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- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: That is all I want to ask for now. Thank you.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I wish to come in with a few comments rather than a question. It is important to ask questions, but we are in a completely different place in 2022 than we were years ago. Biodiversity is now the key word and the new word in all local authorities. Schools and Tidy Towns are really buying into biodiversity, and that applies to rural as well as urban communities. There is a new debate...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: They can work on biodiversity this evening.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I support what Deputy Buckley said. I also thank the secretariat for the work it has done on this matter. I am willing to accept the proposal.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I agree that Mr. Lynn should be invited in because we all accept there is a massive crisis. In my own county and region it is very difficult to recruit and retain staff. As the Chairman will know, in many respects it is an employees' arena in terms of jobs. One of the reasons it is difficult to recruit and retain staff is because some hospitality work involves working unsocial hours....
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I might add that the secretariat do their work enthusiastically.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Unfortunately, on a Wednesday the meetings of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands overlap with our meetings.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I am not asking anybody to make a decision now. Deputy Buckley and I were members of the previous petitions committee. At that time the committee had a policy of meeting in private for 15 to 20 minutes before the public meeting. I know it may not be possible to do that now but it may be one way of getting out of having to meet on two days. There are things we want to talk about privately...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Yes. If the issue cannot be fixed, that is fine.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I am not asking for it be changed just for me.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I thank the Chairman.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendment Nos. 33 to 36, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 38 and 40 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendment No. 41 in the names of Senators Higgins and Ruane has been ruled out of order because of a potential charge on the Revenue.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 44 and 45 are related and will be discussed together.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Amendment No. 47 has been ruled out of order as it does not arise out of committee proceedings.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: When is it proposed to take next Stage?
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)
Eugene Murphy: I thank Senator Boyhan. We all accept that was very sincerely put.