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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Will the Minister give his reply as quickly as possible?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: It is completely unacceptable that the Members are continually breaching the rules they themselves have set. I am not specifically referring to Deputy Ó Laoghaire. It is happening all the time. Time is being wasted and people who are waiting to have their questions answered are missing out. I am asking every side to adhere to the times allocated.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I welcome the staff of the House, the Minister, an tAire Stáit and Deputies. I wish them all a good, diligent and, most of all, pleasing day's work. I remind all that the time span for each question is six and a half minutes. A Deputy has 30 seconds to introduce the question and the Minister has two minutes to respond. Then there is an initial supplementary question of one minute's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Criminal Law Review (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The Minister will have an opportunity to come back in.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Criminal Law Review (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his co-operation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, approved and processed, respectively in relation to the low cost cashflow loan scheme for farmers announced in budget 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial value of the horticultural sector to the economy in 2017 and to date in 2018; his plans to further enhance the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2018 (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the suckler cow benefit announced in budget 2019; when he plans to move to the €200 suckler payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Speeds (29 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of high speed broadband for counties Roscommon and Galway under the national broadband plan payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49900/18]

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

Eugene Murphy: I am delighted to speak in support of the Bill. Like colleagues, I pay tribute to the Labour Party for bringing it forward. I also pay tribute Deputies O'Loughlin, Lisa Chambers and O'Callaghan who are doing extraordinarily good work in this regard, particularly in respect of a Bill they brought forward recently. I also commend Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee on her efforts to make...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: My question is a bit close to what Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked so I hope the Taoiseach does not mind answering a similar question. The programme for Government includes a commitment to create more than 200,000 jobs by 2020 with 130,000 or 140,000 outside Dublin. If we look at the most recent figures, this is not happening. I acknowledge the Taoiseach was on the Roscommon and Leitrim...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The Deputy is entitled to double the time because the questions have been grouped, but with a little bit of co-operation, Deputy Pringle might be able to ask his question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I am always hesitant to intervene when people are explaining something, but I have to mention that the timespan which is laid down for questions - six and a half minutes in total - is continually being broken. Those who run over time should be conscious that other Deputies are waiting to have their questions answered and they are preventing this from happening. In the interests of fairness,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Two other Deputies have indicated to speak on this issue. I will allow them to comment briefly but the time allocated for the question has almost elapsed.

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: In 2008, the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government introduced the first scheme to support microgeneration, but virtually nothing has happened in the ten years since. A golden opportunity has been lost in those ten years considering what we now face in the 2020 targets which will unquestionably cause serious difficulties for Ireland, particularly financially. I have no doubt that if...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The term "locked away" might not be appropriate but if I was an asylum seeker waiting ten years for my case to be adjudicated on and I was confined to a small area in a hotel, I would certainly call it being locked away. The Minister of State knows if all our families were put together in a small space, how long we would stay sane in it. That is one part of the argument. He has answered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I cannot understand, when the Department was offered the Shannon Key West Hotel in Roosky, how the officials did not know about the legal situation or why they would push this on a village that does not have the infrastructure or the facilities. Nothing has been delivered in that village over many years. I ask the Minister of State again to say when Mr. Banks will meet Oireachtas Members...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, for coming to the Chamber this evening to deal with this Topical Issue matter. We might have a difference of opinion at times but the Minister of State engages quite a lot. We also had a scenario with the centre in Ballaghadereen some time back. This Topical Issue matter concerns a centre, which I accept is a direct provision centre, on the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The first thing we should say is that the event went off very well. The OPW should be complimented on that. It was a huge undertaking. I want to acknowledge publicly that the OPW does a good job when it does its work and caters for events like this. Like the Chairman and other Deputies, I would like to ask some questions today. Was the "Event Control Coordinator", who is mentioned in the...