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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I advise the Deputy to take it up with the Ceann Comhairle. This has arisen before. All I can do is advise-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I understand the Deputy's frustration. It is not the first time this has happened. All I can say is that I will talk to the Ceann Comhairle. I now ask the Deputy to proceed.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I am here chairing. If the Deputy does not wish to raise his matter, I will suspend the House for the next few minutes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I allowed the Deputy to make his point.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I do not dispute the case the Deputy is making and I understand his frustration but if he wishes to withdraw his issue, he may do so now.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I presume that if the relevant Minister is not available, a Minister of State takes the question. We do not like it but that is the procedure.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: The Deputy has made his point. If he wishes, he can defer the matter. I cannot do anything else for him.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: As I said, I totally understand the Deputy's frustration and can see the point he is making. I will talk to the Ceann Comhairle.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: We are not going to start arguing over words. All I can say to the Deputy is that if he wishes to defer his matter, he should do so and take the matter up with the Ceann Comhairle. I will also speak to the Ceann Comhairle about it.

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I will not repeat what has been said but it is important to realise secretaries are the cornerstone of the smooth running of any school. The Minister, like Deputy Catherine Martin, is a former múinteoir scoile, and he will know that better than most. Any of us who have taken our children to school, particularly one attended by a few hundred students, be it a secondary or a national...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost-benefit analysis criteria set down by the OPW will be permitted to take loss of income, workable land, payments to farmers and the environment into account when assessing the need for flood relief works in the Lough Funshinagh area of south County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40015/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the OPW to find a permanent solution to the flooding issues in the Lough Funshinagh area of south County Roscommon in view of the fact that the stringent cost-benefit analysis criteria set down by the OPW has now prevented Roscommon County Council from taking further action; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the administration days for teaching principals to one release day per week will be allocated to deal with the administrative demands of the job in view of the fact that the role of the teaching principal has not been reviewed, qualified or quantified since a circular in 1973; if additional resources will be allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a multi-million Euro development proposed for the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon; the current stage of the proposed development; the status of the design process; to outline when construction will begin; the timeframe for completion of works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot (2 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will streamline certain elements of the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme to assist farmers in rural Ireland who do not have access to high speed broadband and therefore may have difficulty completing all the details required in relation to the leasing or sourcing of weighing equipment within the specified seven to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: My question is also addressed to the Minister, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, and concerns flooding. It is only 3 October. As the Minister of State knows from his own part of the country, there is widespread flooding. Several farmers are already in major difficulty. People are extremely nervous. I live in the real world and I know that the Minister of State cannot stop the rain from falling....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Maintenance of the River Shannon.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: The capacity of the rivers is gone.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (3 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cease the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants will be reversed in view of the significant educational and personal development opportunities it offers to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/19]