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Written Answers — Department of Health: Forestry Sector (11 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1107 of 28 April 2021, if feedback has been sought from industry stakeholders as to the reason the 4,300 hectares have not been converted into planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Forestry Sector (11 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of afforestation applied for in each of the past five years; the actual area planted in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have three questions for the Minister today. The first relates to persons in category four. We need a clearer outline of how people in this category are to be notified about their vaccination. I am hearing about a lot of complicated scenarios, whereby consultants have told patients it is the responsibility of their GP but the GP has no knowledge and people are getting confused. We do...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: Will the Government consider taking from the shelf the proposal to build an outer ring road to the M50, which would prevent traffic congestion on the M50 and reduce NOx emissions? Dublin is the only major capital city in Europe that does not have an outer ring road. Instead, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has decided to install speed cameras and fine people for getting it wrong and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (5 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 509. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current 30-month waiting time for disability psychology services in County Wexford; his plans to immediately address the lack of resources in the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the 86 recommendations in the report from the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel; the timeline for each of the recommendations to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22806/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if impediments have been identified with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the recent meetings of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Implementation Oversight Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22808/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Verona Murphy: 558. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken to determine the cost entailed in the implementation of each of the 86 measures as recommended in the report from the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel. [22807/21]

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank my Labour Party colleagues for tabling the motion. It further endorses the reintroduction of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 which, as my colleague stated, was originally presented to the House by former Senator James Reilly. It was reintroduced yesterday by Deputy Canney, along with me and my colleagues in the Regional Group who co-signed it. I hope the Bill and the motion...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I support sensible measures to encourage people to lead more environmentally healthy lives but I have major fears about whether this Bill will lead to that. While I believe the Minister and his colleagues in the Green Party are sincere in their motives, I disagree with the approach they want to take. First, this Bill could best be described as motherhood and apple pie. While it sounds...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: There has been no shortage of shoddy, poorly thought-out legislation passed through this House in the past 14 months. In many cases, it resulted from the lack of debate and scrutiny. It is a big frustration in the context of the way business is being conducted that, often, debate only happens after a bad proposal has been passed. The Government is attempting to do the same thing with this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the installation of a public MRI facility at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the breakdown of the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (29 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for child psychologist services in CAMHS in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Taoiseach might not be aware that, currently, due to the dysfunctional elements with regard to what happens in different Departments and in the context of legislative licensing requirements, the cable layers of the world are laying cables on our seabed, jeopardising the livelihood of the fishermen that he does not want us to discuss. Those fishermen find themselves in the High Court...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is the Government's policy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is because Government policy is Stalinist.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes, it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: We have an ideologue as a planning regulator.