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Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 26 to 29, inclusive, are grouped together..

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: We will come back to that in a moment.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 19 and 20 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: Amendments Nos. 22 to 24, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I want to give the Minister of State a chance to reply, then we will come back to Senator Higgins.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I welcome the good news from the Department headed by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, and the Government of the €2.6 million for the first Town Centre First plans. The town that has been chosen in County Roscommon, I am proud to say, is my own home town of Strokestown. It is also the home with the National Famine Museum, which is also going under a...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. My contribution will be brief. Yesterday, I spoke about the value of our secretarial assistants. I will not go through all of that again. I acknowledge and admire Senator Craughwell for his intervention. The Leas-Chathaoirleach also referred to the matter. I fully understand, acknowledge and agree with almost everything that has...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I apologise to the witnesses for having to rush off for a vote in the Seanad. I will not say much about this because apparently another case in that area is ongoing in the courts. I acknowledge the presentation by Mr. Barrett and the other witnesses. As I understand it, all he wants is for this to be regularised, put through the proper planning process and made safe. That is to his credit...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I wish to return to an issue on which my colleague, Senator Gallagher, had a Commencement matter this morning, for which the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, was in the House. I compliment the Minister, who has been doing a lot of work on this. I refer to the spiralling cost of fertiliser for farmers. While we all want to promote organic fertilisers and...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: The Minister is very welcome to the House. Over the past number of difficult years he has been important on a number of fronts to the constituency I serve, and to the country in general, as we dealt with something nobody had seen happen before with the pandemic. Like many Members, I welcome the fact that the Minister has come to the Chamber himself to give this address and listen to what we...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: On a more serious note, our secretarial staff have done a wonderful job. Like everybody else, we would like to see their conditions changed and their jobs upgraded. It is very good to hear the Minister say so much about those assistants in his address. I picked out four paragraphs at an early stage. He also spoke recently in the Dáil about the important growth of pay, which is...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: -----to get the research on those. There were 37,941 questions with written answers and 977 with oral answers. Apart from secretarial staff, Oireachtas Library and Research staff do an outstanding job. We should be very appreciative of what they do. They are fantastic people and are all so helpful. The ushers look after us so well from morning until night. Many a time I have had to get...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: We are running late and have to get out of here by 6.30 p.m. I am conscious that many people want to speak. If it is okay with the Minister, he might leave the last part of his speech for when he sums up.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: We are short on time. I will remove my own four-minute slot. I ask everyone to try to accommodate all their colleagues.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: For newly arrived Members, the Minister unfortunately got held up at an important meeting. We are running late so I have asked Members to co-operate with me. I came down hard on Senator Paul Daly and cut the Minister's speech down a bit.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Senator for her co-operation on time. Kildare is one of the greatest counties for the horse racing industry and with that in mind, I call Senator Wall.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Senator for his co-operation. By order of the House, I must call the Minister at 6.24 p.m. There are four speakers remaining. I have given way and given up my four minutes. I am asking the four remaining speakers to share their time. Will Senator Kyne share his time with Senator Buttimer? Will Senator Higgins share her time with Senator Ahearn? We do not have the time. The...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I presume Senator Higgins is replacing Senator Ruane.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: That is fine.