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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: That will most likely end up again with the Commission because I believe that the legislation is not what it was purported to be on the floor of the Dáil. It is typical of what happens nowadays. I would expect that that legislation will at some point fall, as it did previously, when it is tested. However, that is not for Mr. Gleeson or me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will come back to it. My time is up. I thank the Chairman. I would like to come in again at the end.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have one quick question for Mr. Gleeson about the FSPA. To whom is it answerable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: No. To whom is it answerable? Is it the Minister?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I do not need Mr. Gleeson to explain. Is it the Minister? I just do not have the time. I am sorry.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: So, basically, we are almost back to square one. I will quote from paragraph 5.1, under conclusions, on page 44 of the 2018 audit report. It is the third last paragraph. It states: "Due to a lack of resources dedicated to control Ireland only met one of eight benchmarks to fully inspect landings of bulk pelagic species in 2017 which undermines the ability to ensure an effective control...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: They are not questions. I am really just asking for a "Yes" or "No". Does Mr. Gleeson believe the SFPA is functional?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: How many prosecutions have been successful if they are not compliant?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will make the point about the Department investing money because it is my time. This is the Committee of the Public Accounts and we are here to make sure that there is value for money for the public coffers. When Mr. Gleeson says the Department has invested significant money in the SFPA, I appreciate that is what he thinks. However, from the public purse perspective, what we expect is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have one quick question. Has the process of deer culling been suspended this year because of Covid?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: The eradication of TB.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I think Mr. Forde's link is frozen. If he cannot come back in, I will not hold up the Chair.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am very disappointed that somebody at the Minister of State's level would come into this House and restate what we can read on a website. These parents want to know when their children will receive treatment. As the Minister of State knows perfectly well, waiting lists have not fallen in years, so I do not know where the expectation comes from that they will definitely come down. I have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue with the Minister. Dentistry and orthodontics, obviously, play important roles in keeping people healthy. People who have problems with their teeth and gums can find they leads to other, associated physical problems but they can also lead to psychological and esteem issues, particularly for young people. From...

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. On Monday, the new plan for rural development, Our Rural Future, was launched. I welcome that the Government recognised the need for a plan. Many of the measures contained within it are badly needed in rural Ireland. I want to dwell on one particular problem. The national planning framework envisages a Karl Marx...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific financial supports her Department is making available for charter fleet businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical intern posts at Wexford General Hospital presently up to July 2021; the number of intern posts which will be in effect at the hospital from July 2021 to July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 892. To ask the Minister for Health the steps actively being taken to provide a much improved testing system for Lyme disease here to ensure early diagnosis of the debilitating disease and to prevent misdiagnosis and late diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1077. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a primary medical certificate application for a person (details supplied) will be assessed; when a certificate will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1200. To ask the Minister for Health when the front-line staff at a charity (details supplied) will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine in view of the fact the staff in the Wexford town and Gorey units have received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17526/21]