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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: That is not the question. The question is what engagement has Mr. O'Reilly had to vary the sailing times. They do not flow. We accept they will not flow remarkably well post Brexit, post the transition period ending on 1 January next. We know now it is congested. What has happened to change it for 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Mr. O'Reilly said earlier that his attitude was that Brexit is happening, that it is going ahead. That was the same for the Mr. Grant. In 2018, in the minutes of a meeting held in Dublin Port all these propositions were put to Mr. O'Reilly. From 2018 to 2020, what has happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Mr. O'Reilly cannot answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Not at all. Mr. O'Reilly is not. He is the CEO of Dublin Port. He said he is caught between a rock and a hard place, but what did he do with the information? Did he wait to come here today, a month out from the end of the transition period, to tell us that the ferry companies will have to engage with the hauliers whom he does not engage with, to get those timetables shifted? Is that his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: But Mr. O'Reilly yielded nothing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: What has the engagement been about? If he cannot, has he spent three years talking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: It appears from that statement alone that Dublin Port is not an independently operated port and there will be a huge problem there from 1 January. It will be very significant. I have one more serious question that needs to be answered. Who will be in charge on 1 January when the traffic chaos ensues? Who will be the go-to person with whom the buck stops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I want only one name in respect of a co-ordinated traffic management plan - not that it is mixed. Mr. O'Reilly will tell me it is Dublin Port, the Dublin Port Tunnel-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: The significance of this is that Dublin Port Tunnel cannot be blocked up, legally. I understand there is a traffic management plan to deal with that, which is wholly inefficient. It is not good enough if someone is inside the port and looking for someone outside the port, or vice versa. My recommendation to the committee is that there is a need to have one person heading up a traffic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I refer to my previous points regarding the terminals.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 112. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 11 November 2020, if he will publish the circular or detailed official guidance setting out the arrangements governing travel for officeholders and officials who travel overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports in place to support second line supply businesses such as fish suppliers, florists and other food producers whose businesses have been decimated by level 5 closures and do not qualify for the CRSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the introduction of a grant scheme for renewable energy systems for new builds, similar to the existing Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grants available for existing households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the appeals process for exclusion or refusal on eligibility criteria from the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions being made in County Wexford to provide a women’s homeless shelter for single females with the purpose of providing services similar to the men’s hostel in Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40108/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the speakers again. I will go back to Deputy Burke's point about the Sligo site. What part does the Department play in purchasing a site of that value pre-purchase?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: From what I understand, Mr. O'Connor is saying that that site now may not be developed for housing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that but-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: When was the site purchased?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: That was when €11 million was a serious amount of money, as was €250,000 per acre. How have we gotten to a stage where that kind of money has been invested and a site has not been developed? From what I am hearing from the witnesses, it is as if the need is not there.