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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (20 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Out of common courtesy Deputy McGrath should allow people to reply. He can take this up again with the Minister.

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Without question, the EPA rules on water pollution have a very negative impact on planning permissions, not only in County Leitrim, but in my own county of Roscommon and other counties in that region. They are also having a negative effect on a number of midland counties. I want to compliment Deputy Martin Kenny on bringing this Bill forward because it is quite positive legislation. We can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if a home support package will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47870/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Is Deputy Ryan asking the question of himself?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In reading the health section in the programme for Government one might think the Government intends to provide a better health service for all. In its approach to many health issues it has, in fact, been very blasé. On the issue of the cervical screening programme, one of my constituents had her test in mid-July, but she has not yet received the results. It usually takes four weeks...

Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I always have a few words to add.

Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Like Deputy O'Loughlin, I speak on as many issues as I can. I thank Deputy Butler for giving me some time. We have a major difficulty in Roscommon. The community healthcare organisation, CHO 2, area, covers a population of 475,000 in counties Mayo, Roscommon and Galway. There are 1,246 people in the area waiting on a home care package, which is shocking considering it is one of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Senator Buttimer. I am a rural Deputy but I know people from rural areas who come to the city for the switching-on of the lights. The switching-on of Christmas lights, wherever it happens throughout the country, is a major occasion especially for the younger people. They love it and are excited by it. What happened to problem-solving? The reply...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: For a number of weeks I have said that this is a bad move for particular parts of the country. The argument has been outlined by a number of my colleagues. Where an establishment does not have the footfall, it will certainly suffer. There is no doubt that when the VAT rate was reduced to 9%, it had the effect of increasing employment, particularly in the restaurant sector. We found...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, for coming to the Chamber this evening to deal with this Topical Issue matter. We might have a difference of opinion at times but the Minister of State engages quite a lot. We also had a scenario with the centre in Ballaghadereen some time back. This Topical Issue matter concerns a centre, which I accept is a direct provision centre, on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The term "locked away" might not be appropriate but if I was an asylum seeker waiting ten years for my case to be adjudicated on and I was confined to a small area in a hotel, I would certainly call it being locked away. The Minister of State knows if all our families were put together in a small space, how long we would stay sane in it. That is one part of the argument. He has answered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I cannot understand, when the Department was offered the Shannon Key West Hotel in Roosky, how the officials did not know about the legal situation or why they would push this on a village that does not have the infrastructure or the facilities. Nothing has been delivered in that village over many years. I ask the Minister of State again to say when Mr. Banks will meet Oireachtas Members...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In 2008, the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government introduced the first scheme to support microgeneration, but virtually nothing has happened in the ten years since. A golden opportunity has been lost in those ten years considering what we now face in the 2020 targets which will unquestionably cause serious difficulties for Ireland, particularly financially. I have no doubt that if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA support will be provided for a person (details supplied); when SNA support will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a child psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who are awaiting test results under the national cervical screening programme; the average length of waiting time for test results; the number of women waiting in excess of 12 weeks for results by county in tabular form; the steps being taken to address lengthy waiting periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49466/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive results under the cervical screening programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49387/18]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The first thing we should say is that the event went off very well. The OPW should be complimented on that. It was a huge undertaking. I want to acknowledge publicly that the OPW does a good job when it does its work and caters for events like this. Like the Chairman and other Deputies, I would like to ask some questions today. Was the "Event Control Coordinator", who is mentioned in the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The same section of the document also refers to an "Event Controller".