Results 161-180 of 225 for long speaker:Eugene Murphy

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Eugene Murphy: .... Boyle, the home of the great Chris O'Dowd, is a sizeable town, with thousands of people coming to the area in the summer. The beautiful Lough Key Forest Park is down the road. The station there is no longer a 24-hour Garda station and I call on the new Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the possibility of restoring this to a 24-hour station. Tarmonbarry is the first village...

Seanad: Commencement of Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...in ISL. I certainly would love to be able to do that. I thank the Minister of State and the Cathaoirleach for all their work. It is lovely to hear all the Senators speaking so positively on this issue and hopefully the work will come to fruition before too long.

Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...continuing repression and organised discrimination against women, and many in this Chamber today have repeated that particular line. We must at all times, even in this country and even though we are a long way from Iran, stand up for these people and these women because they are entitled to freedom of opinion, expression and belief. I am glad to see that this Chamber is totally...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services Provision (6 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...for a commitment that the HSE, and the Government will assist us in this because I am sure the Minister of State would accept that it is of utmost importance. Dementia sufferers enter expensive long-term care when they could continue to live in their community, and we all want that, where possible, with proper supports in place such as day care and home support. There is a unit that...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...they have been told they will not be able to get back to them for six or seven months. I would like the Minister to bring that back to the Cabinet to see if we could get them back more quickly as long as more people are vaccinated and society starts to return to normality. We also need to look at the operation of SUSI. Due to the PUP, there are families that will have difficulty...

Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)

Eugene Murphy: .... The goalposts have changed and we as legislators have to deal with this issue. Many of those special needs children need that provision during the summer months. Parents say they slip back a long way if they do not have that type of provision. As far as I am aware autistic children have that provision but Down's syndrome children do not. It is important that we pass the motion and...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...to move 7,500 votes out of north Roscommon into Sligo-Leitrim-South Donegal. They had done it with Cavan previously - they put them in with Sligo-Leitrim-South Donegal - and the Cavan people were not long saying that they had to get that changed. Certainly, in a Roscommon context, we want our county intact. It is something that we will be looking at in the future. I suppose the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (28 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...and understand that dental healthcare is extremely important, particularly for young people. It is not good enough that people have to wait and suffer. As we all know, some of those dental healthcare problems can become lifelong problems for people if they are not handled at an early age. Most politicians, irrespective of what side of the House they are on, whether they are in government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Eugene Murphy: I also know Mr. Carr and Mr. Farrell and I know some of the rest of them less well. I might not go as far as Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, but I have said publicly for a long time that there is a lot of beating farmers with the stick over environmental issues. My late father used to talk about the original rural environment protection scheme, REPS. Approximately 98% of farmers took part in that....

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...Treatment Purchase Fund will not solve all the ills in the health sector but Fianna Fáil fought for the extra money. I hope that money will in some way help to shorten waiting lists and assist people who have been waiting for treatment for a long time to get the care they need.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Meals Programme (13 Dec 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...Minister of State and the officials on the work they are doing in respect of it. I acknowledge that the scheme is being evaluated at present but I warn on the time span for this. We cannot afford to hang around too long on this matter. More and more suppliers will drop out. This would be a tragedy. It is one of the best schemes we could have. It is focused on young people who may not...

Media Ownership Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...-Northern Sound for 20 years. I also presented a programme on Irish television for a period agus uair amháin bhí mé ag obair do TG4 ar chlár ceoil. I was also a local correspondent with the Longford Leader. I have a major interest in this issue. Like my colleagues, I acknowledge Deputy Catherine Murphy and Deputy Shortall bringing this to the House and giving us an...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...the panel's creation, we must fill the vacancy urgently for the young people of County Roscommon who desperately need this service. The list is growing. We must deal with that, as we do not want long lists in situations such as this one. The Minister of State will agree on the importance of having child psychological services.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, has made an investment in excess of €27 million in the town and village programme up and down the country. It is good to see that a long-vacant building in Ballinasloe is to be repurposed as a hub and €500,000 will be allocated for the redesign of Arigna, County Roscommon, a little village well known to many which was...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Eugene Murphy: ...particularly a Fianna Fáil one, would have let this develop to the point it has. It is shameful that many children are living in hotel rooms. It is wrong, wrong, wrong. I plead with the Minister to face up to the problems as long as he is the Minister.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...and James Connolly, In 1913, at the request of Constance Markievicz, she treated Helena Molony - this was referred to - who stayed with Dr. Lynn while she recuperated, which was an excuse to have long talks that converted Dr. Lynn to the national movement. This lady had many other attributes. I recognise Senator Kyne and fair play to him for being brave enough to say what he said, but...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...Perhaps it is something the Deputy Leader would at least look at to see what benefit there could be by having a debate with our Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the Minister for Transport, even if it is only an hour long debate to highlight the issue. Let everybody sing from the one hymn sheet with regard to stamping this out, and bringing the word "respect" back for all people. I would like...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I will try not to take too long because I know many Senators wish to contribute on this really important and significant Bill. Looking at the purpose of the Bill, we have to realise what we are about here. For example, one of the stated purposes of the Bill is "to enable urgent measures to be taken to increase the supply of housing in the State and in particular affordable and social...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...junior certificate students, who are getting their exam results today. Possibly most of them have received their results by now. There were 67,000 students involved and they have been waiting a long time for them. I know that this junior certificate was different from the 2019 one, with all of the difficulty with Covid-19. As I always say in situations like this, I offer my...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...Although we have had equal pay legislation on the Statute Book for more than 40 years, we still have a significant problem regarding the gender pay gap. The available statistical information has long shown that progression, if it takes place at all, is excruciatingly slow. It is high time that real action was taken and that we resolved this situation once and for all. The most...