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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate what Mr. Reid is saying. However, when one looks at the issue from a public purse perspective, as the committee is doing here, it has taken so long to develop a strategy that deals with the disparity in care provision. For example, €23 million of extra funding was provided in 2018, as the Comptroller and Auditor General may wish to confirm. There was an increase in...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that the review has been completed. Is there any indication of a timeline within which we will see that review in the public domain?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: Is it the witnesses' opinion that the review, which Dr. O'Reardon indicated had been completed, should be looked at as a matter of urgency as opposed to taking the position that having completed the review, we will get to it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: Yes. I put it to the Comptroller and Auditor General as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: A review was carried out, supposedly, from 2015. Dr. O'Reardon said it has been completed and is waiting for the Minister. Is it the witnesses' view that the review should be looked at?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Dr. O'Reardon.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the start date for the construction of the new fire station in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Washington, DC, USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ninth round of Brexit negotiations with the EU and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed in the Residential Tenancies Board; a breakdown of the sections of the staff within the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (6 Oct 2020)

Verona Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress with the UK Government regarding the UK customs preparations for Brexit. [26652/20]

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...

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.

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]

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...