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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Is the Deputy happy to proceed?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Is that okay with the Minister?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Does the Minister wish to make a concluding statement?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Before we close off proceedings here, as someone who has been in the Chair quite often over the past year, I want to thank Deputies, Ministers and staff for their courtesy and assistance and wish them all a happy Christmas. With the help of God, we will all be back here in 2020. I hope everyone enjoys the break.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Eugene Murphy: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ar an gcéad dul síos, déanaim comhghairdeas leis agus lena chlann. Is lá speisialta é. Déanaim comhghairdeas freisin le Seanadóir Doherty agus Seanadóir Chambers. I hope the comments of Senator Craughwell that he will work with the Cathaoirleach for the next 12 months do not mean he is expecting an election in...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I hope not. It is important today for people like me who served in the last Dáil - I am really privileged to have been elected to the Seanad - to thank the staff of the Seanad, the Clerk, Mr. Martin Groves, and his people for all their guidance over a very difficult time for us.I also thank the ushers, who have been so helpful to us today. We might know every nook and cranny in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: First, I want to respond to the comments of Senator Craughwell to assure him with regard to the Defence Forces. Like Senator O'Loughlin, I will use every opportunity, as part of the Government formation, to speak to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on a number of issues relating to the Army. We have issues in my part of the country with regard to the western command and Athlone. Without...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I agree with Senator Black regarding artists, particularly musicians. As Senators Black and Warfield and the Chair will be aware, I have a great association with those people through my time in local radio. At the moment, they are in distress financially and they need assistance. They feel they are being left out of the loop and we must address that. I want to return to the issue of...

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I will not take the full five minutes; I will give some of the time to other Members. I wish the Leas-Chathaoirleach well. He will do a fine job and will have my full co-operation. Rather than repeat everything said by my colleague, Senator Crowe, and by other Members, I will agree with many of the sentiments and add one or two remarks to them. It has been stated over and over again that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I will adhere to that request. I wish the Minister, Deputy Calleary, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Fleming and Jack Chambers, the best of luck. I am sure none of my party colleagues would have liked to get the appointments in the way they did. To the Cowen family, I say that we all feel a certain sympathy for them. There is not a person in this House who does not feel sympathy for...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: First Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I want to extend my good wishes to a good friend of many years, the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Fleming. It is lovely to call him that after all these years. As I said earlier in the House, I am sure he would like the circumstances of his appointment to be different but it is great that he is in the job. He has always been a man of common sense and understanding. I have been following...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: Nobody else is offering to contribute, so I will call the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to reply. I congratulate the Deputy again. Little did he think this time last week that he would be required at this debate as a Minister of State. There is a lot of goodwill and many good wishes towards him.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I fully support the sentiments expressed by Senator Black regarding people in the arts sector, particularly the music industry. She puts the case very well. Due to my past involvement with media and so on, I have been dealing with representatives of those groups over recent weeks. I do not mean to repeat everything Senator Black said, but we must remember that those people are definitely...

Seanad: National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I sincerely congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I had the privilege of joining Dáil Éireann in 2016 and one of the greatest working relationships I had was with him. I come from a rural community where people often say that the Minister does not care about them. He does care about people. If I am not mistaken, he has a strong association with County Tipperary. I...

Seanad: National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I support the amendment, which widens the scope for communities in an appropriate way.Senator Higgins raised a very important point about communities and community projects. I am very much involved with the Lanesborough community as it is literally down the road from me. Every second household had a job with Bord na Móna or with the ESB. This is why I am so strongly committed on this....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I want the House to reflect for a moment or two on another sad situation that occurred recently. I refer to the words of Dr. Samar Fatima Ali about her father, who worked in Tallaght University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital. She stated in an RTÉ interview: There are no words for the pain that we are experiencing. We did not think that at such an age that we...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I must say that the debate has been good from every side of the House. Some good points of view are being expressed and some genuine concerns are also being expressed right around the House. Like my Fianna Fáil colleagues, I welcome the legislation, which provides, as has been said, the largest credit guarantee in the history of the State.I welcome the Minister of State. I have no...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: That is good. The Minister of State might give us an explanation of that role. The most important thing now is getting this legislation through the Houses and implementing it as quickly as possible. That is so important. We must move forward and help those businesses and the many small business people to whom I have spoken who are so determined to get back, to survive and to take back...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Eugene Murphy: I wish my colleague the best of luck in his new role in this Ministry. I have known Deputy Collins for several years, and I have gotten to know him particularly well over the past four or five years when I served with him in Dáil Éireann. It is acknowledged that he is a man of vision and of thinking outside of the box. I have no doubt rhetoric will not be involved here but it...