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Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Eugene Murphy: Well done to the Acting Chairperson on chairing this debate. I was listening to it in my office before I came into the Chamber and it has been wonderful to hear the contributions from everybody around the place. We have heard wonderful stories of people in societies and communities. I congratulate Senator Pauline O'Reilly and her colleagues on tabling this worthwhile motion. There was a...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...It is appropriate that he is in the Chair. I welcome the Minister to the House on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. We welcome this discussion today. Even though it is just a discussion on the mother and baby institutions, it is so important that we use every opportunity to assure and to reassure the people that we are taking this matter seriously and that we are moving swiftly on...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Eugene Murphy: The launch of the report was a landmark moment in Irish history, one which we must never forget because it shone a light on what was one of the darkest and most horrible periods. The women and children in mother and baby homes were treated like second-class citizens and they will bear the scars of their tortured past for the rest of their lives. I have no doubt about that. It was shocking...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Eugene Murphy: Sometimes it is not the popular thing to stand up and say that. However, I think many of those who have taken this stance in this House and in our parliamentary party are quite brave. Never in my political life did I choose just to go with the flow. I often got myself into trouble at political meetings because I refused to go with the flow on several issues. Nor will I just go with the...