Results 121-140 of 6,413 for speaker:Verona Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the industry specific financial supports that will be made available to licensed travel agents and tour operators in view of the major Covid-19 recommended travel restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18922/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding in respect of the new fire station in New Ross, County Wexford will be signed off on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18916/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the school transport system to ensure social distancing on school buses; if additional buses will be made available to the scheme; if each applying student will be guaranteed a bus seat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18919/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a definitive plan on the reopening of schools will be made available to students and parents to allow for planning of childcare supports and school transport plans, in particular with school transport providers presently looking for payment for the school year 2020-2021 and supported home schooling when needed; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that availed of the school transport system 2019-2020 in County Wexford; the number of students that made applications; the number of students that were unsuccessful in their application in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18920/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the school transport deadline for payments for the new 2020-21 school term in view of the fact that parents are being asked for full payment by the end of July 2020 to secure bus seats for their children when there is much uncertainty regarding the new school year and format; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the rerating of the pandemic unemployment payment for self-employed persons does not take into account the person’s income at the time immediate to Covid-19 closures; the additional supports which will be available to the self-employed whose businesses remain closed but still generate running expenses by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: 811. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures and sentences she plans to introduce the counteract the growing trend of stolen animals; the current fines and prison sentences aligned to the theft of family animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18918/20]

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Verona Murphy: I believe this Bill is very relevant and will have a significant impact on people's decisions when contemplating an action through the legal system in the future. SMEs ranging from haulage operators to crèches, community and voluntary groups, GAA, soccer and sports clubs, hotels, clubs, pubs and restaurants are dealing with the lack of insurance reform every day. Their unsustainable...

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.

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: 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.

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...

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]

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

Verona Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a research project has been commissioned on sexual harassment in third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22604/20]