Results 8,181-8,200 of 9,571 for speaker:Verona Murphy
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Now the Deputy is blaming the EU.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Hear, hear.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I would like to read into the record an article by Ciaran Fitzgerald that was published yesterday in the Agriland.ie journal: Since 2016 with the UK Brexit vote, Irish agriculture and the Irish economy, have faced a huge challenge of 'economic iceberg' proportions in terms of regional and rural economic impact from the UK’s exit from the single market. A self-imposed...
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I am.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: It may be, but this article defines where we are in relation to climate change.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I do, absolutely. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I may now go over a little.
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I will go back to the article: So, while the looming carbon budget could totally undermine Irish agriculture sector output in the name of an environmental ideology that views livestock production as equivalent to oil exploration, there is a row in the agri dressing room about sucklers versus dairy beef. A row equivalent to a fight over the deckchairs on the titanic, with the iceberg...
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I have a question on a matter that interests me. Why does NAMA have 8,025 residential units, built on sites outside its control, that are included in the agency’s residential development target?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does NAMA have any control over the pricing structure for the residential units? What prices are they being delivered at?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is that at today’s price?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I want to ask a question on the consultancy costs, which seem to have increased exponentially. Note 13.11 on page 53 of the report states that the consultancy cost in 2019 was €800,000 and that it was €1.7 million in 2020, which is an increase of 94%. Can Mr. McDonagh explain that?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Page 53.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: You may have as I have printed my copy. I am referring to the special report.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I am sorry; it is page 43. Excuse me. Effectively, it states the main increase constituted legal fees.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Does Mr McDonagh expect the figure to increase again?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. McDonagh mentioned the wind-down. As the extension is now to 2025, have bonuses been paid to the executive or to Mr. McDonagh, as CEO, in regard to the extension to stay on?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I appreciate that and that is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Chairman and Mr. McDonagh.
- Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)
Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this topic for discussion. The issue of hospital waiting lists has, in many cases, been exacerbated by the impact of the Government's response to the Covid pandemic. I have highlighted many times the scandal of curtailing services such as cancer screening as part of the Covid response. I hope big lessons have been learned from those decisions....