Results 1-20 of 45 for destroyed speaker:Eugene Murphy

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

Eugene Murphy: ...background. I told the committee eight or nine months ago that the flora and fauna are dead, the bird life is gone, the wildlife is gone and the tree and bush life are all dead. Stagnant water causes disease and destroys the environment. For the life of me, I cannot understand how people who call themselves environmentalists cannot see this situation. We now have the threat to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...and so annoyed for them. We must enact emergency legislation to drop the level of water in that particular turlough. Everything is dead. The trees are dead. The birdlife is dead. The flood has destroyed everything good in the environment and that point is being missed. People are now leaving their homes because they have no option. It must be brought to an end.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...present line? Obviously, infrastructure deteriorates. It is a concern I have. The more the infrastructure deteriorates with nothing on it, the more expensive it will be. Railway lines will be destroyed if they are not developed in some shape or form.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...Strokestown. It will probably get more funding than ever. It is massive funding and while many of the proposed changes are good, the beautiful, wide streets, which are such a feature of Strokestown - it has the second-widest streets in the country - will be destroyed by what council consultants said, even when the local councillors and people know it is not the right thing. That is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (24 Jan 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...at this day and age. Dáithí will be six years old in March, in a few weeks. His parents say that watching him make an effort to talk to his parents, siblings and grandparents is soul-destroying. He gets upset, annoyed and anxious - I have witnessed this in other cases as well - when he is not able to express and tell them what he wants. Parents know the situation here. If...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Eugene Murphy: .... Could we look at more research, for example, whereby a product could be used under the thatch and there could be a thinner amount of thatch to prevent fire or whatever happening or completely destroying the property? There must be a way of getting around this. I do accept, however, and I think we all have to accept, that it is very hard to maintain this old tradition under a structure...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...to shock us all and leave a lot of people traumatised. I again refer back to looking at those pictures in the paper of poor innocent boys and girls holding onto one another. Their lives are totally destroyed and they will never get over this. It is a shame. We make so much of children's rights in this world and yet this is happening. In many respects, the saddest thing about it is...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...appeal to students not to go down that road and I appeal to parents, lecturers and us as politicians not to let them fall into this trap. It can ruin their whole lives, give them a criminal conviction and destroy their ability to get on in life. It has been a problem in England and left many young people there with a criminal record, although there has been a move by the justice...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...with this case but this is really urgent. I have said previously that I would like a debate on this. Maybe it is not usual to have a debate on such issues but we are talking about a family being completely destroyed here. We saw what happened to the O'Halloran's. This case is quite similar, if not worse, given the way in which Mr. Pether is locked up. We need to recognise that even if...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...be done. As we move forward, I hope we will see fewer attacks on sheep. Hopefully we will get this legislation through as quickly as possible to protect the flock and not see animals completely destroyed by dogs. We also have to realise that dogs have to be kept under control and under watch all the time.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...area who have been so understanding through the years. It needs to be said here that the people of Ireland are very proud of their heritage and their archaeology. They do not like to see it destroyed or tampered with. In that regard, we should be putting a much stronger emphasis on this type of material in our schools, even our national schools. I must acknowledge the role of teachers,...

Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...was being done there. The law is the law and the law has decided, so we cannot proceed as we were with that. However we need to talk to those people. Around that area in County Roscommon, that flooding has destroyed the flora, the fauna, the bird life and the wildlife. I invite the Minister to go there himself, I will bring him there, to see the damage done. The fact is that we now...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...towards young people who are in the situations where they are, for example, acting as money mules. This is a massive issue that is happening in our own counties. Young people's lives are being destroyed. It needs to be tackled, and young people need to be warned about the dangers of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...that, six or seven years ago, many houses were 2 km from the floods and now the floods are 200 m or 300 m away. I pride myself on horticulture. Every bit of flora and fauna in the region has been destroyed, including bird life and tree life. Even fish have washed up onto the grassland and died, as Councillor Fallon knows, because of the excessive levels of water. It is really important...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: .... The costs are so horrendous and this sector will face continual challenges. I hope that some way will be found as we go forward to try to further extend that VAT rate. It is not easy but we do not want to destroy the sector either. I want to acknowledge again that there has been a lot of support from Government for the sector. The Government is well aware of the challenges the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...of the Environment, Climate and Communications and its officials not to allow the horticultural industry in this country to completely collapse because of the lack of peat. None of us want to destroy our bogs completely but the reality is the mushroom industry and much of the horticultural industry needs to survive. They are now at the point of non-survival in this particular business....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...is that a pedestrian or cyclist cannot cross the bridge if there are two vehicles on it. Roosky was the site of the Glanbia factory in which almost 600 people worked but, unfortunately, it was destroyed by a fire in 1997 or 1998. All the hope of getting a new bridge dissipated then and it will not happen now because that business is gone. However, we have come up with the idea of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...in this way. It is so tragic. It was appalling to listen to the news reports last night, to see the destruction and to see bodies and people being taken out of a building that had been completely destroyed. It is just too bad, and it is important that all countries, including ours, condemn such actions by Russia. They are being perpetrated by Russia, regardless of what it says. I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...satisfied with answers elsewhere and they have a forum here, if we see they have a point of view that can be brought forward. Maybe it is something we can consider. Of course, the Covid pandemic destroyed all these plans but we might discuss it in the autumn.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...I live in Strokestown. Deputy Devlin might tell us O'Connell Street is the widest street in Europe but we have that. We have a problem with keeping weeds controlled on footpaths etc. If anything destroys the look of a town, it is overgrowth of weeds, particularly on streets and footpaths. We need newer and definitely more environmentally friendly methods. Apart from writing to the...