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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Deputy Griffin made a crucial point. We cannot wait around. We cannot wait for things to happen with regard to the rail line. Mr. Quinn and Mr. Mulligan are not against railway development. One of them worked alongside the other. You could get this work up and running very quickly but if you are going to wait for reports on what is going to happen with the railway lines, you are right-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: That is the point Deputy Griffin was making.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I accept that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Nobody wants that. I acknowledge where Senator Lombard is coming from, given that he is from a big dairy area. When a previous Minister, Deputy Coveney, rightly lifted the cap, many dairy herds expanded massively. I know this. I used to work down in Cork. I know a lot of the dairy farmers. We have to be careful. I agree with Senator Lombard that we have challenges. I am not going to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Absolutely.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach for seeing the importance of this Commencement matter and for allowing it to be discussed. I really appreciate that. I thank the Minister of State for being here to speak about this national school issue. Keadue National School in County Roscommon is a two-teacher school with a current enrolment of 48 pupils. The pupil enrolment has doubled in the past two years,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. After I compiled the figures I gave him, I received a telephone call to say there is even further good news in that a family is moving into the village with three children eligible to attend the national school. I did not include them in my figures. That family will not be resident in the village for approximately five weeks. I welcome the decision to which...

Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: On my own behalf and on behalf of the Senators, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, to the House. I call on Senator Ollie Crowe, who has eight minutes.

Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister of State, his officials, Seanadóirí, the staff of the House and the ushers, who are here with us during all our debates and who are of the utmost help to us all.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I echo the sentiments of Senator Martin with regard to Israel and the Gaza Strip, and all that is happening. The cruel things that happened at the weekend were hard to comprehend in any way. I wish to dwell for a few moments on the budget. I am sure that many people are sick and tired at this stage of hearing about the budget but I wish to rebut the argument that the agriculture budget was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I am not bringing in another item at all. This is part of-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: No I am not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I do not want to get into an argument with the Cathaoirleach but I am talking about the cost of fuel in the context of people in rural areas and farmers. I am talking about the budget now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach. If a farmer has a sick calf or a sick lamb down in rural Ireland, one cannot put them under one's arm and jump onto a Local Link bus. The farmer will need to use his or her jeep, car and trailer to go to the vet. That is the reality. That is what the farmers need to do-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I do worry about the cost of taxes on fuels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Our guests are welcome. I have a great interest in this area. Coming here this evening in the hope of getting a few questions in, I asked myself what the response would be like. Actually, the group is quite enthusiastic. I firmly believe that unless we take this by the scruff of the neck, the business will be gone. How many of our guests have eaten an Irish tomato this year? What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: Would they agree that the flavour of an Irish apple can be far better than that of many of the apples that come in from abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I would much rather have an Irish Cox's Pippin than a Pink Lady, given the taste of the Pink Lady apples we import. Last year, we imported 70,000 tonnes of apples into a country that can probably grow apples better than any other in the world. The story is incredible. We need to get a hold of this business. For several years, I attended Warrenstown, a fantastic horticultural college. I...