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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective procedures which have been cancelled or delayed since the closure of a number of theatres at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, in September 2017; the number of elective procedures that have been undertaken in the private sector to alleviate the pressure of the backlog since the closure of the theatres; and if he will make a...

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: As my time is limited, I will have to omit some of the material I was going to use this evening. We all accept that the Minister is a decent man and that he wants to do his best for the health service. At the moment, however, that simply is not good enough. As Deputy Rabbitte and more of my party colleagues and the Sinn Féin Deputes have said, we need to reopen those beds. In this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: The Minister is starting to sound like Leo.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the Shannon River Basin Management Co-ordination Group in 2017; and the details of those and the agencies that have attended. [54488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 834. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; when an appointment will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health if home care hours will be assigned to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health if home care hours will be assigned to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 1037. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [1451/18]

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (15 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I hope it will not be too hostile.

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I have a short contribution but it is very important that I make it. As the Minister, Deputy Doherty, leaves the Chamber, I commend her on her most powerful speech here today. It brings the plight of domestic abuse survivors home to people. In referring to that issue, I have been looking at something from the Samaritans in respect of abuse and domestic violence. Sometimes we can have a...

Report on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Absolutely.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: As one who often takes the Chair, there are people who say the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is the fairest.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I wish to raise the lack of roll-out of broadband. This relates to the communications management agency Bill, which will provide for a single entity to manage the State's commercial communications contracts, including the national broadband plan contracts. This issue is an absolute mess, particularly in rural Ireland.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I will give a brief example from my parish-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: -----where the 043 and the 071 lines meet half way. The 071 line is within 200 m of the end of the 043 line, but the six houses between them cannot get broadband. The Minister should not laugh at this.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I am referring to the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton. He lives in the city. I live in rural Ireland where people do not have the service. People are moving their businesses from rural Ireland to the towns. It is not a laughing matter. I am aware that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, was opposed to decentralisation and everything else, so he does not have much time for rural...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: There is a distance of 200 m within which six houses cannot get broadband. A young man who has a business there will have to move it or close it down. This is disgraceful. When will broadband be rolled out throughout the country?

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Now there is one for the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief capital allocation and the drawdown in each of the years from 2011 to 2017, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Dec 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group in each of the years from 2011 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54153/17]