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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...Patsy McGarry, also a well-known journalist, Michael and I about football and other things. As they would say in parts of the west, he was full of divilment. He was a really good journalist. The Kerry babies case has been mentioned. Every time it came up, it angered him how that case turned out and the disturbing situation that arose. He was a very important journalist in that whole...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...as possible, 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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...to me. I also follow rugby. I watch all sports. Roscommon are scheduled to head to Armagh, Leitrim to Newry and Longford to Derry, although the Longford county board objected to going there. Kerry is scheduled to come to Monaghan.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ...are some very good people from my party among the 11. I heard a discussion in recent days about the number of times the word "review" was used in the 125 page document. Today in the Chamber, the word "Kerry" has been used about 150 times. I am sure it is a very special day for all Kerry people. I acknowledge there is quite a lot of disappointment that we did not get a senior Minister in...

Agrifood Market Priorities post Brexit: Statements (3 Apr 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...that we protect our very best in those businesses as they will be under severe pressure. Some of them are very good labels but their markets do not extend outside the British Isles. These are not big conglomerates such as Glanbia, Dairygold or the Kerry Group which have world markets. It is one thing when one has a world market but it is different for small processors. I refer...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...will have on the urban villages of Rathgar and Terenure, Dublin 6; (15) Deputy John Brassil - to ask the Minister for Health, given that a young adult is still at home having graduated Nano Nagle School (Listowel, County Kerry Roll No: 19509T) in June 2018 but there is no adult day service allocated as of yet to the person and as the school is still waiting for the nursing support to be...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...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 affected is not a true...

Topical Issue Matters (28 Mar 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...University Hospital; (11) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the need to discuss the waiting list for driving tests; (12) Deputy Martin Ferris - to discuss ongoing staffing problems at University Hospital Kerry; (13) Deputy Catherine Connolly - the delay in opening the new psychiatric 50-bed facility at University Hospital Galway; (14) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the Government's...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...of the roads I have gone through in south Roscommon are in a worse state. That is true. I want the same for my people in the constituency of Roscommon-Galway as the Healy-Raes get for theirs in Kerry. I want our roads looked after. The Minister must remember that when people in rural Ireland step out of their houses, there are no footpaths or public lighting. Remember, though, when...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Eugene Murphy: .... I have had people coming to my clinics in Roscommon-Galway whose food sector businesses are selling entirely into Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. These are not big players like Glanbia or the Kerry Group and their market is confined to the British Isles. As Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett was making his attack, I felt how wrong it was to be saying things like that in our...

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...to the House. A scheme should have been established for grain farmers similar to that established in 2010 for fruit farmers. Rainfall figures from Met Éireann for September 2016 show County Kerry experienced 28 wet days in that month, County Clare experienced 26 wet days, counties Donegal, Cork and Galway experienced 27 wet days and counties Mayo and Roscommon experienced 26 wet...

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

Eugene Murphy: ...across the country, and last winter’s storms have left some communities absolutely devastated. Lessons must be learned from these catastrophic flooding events, which may increase in frequency and strength as our climate continues to change. Unless we start implementing a co-ordinated flood prevention and insurance strategy, homes and businesses in Cork, Kerry, Dublin and across...