Results 1-20 of 43 for sligo speaker:Eugene Murphy

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...this review. It is only fair to say there has been a real attempt here not to have too many constituencies tied up in an electoral division. At the last election, my own area of north Roscommon was in a constituency with Sligo, Leitrim and south Donegal. It would take you a fair while to get from one end to the other in a gluaisteán and longer on a bicycle but I can tell you one...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I will continue for a moment on the rail issue because I want to go back to the issue of the Sligo to Dublin route, particularly the Sligo to Connolly Station route, though I know it goes from Longford to Pearse Station as well. We still have a situation where you cannot get a cup of coffee or tea on that line. It is very disappointing that, months after it was reintroduced in other parts...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (1 Mar 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...see a greater focus by IDA Ireland on County Roscommon. It is a beautiful county with tremendous facilities in respect of education and sport and, on either side of it, you have Athlone IT and IT Sligo, which are operating now under their new names. These are very important and play a crucial role because many of the people who want to invest in the country will ask about education...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...are discussing here today but one would wonder at times how it makes decisions. For my constituency of Roscommon-Galway, on the last occasion they decided to move 7,500 votes out of north Roscommon into Sligo-Leitrim-South Donegal. They had done it with Cavan previously - they put them in with Sligo-Leitrim-South Donegal - and the Cavan people were not long saying that they had to get...

Seanad: Children in Care and Children Leaving Care: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...sadness for me is that the other 32 include 15 young people who died from suicide while in care or aftercare. These situations can be very challenging. Of the service areas inspected, six areas - Sligo-Leitrim-West Cavan, Cavan-Monaghan, Donegal, Mayo, Cork, and Galway-Roscommon - had ensured that each child in foster care had an allocated social worker, which is very important. Other...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...and Ballinasloe. They already have links with Athlone Institute of Technology, but those links will now be far stronger. That is important. I do not want to leave out Institute of Technology Sligo, which has also been really important to north Roscommon. Athlone Institute of Technology covers many different areas, including engineering, health, science and hospitality. It was named...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...regional growth. In this context, the considerable contribution the industries make to rural economic activity and employment must be acknowledged. I offer the example of the racing scene in Roscommon, Sligo, Ballinrobe in Mayo, Kilbeggan in Westmeath, Limerick, Navan in County Meath, Wexford and Thurles in Tipperary.There are race meetings all around the country, without counting the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (6 Nov 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...of view has been proven absolutely wrong. Knock Airport is without question the most important piece of infrastructure in the west. We must maintain it. The local authorities in Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon have contributed €8 million towards the airport, so the CEOs and the local authority members in those counties are aware of its significance and importance. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (6 Nov 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...supports. Not alone will the people of Mayo not stand for this, the people of Roscommon are adamant that this airport must survive and be supported by the Government, as are the people of Leitrim, Sligo and Galway. It should be remembered that Galway lost its airport. It is vital that we support totally Ireland West Airport Knock.

Seanad: Aviation Industry: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...must give the aviation sector financial support, we must improve testing at our airports and we must ensure that we have a plan going forward. I point out to Members that Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Sligo and Leitrim county councils put forward €8 million in recent years to support that airport. That shows the commitment that exists for the airport and it shows how vital it is.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the LocalLink bus service for counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon can be extended to the Ballydangan and Creagh areas of County Roscommon in view of the withdrawal of the Bus Éireann stops from the expressway services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9532/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...or the facilities. Nothing has been delivered in that village over many years. I ask the Minister of State again to say when Mr. Banks will meet Oireachtas Members from Roscommon-Galway and Sligo-Leitrim. When are the community leaders going to be invited to a meeting with him as was promised? I was promised both of those meetings. I know the Minister of State is a sincere man and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: .... That is not good enough. I consider the communities I represent in Roosky and other places in the Roscommon-Galway constituency as mature communities and I am sure the representatives on the Sligo-Leitrim side also feel the same. These people would like to be told what might be happening in their community. I consider them to be intelligent people who certainly would not turn a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2018)

Eugene Murphy: .... In the name of God I ask the Minister please to think about people and lives. He knows about the volume of traffic that is on that road, how it is increasing all of the time and how all of the Sligo and Donegal traffic comes on that route as well. This is a deathtrap, make no mistake about it, as are several junctions along the N4 and N5. Despite the Minister mentioning four...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...2018. In the Roscommon-Longford Garda division there has been a 32% drop in numbers in the Garda traffic corps since 2011, decreasing from 25 officers to 17 in 2017. A similar situation pertains in Sligo-Leitrim and other parts of the country. In 2011, there were 940 officers in the traffic corps, which is dedicated to road policing, but that declined to 669 in 2016 and 643 in 2017. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...I have a problem with Mr. McRedmond's figures. He said that only 1.98% of people in County Cork were affected and 3.9% overall. In the counties of Donegal, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Sligo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Offaly, Cavan and Monaghan, almost 54% of the people are affected. Many of those closures are in one regional part. Mr. McRedmond's figure of 3.8% of people being...

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...for the western coastline and the midlands. It is the one part of Ireland that can be developed. Look at what the Government has done. In 2011, it withdrew the grants from the airports in Galway and Sligo. The Minister and others may say that they were not important but there were businessmen from London and France flying into Galway Airport looking at projects to create jobs and they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (19 Jun 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...for Health if a situation in which a person (details supplied) had to seek private medical intervention and pay for an operation due to the inadequate audiology services in counties Roscommon and Sligo will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sligo cataract scheme will be rolled out nationwide in order to address the growing waiting lists for public cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24016/18]