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- Topical Issue Debate: Fire Safety (7 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: I call the Minister of State.
- Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: I learned from a constituent in the past couple of days that it is the practice of the ESB to apply a low usage charge at a fixed rate of €38.28 for a 66-day period. The low usage charge applies when usage drops below 125 kWh. It is the practice of a State-owned body to penalise consumers for reducing their electricity consumption. The Minister currently encourages consumers to...
- Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: I am pleased to be associated with today's motion by the Regional Group on derelict and vacant properties. I reiterate our thanks to Cáit, our administrator. On a leisurely walk through any town or city in Ireland one will find many derelict or vacant properties. This is particularly the case in towns and city centres but it is also the position in rural areas. These properties...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (6 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 2 December 2021, the progress that his Department has made regarding the use of a facility (details supplied) in County Wexford for the parking of heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/22]
- Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for presenting this motion on childcare fees. The motion mentions that the cost of childcare per child ranges from €800 to €1,350 per month. Looking at the headline figure, it is easy to see why there is a problem with the cost when one considers the average income. A number of problems have affected the childcare sector in recent years. In 2019, it...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: I attended a presentation this morning on a report by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice. I commend Sr. Bernadette MacMahon and her team, alongside Dr. Nikki Dunne of Family Carers Ireland, on the excellent work they have done and presented on the cost of care at home for those with disabilities and on the premise that everyone should have a minimum essential standard of living,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy through the child disability network team in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 8 March 2022, if the information and statistics requested will be provided, that is, the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services in County Wexford; the length of time that each child is on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for private felling licences that remain to be approved by his Department which were received in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for Coillte felling licences that remain to be approved by his Department which were received in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)
Verona Murphy: 912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private sector tree felling licences that his Department need to process on a weekly basis from now until the end of December 2022 to ensure that all applications currently lodged with his Department are approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/22]
- Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the women’s health action plan published a few weeks ago. Before looking at the details of the plan, I reiterate a point I made earlier in the week when I had the opportunity to speak about waiting lists. It is very important that we get the basics right. We can have all the fancy plans in the world but if waiting lists are getting longer and...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: We have spent €11 million in Rosslare Europort on a state-of-the-art facility to house our regulatory agencies. It is a facility that caters for approximately 20% of the throughput of traffic in Rosslare Europort. We have spent €11 million of the taxpayers' money but it is not being used with efficiency. Trucks are parked outside residents' homes and blocking them in, which...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: The Department has had those details for the past six months.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: I thank the Chairman and wish all our guests good morning. I begin with the potential for gender balance in relation to An Garda Síochána. In the context of the previous question from Deputy Munster, the numbers in relation to gender are very low. Is there any significant recruitment drive to address this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: Just before she does, I wish to point out that there has been a decrease in the number of female gardaí from 2018 to the present day.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: A quick question. Are there targets and are they currently being met?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: What is the current breakdown with respect to minority groupings within An Garda Síochána?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: Garda management may or may not have notice of this, but were any female gardaí identified as having cancelled calls?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Verona Murphy: Does the Commissioner have percentages in relation to the balance of who cancelled the calls, by any chance?