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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I support Deputy Mitchell's comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Registry Board: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I welcome Dr. Coffey and wish him well in his role as chairman of this very important group. The National Cancer Registry is vital and important. He and his colleagues have done amazing work in recent years dealing with cancer-related issues. If I may say this gently, I think that in many respects they have taken a lot of the fear away from people who are scared, as many people now survive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Registry Board: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: May I ask one brief question on that? Listening to the experts, I think we all now know that alcohol and smoking are detrimental in terms of people developing cancer. Have other factors such as food or environment been indicated? Are there any indications that such factors may be a cause?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: In fairness, Deputies Durkan and O'Reilly have posed some of the questions I was going to ask so I will not prolong my contribution by repeating all that has been said. I welcome Mr. Horan here today and I wish him well in his reappointment. It is a challenging position. I believe that all here have a duty and a responsibility to work together, whether we are politicians, consultants, GPs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: What would that be?

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister and her officials. Sin deireadh leis na ráitis maidir le hárais máithreacha agus naíonán. I thank everyone who participated in the debate. On behalf of all elected Members, I wish all of those present in the Visitors Gallery for this debate the very best for the future in their lives.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I must ask the Deputy to conclude.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: The Deputy has some time remaining.

Topical Issue Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the cost of removing the M1 toll at Drogheda; (2) Deputy Thomas Byrne - upgrading of the N2 from Kilmoon to Ashbourne, County Meath; (3) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - EU funding to Libya to tackle the migration...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: It is the wrong speech.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Like Deputy Kelleher, I welcome this debate in the House. First, I congratulate the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Fitzgerald. She will be a good Minister for jobs and I will be inviting her to my part of the country. I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, on his re-appointment. He should continue his good work. When one is...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Quite a lot of them are. Do those Members give those people their opinions on foreign direct investment? Do those Members think of the catering company that created seven jobs because it has the contract in some of those foreign direct investment companies? Do they take the same attitude to the family shop that opened near the factory and in which the family is able to make a living? I do...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: -----as in the case of Bank of America in Carrick-on-Shannon. It happened in other places as well. We must ensure that more of the FDI comes to the rural regions. That is something I will discuss with the Minister. However, when discussing matters such as this we must recognise that Ireland is a tiny dot on the world map. We punch way above our weight with regard to FDI. We must...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the appointment of a fourth classroom teacher at a school (details supplied) for September 2017 in view of the fact that this is a DEIS school and enrolment figures are on the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27682/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision not to award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) can be reversed. [28832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process that is in place for a school that has not been awarded DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will increase the core funding available to an organisation (details supplied) under the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks, in view of the scope and range of services currently provided by the organisation on a very modest budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 911. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the core funding available to a group (details supplied) under the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks in view of the scope and range of services provided by the group on a very modest budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 1560. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the lack of adequate testing for the diagnosis of Lyme disease in view of the fact that many persons are forced to travel abroad to receive a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 1193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out at the new endoscopy unit at Roscommon county hospital since it was established in June 2016 to date in 2017, by month, in tabular form; the average length of stay for a person; the number of staff currently employed at the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27239/17]