needing a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28432/22]

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: The Bill refers to the autism strategy, service delivery and all the various aims of the strategy. There is no doubt that education must form a central part of such a strategy. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak on special needs education. We are falling short in many areas in that regard. In that speech, I highlighted a discussion I had recently with a parent of a child with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that are in place within the free travel scheme to allow for a travel pass for a minor under 18 years of age whose full-time carer is in receipt of a travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (28 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that the Government is putting in place to increase liquefied natural gas resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (28 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans for the construction of a liquefied natural gas strategic storage facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34285/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Good morning everybody. I missed the meeting the last time the Department was before the committee, unfortunately. Believe it or not, it is ten years since the Mahon tribunal took place. Did Mr. Doyle ever read the 3,000-page report?