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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I do not like to interrupt, but the Deputy will have another minute in which to ask a question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The time is up.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Please, Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Does the Deputy have any respect for the Chair? Will he, please, conclude?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I have been more than flexible. The Deputy has taken up three and a half minutes. In fairness, there are guidelines set down which have to be adhered to. If I do not follow them, some of the Deputy's colleagues will not get to ask their questions. I am being very strict on time. It is not that I want to giving out to the Deputy, but will he, please, stick to the time guidelines?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Even though we had 13 minutes available to deal with those questions, we have gone way over time. To be fair to all Members, I cannot allow that to continue.

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: This question is in the name of Deputy John Curran but he has given permission to Deputy O'Dea to put it to the Minister. I presume that is in order.

Other Questions: Poverty Impact Assessment (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: If we get everybody's co-operation we could possibly get through four more questions before 12 noon. I ask everybody to adhere to the time constraints.

Other Questions: Poverty Impact Assessment (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: You are fine. I am trying to accommodate the Members who are waiting to have their questions answered.

Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Deputy Heydon has indicated that he wants Deputy Deering to take his question. I have no difficulty with that. I call Deputy Aindrias Moynihan to introduce his question.

Other Questions: Fuel Allowance Expenditure (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 12 o’clock I will take Question No. 13 if Deputy Penrose is willing to forgo its introduction and the Minister's response is short, and there will then be time for a brief supplementary question and answer.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The love-in is over.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In some instances, they are living in private rented accommodation.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, for staying here to answer this Topical Issue matter. I am often in the Chair and I see her frequently having to deal with some of those questions. That is not easy for her but we do need to get our point of view across. Unfortunately, when it comes to mental health services, Roscommon has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I do not doubt the sincerity on the issue of the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. The Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, did a good job in chairing the meeting last night but from a HSE perspective, it was not constructive at all. The continuation of that unit in Castlerea, which is vital for the mental health services in County Roscommon, looks doubtful. The capacity in...

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Deputy Lawless can take a few minutes of mine.

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I am glad the Minister is present for the debate on this topic, of which I am sure she has a good knowledge. As my colleagues stated, Fianna Fáil fully supports the Famine Memorial Day Bill. To be fair to the Government, Deputy Colm Brophy has put forward a similar Bill. The Famine following the failure of the potato crop in 1845 lasted for six years and 1.1 million lives were...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In A Programme for a Partnership Government, it was announced that there would be an extra 1,100 members of the Garda. I welcome that this is happening throughout the country and in my own constituency. However, counties like Roscommon are far below where they were. We have lost five Garda stations and we still have a major issue with policing. About two weeks ago in Strokestown, a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) who is newly employed by the Education and Training Board, ETB, is deemed exempt from the universal social charge, USC, in the last quarter of the person's first year in employment in view of the fact the Revenue Commissioners is seeking to recoup the USC from the person in the following year causing financial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a bypass for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19633/18]