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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Was Revenue involved in the Irish Maritime Development Office, IMDO, report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Cody. I do not want to hold up anybody else.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: We can do that again. It is not a problem. I thank Mr. Cody.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NPWS for the past number of years has published the details of the released locations of hares on their website contrary to a press release issued by his Department on 12 November 2020; if his attention has been further drawn to the distress which the subsequent illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability in Ireland of a drug named Dupilumab which has been life-changing for many persons living with severe atopic eczema; when the drug is expected to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37741/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I move amendment No. 156: In page 66, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “PART 6 REPORTS55. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the taxation measures (included accelerated capital allowances)which can be used to support a programme to secure an update in the national HGV fleet to Euro VI...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister for his reply. I understand now that this scheme already exists. I with to advise that gas vehicles are not particularly relevant to the Irish market. Some people did partake in the scheme but it has not really been successful. One will find that with the stakeholders involved they will seek more of an upgrade to a Euro 6 diesel as opposed to Euro 6 gas. Also, our...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 284. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme do not extend to secondary supply businesses such as fish suppliers, florists and food producers whose businesses have been decimated by the level 5 closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37017/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary school places available by school in each local electoral area in County Wexford in tabular form. [37019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions being made to provide early years education workers with an hourly rate equivalent to the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions being made to provide a sick pay scheme to early years education workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have dropped out of the dental treatment services scheme during 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37022/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists by local electoral area in County Wexford at present contracted to provide dental services under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37023/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I move amendment No. 139: In page 55, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “35.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the suitability and operability of a diesel rebate scheme and whether it is sufficient in compensation for the increase in carbon tax.”. The Minister will be familiar...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I may have confused matters. There are two matters. The Minister is addressing the diesel rebate scheme. I thought we were dealing with amendment No. 156 but it is amendment No. 139. I presented it incorrectly but the Minister is fully aware of what I am talking about. I will explain it to other members if necessary.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: As the Minister knows, the floor was at €1 and it is now at €1.07 plus VAT. The current increase in carbon tax is not being taken account of for hauliers. I appreciate the Minister's comments about the grant. It is good to hear that and I am sure the hauliers will be very pleased. We must incentivise this as we have done with many parts of the agricultural sector. It is not...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. Everybody understands that the haulier will not get this increase in the carbon tax back and it will have to be passed to the consumer in the form of a double whammy. When haulier costs go up, everything on the shelf goes up. The Minister should bear that in mind. I hope this is not the final result.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (12 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for her empathy. She can only feel as I do. There was all of what the Minister of State described to me, but it took a week and I made further inroads. I will not mention the HSE official's name, but I found somebody who was empathetic, who took charge of the situation and who said it would not happen again. However, the letters the Minister of State referred...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (12 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: I wish to raise a very sensitive and emotive issue relating to the delivery of home care support services. Changes to the disability home support packages are causing immense distress and anxiety to many families who avail of these services. A constituent of mine contacted me last week regarding her daughter, Fran. Fran is 31 years old and profoundly intellectually disabled. She has...