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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I think it is sunny everywhere today except in the Dáil. I got a very disturbing email yesterday containing photographs of a queue in Dover. The Port of Dover has apparently instituted migrant checks which meant it took commercial traffic three hours to travel 1.8 km. The effects of Brexit are still four months away. In recent weeks the UK Government introduced the United...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I asked what preparations have been made.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the treatment pathway devised for mesh implant survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23650/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE wig allowance varies in terms of the amount one receives based on where one lives in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23649/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Potato Sector (15 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply to the EU for a derogation on the ban of diquat on behalf of potato growers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence issued by his Department entitled Bovine TB Herd History Risk Statement and Report sent to farmers which references historic trading details and the advice to cull their herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23971/20]

Services for People with Disabilities: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I wish the Minister of State all the best in her new portfolio. I have no doubt that, like any woman, she will make an impact. Some 13% of Irish people live with disability. When we talk about disability we must include all of those who are suffering from a disability, be it mental or physical, profound or otherwise. Disabled citizens have constitutional rights just like the rest of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Alienation (10 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a working group will be established to consider all aspects of parental alienation including consideration of a referral of the issue to the Law Reform Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22812/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (10 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 235. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23198/20]

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: Although I have wished the Minister of State well personally with what is, as Deputy Ó Laoghaire said, an unenviable portfolio, I do so again now. There have, however, been years of underinvestment, and I use the word "underinvestment" because, after all, the outcomes of early intervention and successful mental health treatment are an investment as much as education is. Ireland's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the Connacht and Ulster alliance of Sligo Institute of Technology, Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology and Letterkenny Institute of Technology on forming a technical university. [22602/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I am the spokesperson for the Regional Group and obviously our interest is in the regions. Will the Minister give an update on the progress of the Connacht-Ulster alliance of Sligo IT, Galway and Mayo IT and Letterkenny IT on forming a technological university?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. Technological university status is essential, as is having third level education remain in the region. It must happen sooner rather than later. A technological university of the west and north-west will be one of the largest multi-campus universities on the island, bringing together students, enterprise and communities spanning a unique geographical region in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I will not labour the point other than to say that the region has a predominantly dispersed rural population. The need for the technological university will provide a critical mass in academic debt to attract, educate, nurture and retain the region's workforce post education, and to ensure job security for the future for the region.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I wish Mr. Boland well in his task. I will be available to assist on the project as a representative of the Wexford constituency. The south east is experiencing a period of significant change due to rapid population increase. In an economy that is diversifying in light of the shifting annual European and global environments, new patterns of population distribution particular to the county...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I am a former student of Carlow IT and have heard the Minister speak at length in recent days regarding further and higher education. I undertook a bachelor of arts degree in law in 2006 as a night student in Carlow IT. As a full-time worker and the mother of a teenage daughter, I would not have had that opportunity if that course was not available. Students from Wexford have access to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the amalgamation of Institute of Technology Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology to form the Technological University for the South East Ireland. [22600/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: I seek an update from the Minister on the timeline for the amalgamation of Institute of Technology, IT, Carlow and Waterford IT to form a technological university in the south east of Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2020)

Verona Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student college contributions will be reduced for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22603/20]