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Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute on such an important motion. It is undeniable that Covid-19 has had an impact on the mental health of many people, and this has taken many different forms, including loneliness, social isolation, stress, financial pressures, anxiety. These are just some examples. My colleagues and I, in the Regional Group, are very pleased that the...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank both sides of the House for what seems to be great co-operation, which I have not seen much of in my nine months here. All Deputies can recognise how difficult it is for victims of domestic abuse to deal with and escape from their abusers. Not only must they deal with the abuse as it is occurring, which must be a devastating experience, but they must also get the help they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of pay restoration for all section 39 organisations as per the Workplace Relations Commission agreement reached in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I want to ask the Minister-----

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: The Minister stated that, effectively, the carbon cost was €1.50 per tank of fuel of €60. He should multiply that tenfold or even more for a truck. It is wrong to say that that is all it is costing the person who fills the car because the reality is that there is a diesel rebate system that rebates the money back to the haulier but because the floor is not low enough, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26427/20]

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I accept the Chairman's apology and his statement. I have known Brian outside of my short time in the Dáil as president of the Irish Road Haulage Association and I have always found him to be a pure gentleman. Unfortunately, given social media as it is today, things happen in this regard. I do not condone the content. I spoke to the Chairman personally about that. I do, however,...

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: That is prior to my joining this committee so is it possible to get information on that?

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: In light of where we will be in January, we might invite the Dublin Port authority to come in given that-----

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: So it cannot be invited to come before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: That is grand.

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

Verona Murphy: I welcome everybody and commend Rosslare Europort on its great work in obtaining a new operator for a direct ferry service. It will certainly go a long way towards dealing with the issue of Brexit traffic. I will address this point to Mr. O'Reilly. As the Chair mentioned, four ships arrive at Dublin Port within 45 minutes in the morning. Between 5.30 a.m. and 6.15 a.m., two ships arrive...

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

Verona Murphy: Yes. It is the hauliers' representative body.

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

Verona Murphy: That is right. That was in 2018. I reviewed the minutes last night. All of the points Mr. O'Reilly has made in his statement with regard to the shipping companies are points that were raised by the IRHA. Mr. O'Reilly was asked to request that the container terminal operators vary their opening times. He was also asked whether the shipping companies could reorganise their sailings. All...

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

Verona Murphy: Did Mr. O'Reilly make a request? I saw his very public spat with Irish Ferries.

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

Verona Murphy: It was with Stena Line. The issue is we have public infrastructure, namely, Dublin Port, that is congested today and that is expected to be chaotic post Brexit. Mr. O'Reilly said in his statement that everything operates the same way as it did when the B&I was there. Is he absolving himself of any responsibility as the chief executive officer, CEO, of Dublin Port in that everything has...

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

Verona Murphy: I just pointed that out.

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

Verona Murphy: I do not have much time. What did Mr. O'Reilly try to change? What did he do? What proactive approach did he take to reorganise those things?

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

Verona Murphy: Chairman, may I interrupt Mr. O'Reilly? It is not commercially sensitive. This is publicly owned infrastructure that depends on the economy of Ireland surviving in terms of our having free-flowing traffic for exports and imports. I do not believe it is commercially sensitive. Taking a public service obligation, PSO, to make those schedules work and to change them around is the type of...

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

Verona Murphy: Every morning.