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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: He was not contacted.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: He was not contacted for six days.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: No. He was not contacted to be tested as a close contact.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will report on the SME growth task force and explain the long-term vision for supports for SMEs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: There is never been a more uncertain and worrying time for SMEs. Ensuring that the conditions are set out for the sector to thrive is vital to the economy and its recovery. When the Tánaiste chaired a meeting of the SME growth task force on 25 September last, he said we need to set out a long-term strategic vision for SMEs. With that in mind, and particularly with Brexit preparations...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Tánaiste. I hope the blueprint will include transport for the SMEs and businesses that will require it. The Tánaiste will have seen yesterday that in preparation for Brexit, the UK Government has invested just under €80 million in four European ferry companies to safeguard their trade in products being imported and exported post Brexit. Particular mention was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: If we take seriously a report that was produced by the Irish Maritime Development Office, IMDO, in 2018, and if we add up the figures of the current land bridge traffic having to travel direct post Brexit, we will see that we currently have six daily ferries. According to the IMDO figures, post Brexit we will need 15 services to replace the land bridge traffic. Some 40% available capacity...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of the Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: The next meeting is tomorrow.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school transport scheme; if she will report on the expected time frame for the recommended 50% capacity to be fully operational across the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when targeted specific funding for the provision of communal and sports areas within schools will be forthcoming in view of the immense importance of the appropriate facilities for physical activities to enhance the general health and mental well-being of our children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30112/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: As a matter of integrity, we are locked in here to protect the integrity of this budget process on budget day. What is the point of having these procedures in place if the Minister or his officials leak almost all of the budget to the media in advance? It is a cynical exercise by those in power to curry favour with their friends in the press which undermines the political process. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Covid-19 roadmap for the reopening of day care services for older persons will be communicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30309/20]

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: May I comment?

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: The Minister of State said in his statement that there are 20 plus sailings per week from Dublin. I need to correct the record. There are actually six in the roll-on roll-off sector which use the land bridge.

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: What is the point in encouraging Irish firms to move their trade from the UK, to source their raw materials from anywhere other than the UK and instruct businesses to try fellow EU countries to broaden their horizons and find alternative markets? The Government is constantly telling Irish firms to prepare, only for it to then not play its part in ensuring a riskless transportation operation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE therapists within CHO5 who have been redeployed as Covid-19 testers and contact tracers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects therapists within CHO5 who have been redeployed to work as Covid-19 testers and tracers, particularly those in speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy to return to their expert disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29213/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: First Aid Training (7 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is to be reinstalled to offer affordable first aid training to full-time home carers caring for persons with disabilities and special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29214/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of queries and complaints made by landlords and tenants to the Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied); the average wait time for a response to the relevant queries in the last nine months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28437/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Residential Tenancies Board (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan. One of the functions of the Residential Tenancies Board is to deal with complaints made by tenants in regard to the behaviour of landlords and complaints made by landlords in regard to the behaviour of tenants. Given the obvious importance of having such disputes and complaints dealt with swiftly, can the Minister outline the number of queries and complaints made...