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Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Minister can see the ridiculousness of it then. He can see just how ridiculous it is-----

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----to put a rapid antigen test into the post and expect that the PCR test will be slower. It makes no sense.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Government needs to have a system in place.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I think we all know there is a percentage chance of not just the antigen test being wrong but equally the PCR test being wrong. Surely it is better to have a slightly lower accuracy level but with an immediate result, which would be more effective at identifying infectious cases, and containment as opposed to what we are seeing, which is 3,000 cases a...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have had contact with many disgruntled constituents who are wondering why we did not open on 22 October as was planned. I share many of their concerns. There seems to be an attitude from the Government to try to extend its power with these restrictions under the guise of being precautionary, yet as soon as they are passed they are being used as a matter of course rather than as an...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----over the past few weeks when talking about the unvaccinated has been very discriminatory and sinister.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you, Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: The clock-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications granted and in existence with her Department for schools in County Wexford; if each capital application for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the current status of each application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 887. To ask the Minister for Health when the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill will be published; the steps he is taking to create a legislative framework to govern surrogacy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 13 July 2021, if an update on funding of a permanent public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital through the 2022 Estimates process can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 936. To ask the Minister for Health if the staffing and management of the current MRI service at Wexford General Hospital is wholly funded through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52532/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for attending. Note 6 in the financial statement relating to employment states there has been a significant increase in new contracts with 408 staff taken on by the agency. It was a conversion project -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----and I see there is a €20 million difference. Was any cost associated with the conversion other than the basic pay? Where would that be found in the financial statements?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Was there any cost associated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Where would I find it in the financial statements?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay. It was roughly €700 per employee so in or around €300,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: There is significant non-compliance with procurement. It is also stated that it was down €900,000 from last year. It related to Covid expenditure. What exactly was that expenditure? Can it be detailed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: If that is added back, the agency is in the same position it was last year. If we did not have Covid, there is still the same level of non-compliant procurement. What is Tusla doing about that? It has been ongoing for several years. It is detailed here that it has risen, rather than gone down. Whatever measures are in place are not working.