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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will ask about the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board in respect of non-compliance in procurement. Do we know what the value of that non-compliance was? Is there any detail on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Apart from being very concerned about the public expenditure element, I am concerned from a legal perspective. I know this is the Committee of Public Accounts but I believe this matter is one of undue influence, particularly interference with what might be prescribed. How do we verify what is the case in this regard? The letter states there is evidence, but how do we know?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry; it states there is anecdotal evidence.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the second instalment grant on areas already afforested due to real increases in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61096/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase grant support across all support schemes for forestry in line with real increases in costs; his position on TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is instructing his officials to make the necessary arrangements with their counterparts in other Departments to enable work permits to be issued to persons from countries outside of the EU as is happening in other industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61098/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: On 5 October, in this House, the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, stated: "Enabling people with care needs to continue to live independently at home for as long as possible is a priority for the Government." Today, we have 5,000 people waiting for home care support hours. According to private home care providers, 3,000 additional staff will be needed to fill the gap. Carers...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I ask Taoiseach to please outline a plan.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I agree, but people cannot access them.

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am pleased to support and sponsor today's motion relating to offshore renewable energy. On many occasions in this House, I have mentioned the need to capitalise on opportunities to develop offshore renewable energy. Our motion calls for several things to be prioritised. The first thing is to immediately draft an offshore renewable action plan and to draw up a strategy to ensure that all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. As she will appreciate, most of what she has told me I already know and the people already know. The question that people are asking is as follows. Why is it taking so long? The reality is that 236 properties are affected. All of the stakeholders that were engaged in the discussion, such as Irish Rail and property owners, are all aware. They are all in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (8 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for coming in this morning. I know she has a very busy portfolio and this is not her domain. Like my colleagues, Deputies Cairns and Christopher O'Sullivan, I will take up the offer to meet the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan. The Enniscorthy flood defence scheme is a project which has been kicked down the road far too many times in the past ten or 15...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has undertaken with an association (details supplied) to address the rising numbers of dentists resigning from the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 29 April 2021, the details of the orthodontic waiting list initiative referenced in the response; the details of the specific timeframe for the delivery of these initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for the establishment of a child and adolescent mental health services or CAMHS-based eating disorder specialist community team in community healthcare organisation or CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59773/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 460. To ask the Minister for Health if a whole-time paediatric dietician position, as opposed to a shared position, will be approved and advertised as part of the CAMHS team Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 568. To ask the Minister for Health when antigen test kits will be provided free of charge to front-line homecare supports staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Good morning to the witnesses. Some of them will know me from the customs consultative committee in a previous life. I have a specific question, which follows on from Deputy Colm Burke's question. Deputy Burke was asking about second-hand vehicles which were brought in at the start of Brexit, to Southern ports. Those vehicles had to be cleared. Customs requested certain documents to...