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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (22 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle knows better than anybody that I cannot allow it. The rules are the rules with four minutes each.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (22 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I am sure both of you will go and meet them. It will be a great gathering.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: This question might best be answered by the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle. It is a number of weeks since we set up the forum in the context of the beef crisis. Unfortunately. because of an issue that arose outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine a number of days ago, the talks did not get up and running. There is a deep crisis, as the Minister of State knows. There is...

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: No, I cannot speak but that is alright.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I have asked numerous times about the 50-bed unit at Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, which was promised by the Tánaiste's party before the last election and was to be in place by 2020. I now understand that it is listed in the capital programme with a date of 2022. I do not expect the Tánaiste to have answers for me today. He has been a very busy man doing a lot of good work on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I am going to attempt to break all records and accommodate the three Deputies who are here, so I will ask the three Deputies to co-operate.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Policy (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I call Deputy Burton next. I ask all Deputies and the Minister to stick to the time limits because we are running behind.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: We all sympathise with the community there.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I want to say to the Minister and to Deputies that there are time slots agreed by the House. I do not mind Members taking eight or ten seconds but Members continuously go over time-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I know it is an important issue, but at the same time, I have to chair this and the fact that we go over time means that our colleagues are being left out at the end.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I ask for Members' co-operation. I do not want to stop anybody from speaking. They should try to adhere to the allocated times.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: Before we proceed, I wish to point out that we lost a little time trying to get a quorum this morning. I ask all Members to stick to their time slots. Usually, they are quite good, but I will not allow people to wander all over the place. Deputies have 30 seconds each to introduce their questions, the Minister has a reply of two minutes, there will be a supplementary question from each...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I must stop the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: The Minister will have a further minute.

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (17 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I wish to touch on a few matters that are particularly important to the part of the country in which I live. When the debate was adjourned yesterday, I was about to deal with carbon tax. There are three Deputies in the Roscommon-Galway constituency and I am the only one who supported the introduction of carbon tax. I do not like taxes and I do not like the carbon tax. We have to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (16 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I will be very brief because I know I have only a minute. The Minister of State might, if he can, give me an answer as to when he thinks the work in Termonbarry will be done. I accept the Department probably cannot do Termonbarry and Jamestown together. One has to be done before the other, going back to the point Deputy Harty made about the levels of the river. The Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (16 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I will not blame the Minister of State for the rain that falls. While we can blame him for many things, I do not think we can get around that one by suggesting he has the power to stop the rain. Like Deputy Harty, I am dealing with ongoing problems. I acknowledge that the Minister of State works well with me, as the Fianna Fáil spokesman on the Office of Public Works and flood relief,...