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Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: We have moved on to Fifth Stage. The question has been proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Yes, the Deputy will get do so shortly. I ask Members to indicate if they want to speak. The Minister has commenced her contribution.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: She should be dealing with the Companies (Amendment) Bill.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I ask Members who wish to speak to indicate that they wish to do so.The Minister is speaking to the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Deputy Michael Collins is offering but I do not have his name on my list. I am happy to allow the Deputy to contribute with the agreement of the House. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I am delighted that I was able to accommodate Deputy Michael Collins after his long trip back from Cork.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Deputy Grealish is on a high today. I now call the Minister of State, who has ten minutes to respond.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: For the SD-GP, there is nobody present.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: We will move on to Rural Independents. Deputies Grealish and Danny Healy-Rae have ten minutes between them.

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

Eugene Murphy: May I make a brief comment?

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

Eugene Murphy: We should examine this issue. It is a good idea. It would increase costs, but there is a major problem with this type of waste.

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

Eugene Murphy: That would be acceptable.

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?

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I will respect the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's request because it would be a tragedy if the Bill did not pass today after all the hard work. I greatly appreciate the work of Deputy McLoughlin and his staff. Indeed new politics did work because, as Deputy Dooley said, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, both of which were preparing Bills, decided not to go with them and give their total...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Give a bit of recognition to the people of the west and north west.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: I made a lengthy contribution in the last part of the debate so I will say little now, the Chair will be glad to know. In fairness to the people who have us here, the people from Leitrim and north Roscommon who started this campaign, it would be wrong to seek to make amendments to this now. Deputy McLoughlin, to be fair to him, brought the Bill forward it and has done a lot of work on it,...