Results 1-20 of 42 for cork speaker:Eugene Murphy

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...this situation. I note Senator Boyhan was there at the weekend. The objection to this work – let us call a spade a spade – was lodged by Mr. Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment of west Cork. He is not a Roscommon native, and has nothing to do with it. This objection has defeated any purpose of saving the environment. I come from a horticultural background....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...Leader and I are well used to Midwest Radio. I heard my colleague Senator Maria Byrne on Shannonside FM, my local station. There are also Ocean FM and Midlands 103. There is also local radio in Cork, as the Cathaoirleach knows. In a period of our lives when social media, despite its good points, can do such terrible damage, we should be championing the cause of our radio stations more...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...is coming from, given that he is from a big dairy area. When a previous Minister, Deputy Coveney, rightly lifted the cap, many dairy herds expanded massively. I know this. I used to work down in Cork. I know a lot of the dairy farmers. We have to be careful. I agree with Senator Lombard that we have challenges. I am not going to deny that. However, there is no plan. I certainly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...sheds became a reality, the women's sheds movement emerged. We should never underestimate the level of involvement of the movement in local communities, whether it is in Roscommon, Galway, Dublin, Cork, Kildare or wherever. We could not leave out the lilywhites. It is phenomenal. The movement is a very special one. It has been recognised by Government in recent years, with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Eugene Murphy: I trained in horticulture and spent my first years in west Cork working in the sector. I have something else in common with the witness, who is a ciotóg, like myself. I support Deputy Fitzmaurice in respect of Mote Park. I am delighted that Coillte is going to meet. I ask to be kept informed on that as well. Deputy Fitzmaurice made a very good point. To conclude, we have the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...meetings and conversations since 2016. A plan was drawn up by Roscommon County Council to drain or siphon off water from the turlough. Unfortunately, a challenge was taken by Mr. Tony Lowes from Cork on behalf of the Friends of the Irish Environment. The High Court order was granted, so now the site cannot be touched. One can see the rain falling today. I can only try to explain to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...in County Roscommon, in particular in the mid-south Roscommon area. I extend our good wishes to the Convent of Mercy senior camogie team, which won the all-Ireland championship recently, beating a Cork team from Carrigtwohill. Any time we beat a Cork team is good. That is significant for the county. From your own family connections, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, you know some of the people in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...spine. There are 700,000 people in Ireland affected by neurological issues. The Minister of State may have some good news for me. I am very interested in appointments to UHG. I will speak about Cork University Hospital, CUH, in a moment. I particularly want to know about the clinical nurse neurology paediatric position, the paediatric neurodevelopmental position and the clinical nurse...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...specifics, which I probably should not have done because I did not give him advance notice. I appreciate his commitment to reverting to me on those matters. Excellent work is done in Dublin and Cork in neurological services. Nevertheless, Cork University Hospital, for example, deals with a population of 1.5 million. The recommended outpatient waiting time should be six weeks but I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...and I hope it will do all the right things. I will finish with a plea for the pony racing industry, which you know well in your part of the country, a Chathaoirligh, in the south - in Kerry and in Cork. There are races in Dingle. Senator Paddy Burke knows about the races in Galway and there are also races in my county of Roscommon and in parts of Meath. Pony racing is such a part of...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...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 counties are a little behind, and I will not go through them...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...people around animal welfare. I think we all accept that in some areas animal welfare was an issue but there are 14 greyhound stadiums around the countries in places such as Mullingar and Galway, Tipperary, Cork and here in Dublin; I think the Longford one is gone. Those meetings throughout the year generate a great deal of economic activity in those areas and a considerable number of...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...used to be part of every farm in my area of County Roscommon. I am sure that many of the Senators around me who come from a rural background, regardless of whether they now live in Dublin city, Cork city, Galway city or some other large urban area, can identify with this experience. It is an important aspect to remember in the debate. Turning to the programme for Government, it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...marks over what is going on there. I appeal to the Government and the HSE to ensure the strictest testing structure is put in place immediately. I note there was reference to the situation in Cork as well. This needs to be rectified as a matter of urgency. The Government is expecting people to accept new measures that are to be introduced. Flooding has been a massive issue throughout...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...young people on the damage caused by alcohol and drugs, which are in every corner of society. They are as prevalent in the rural areas of Roscommon as they are in any part of the cities of Dublin, Cork or Galway. Why can we not movethings on and make progress? It may be said back to me that I am a legislator now and that I need to do it but I need to put that question out there. We seem...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...in several counties. There are nine people on the Longford-Westmeath list, 17 people on the north Tipperary-east Limerick list and 31 people on the Waterford list. There is no one on the north Cork waiting list. There are 147 people on the waiting list in Roscommon. People might say that is a low figure, but it is not low by comparison with other counties. Some counties with bigger...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the plan to reform the trauma care services in this country. I understand we will have two major trauma hospitals - one in Dublin and one in Cork. I accept we cannot have 26 hospitals giving the service throughout the country as we have now, but it is a major mistake - I do not know what the Taoiseach thinks - that we will not have a major trauma hospital...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...in the region; (5) Deputy John Curran - delays in the delivery of much needed extension work at Lucan Community College; (6) Deputy Sean Sherlock - the need to ensure remediation works on Haulbowline Island, County Cork are completed; (7) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - unresolved and unacceptable issues with illness benefit; (8) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - to discuss the need for a basic minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (19 Dec 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the flood defence scheme for Clonakilty, County Cork; the specific projects planned under the scheme; the cost and completion date of each project; the projects to be commenced in 2019; the associated cost and completion dates of those projects; when the overall scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (19 Dec 2018)

Eugene Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the flood defence schemes for Douglas and Togher, County Cork; when the schemes will be commenced; the specific projects to be commenced; the associated cost and completion dates for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53804/18]