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Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...Minister or his officials, surely we can believe the clinicians. For me, as a lay person and a politician, the clinicians clarified the situation over and over again. We should never forget that 52 clinicians at the hospital outlined the strong need for a new hospital. Of course, there are one or two people who are against the development going ahead but that means that around 90% are...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (5 Apr 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...engagement. It was a rough time, but it is acknowledged that with the support of Government we managed to keep the business going. It is good to see in budget 2022 we have a record level of funding for tourism, at €288.5 million overall. That is an increase of €67.5 million over 2021 allocation. Some €241.7 million is the current funding and €46.7 million is...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...Bord Bia's analysis correctly, we are exporting food and drink to approximately 180 countries. Even with Brexit, those exports increased by about 4% last year. The dairy sector alone was worth €5 billion in 2021. The meat and livestock sector was worth €3.5 billion in exports. Not alone is it trying to sustain agricultural communities, but behind all of that there are...

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: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...they will not be looking over their shoulder from one six-month period to the next because that is no life for anybody or any family to live. The Residential Tenancies Board will be allocated €11 million in 2022 - we should not forget that as well - and €10 million was allocated to local authorities to carry out rental inspections. All over this and Housing for All, there...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ..., agus gabhaim buíochas roimh an t-Aire Stáit, an Teachta Ossian Smyth. Beidh mé críochnaithe i gceann cúig nóiméad. I will not going to stand here and say that €2 was given here, €5 was given there and €30 was given somewhere else. However, in my view, considering that we are not yet out of Covid-19, this is an extraordinary...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...be blunt about it, have asked me when they will get their vaccinations.I simply ask them when they are going to wash their hands, keep their distance and do what they are supposed to do. That is 50% of this debate and it is very important. A minority of people have been responsible for the pandemic getting out of control. Why in the name of God, when we have a 5 km limit on travel, do we...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...all the support we can to those businesses. Although I live in Roscommon, I am still one hour from the Border. If border checks come into place it will cause major problems. Ireland has 6.6 million cattle. Some 75 million chickens are produced, many of them exported, each year. Some 5 million turkeys are produced each year and 2 million pigs. Some €800 million worth of...

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...Fáil fully supports the Famine Memorial Day Bill. To be fair to the Government, Deputy Colm Brophy has put forward a similar Bill. The Famine following the failure of the potato crop in 1845 lasted for six years and 1.1 million lives were lost. If that happened in today's world, it would be seen as shocking and would rightly receive huge coverage and there would be a massive...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (28 Nov 2017)

Eugene Murphy: Can the Taoiseach indicate how much of the €5 million marketing budget has been allocated for the health area next year? What troubles me about this is that if one takes the national children's hospital, it appears that it has its own budget and public relations set-up so one could ask why this new communications office has to come in again on the matter. Most Departments seem to...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...be investigated. I will put a simple question to the Minister. I agree somewhat with Deputy Boyd Barrett, in that the issue with the case was not a lack of resources. The ODCE has a budget of €5 million and 56 staff, so it should be well able to deal with any serious issue. Despite what a number of people have said, the ODCE had some experienced people involved. In Northern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...about it. As the witnesses may already have answered similar questions to mine from other members, I am happy to accept brief responses. Is it true that the total cost of the collapse was €5 million?

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Eugene Murphy: .... I will be very parochial. The constituency of Roscommon-Galway was utterly devastated last year. The total bill to fix the roads and bridges, as submitted by the county engineer, came to €11.5 million. We got €6.5 million. Roscommon is still 4% to 5% behind what the east coast got. One must remember that before one starts to talk about an increase of 4%. We have a...

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Eugene Murphy: -----are being totally laughed at in this situation. They put in the plan and told the Minister what was needed but we are left with a deficit of €5 million. I urge the Minister to revisit the situation. I accept I am being parochial. The Minister should also consider bringing back local improvement schemes. Local improvement schemes and the CLÁR programmes brought in by a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...in Ballinasloe. Roscommon County Council submitted an estimate to the Department last year for funding for repair of damage done by the appalling floods at that time. The estimate was €11 million, in respect of which €6.4 million was allocated by the Department. This means Roscommon County Council was short €5 million for repair works caused by the floods. To...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...-Galway. As I said, Dunkellin, Claregalway, Craughwell and Gort are outside of that area. However, I accept the point made by the Minister of State. The Minister of State referred to 15 projects in respect of which Roscommon County Council has not yet drawn down funding. We need to ensure that funding is drawn down as quickly as possible. I acknowledge that the Minister of State...

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

Eugene Murphy: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the unprecedented scale and intensity of flooding in 2015; — the fact that some 500 homes and 400 businesses were flooded over the winter months, with an estimated €100 million in damages over a series of storms; — the escalating extreme weather events globally and in Ireland, with data from reinsurance group...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Eugene Murphy: ...better services and we all know the difficulties in the health service. We know we need better services in education. We need to improve our services and that is quite evident in this budget. We gave the €5 increase to pensioners, as agreed by Fine Gael. That is important because pensioners have lost a lot in recent years. They have lost a lot of their benefits and a lot of...