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

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

Verona Murphy: Fianna Fáil is the party which, throughout its lifetime, has credited itself for being the provider of homes for generations. The previous Government issued guidelines that prevented housing development outside the M50. The Mahon tribunal found that, in effect, the planning policy adopted by Governments facilitated the practice of payment for zoning. Now, new planning policy is...

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

Verona Murphy: It should be a concern because the planning policies we have today mean that most of what is expected is not viable. That is why developers are not building. High densities have been pushed on them. There is no viability in the development and, therefore, planning permissions have been granted but buildings will not be built. I am glad to hear the Taoiseach confirm that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the crisis presently facing the charter boat industry here (details supplied); if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the industry has been decimated due to Covid-19 restrictions and that the sector is unable to fulfil the eligibility criteria of the current financial support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 848. To ask the Minister for Health when community medical doctors will be in a position to recommence regular primary medical certificate assessments following legal clarification in relation to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: 1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2050 of 24 March 2021, the minimum level of afforestation needed to ensure the survival of private forestry nurseries, planting companies and contractors given the fact that only 50% of the 4,500 hectares referenced will convert to planting due to inordinate delays in obtaining approval; and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Chair and wish everybody a good afternoon. I thank the witnesses for appearing. Following on from some of Deputy Devlin's questions, the witnesses will see Leinster House in the background behind me. Is a television licence for Leinster House paid on the same basis as the licence for a householder? Can anybody answer that question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Would the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine pay for another licence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: But only one. Maybe we would look into that for Ms Forbes, given that there are probably 500 televisions in Leinster House alone. It seems that there are some anomalies. Another issue I would like to bring up is that earlier in the year there was a charitable payout based on a defamatory claim made against RTÉ - a libel action. RTÉ paid out €20,000. How was that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: How often does that occur? In monetary terms, what would that amount to for this year or, if Ms Forbes prefers, last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Does RTÉ have insurance for it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Would that €20,000 have come from an insurance or would it have come from RTÉ's coffers?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Even though it does not go to court, the insurance company makes the decision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I would be interested in looking at, possibly for the past ten years, what kind of defamatory claims were made and then settled out of court. We will be aware of the ones that go before the courts. I would like to see where we are going in this regard and ensure that if it has all been insurance payouts, RTÉ's licence fee income is not being affected. If Ms Forbes could submit...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: If Ms Forbes was able to provide a breakdown of payments by RTÉ to charities since 2010 as opposed to payments made in respect of defamation claims that went to court and were settled out of court, it would be great. I just want to see the significance of it and the impact it is having. There is something else I wanted to ask Ms Forbes. She said there were categories that were...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: Does Ms O'Shea believe that figure is credible or is part of that avoidance?

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank my Independent colleagues for bringing this motion to the floor of the Dáil and giving us the opportunity to debate it. At the outset, in the context of CAP reform, I would like to discuss convergence. In principle, convergence is a great idea but it should not be used in agriculture. Where it should be tested is in the Civil Service and I would urge the Minister to introduce...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: There is no other sector in this country that would be asked to move money from the top to the bottom and be expected to accept it. Our teachers would not accept it, nor would our nurses or other medical staff but our very own Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine thinks that the farmers of Ireland, using our natural resources to the best of their ability, should accept convergence....

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: I welcome having time to speak on the CRSS. There is no doubt those eligible will be very glad to hear of an extension. I do not believe those who are ineligible will be very pleased to see nothing is being announced for them today. The eligibility criteria set by the CRSS have been far too narrow and exclude far too many important businesses. It has seen numerous small local indigenous...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Verona Murphy: In 2016, the Friends of Wexford General Hospital group was told that it would be given funding for an essential MRI scanner for the hospital if the group was able to raise €250,000. The group appealed to the people of Wexford and within 18 months that €250,000 was raised by the people of Wexford. It was by 2018, some 18 months later. Some weeks ago, South East Radio...