Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has hit out at Minister Michael Creed for failing to meet his own targets of having all 2016 GLAS payments made by the end of April. Eugene Murphy said that the latest figures obtained by Fianna Fáil through a parliamentary question revealed that nationally there are more than 3,000 …
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called for the proposed hospital bed capacity review to be expedited after figures obtained by his party reveal the number of elective procedures performed in hospitals across the country has halved in the four years since 2012. The figures released by the HSE show that there were 187,000 …
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called for greater awareness and recognition of Lyme Disease. Deputy Murphy attended a rally outside Dáil Éireann on Wednesday when up to 200 people affected by Lyme Disease highlighted the condition, as well as what they contend is its lack of recognition by health and political authorities. A …
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the fact that the application for UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the ancient royal site in Rathcroghan, County Roscommon is moving a step nearer reality as a further plenary meeting is scheduled for Rathcroghan this June. Deputy Murphy received the assurance from the Minister for Arts, …
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The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD has announced that 12 Roscommon Schools are among 438 nationwide to have been allocated funding under the Summer Works Scheme. Overall €47 million is being allocated nationally to the Scheme and this phase is aimed at upgrades to mechanical, sanitation and roofs in school buildings. These …
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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on the OPW & Flood Relief Eugene Murphy says the Government is putting communities across the country at risk because of its failure to progress essential flood relief plans. Eugene Murphy TD says thousands of families saw their homes, businesses and farms devastated by the storms during the winter of 2015/16 and …
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has given a guarded welcome to the development of a natural wilderness area and renewable energy project at Mount Dillon. Deputy Murphy was reacting to the announcement by the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten in relation to a new joint initiative by Bord na Mona and ESB to build …
Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy had described the proposal for the establishment of a task force to deal with the fall out of recent job losses in Ballaghaderreen as a cosmetic exercise that will lead nowhere. Eugene Murphy said that a direct route to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’ …
Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has hit out at the lack of action by the Transport Infrastructure Ireland to introduce traffic calming measures along sections of the N61 between Roscommon and Athlone. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy said that there were a number of dangerous locations and particularly busy junctions along the N61 …
It has emerged that the Chairman of the Western Development Commission Paddy McGuinness wrote to Minister Michael Ring ask not to consider him for re-appointed to the body as he believes that it does not have the support at national level. In a letter to the Acting CEO of the Commission, which was distributed to …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called on the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten to spell out a concrete plan for the post office network rather than talking in vague terms about potential services and e-transactions. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy said that Fianna Fáil believes that many Post Offices at risk of closure, …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has expressed his disappointment that the Government is no longer funding essential maintenance work on non-county roads under the CLÁR programme, adding “is just another example of the people of rural Ireland being treated like second class citizens.” In a response to a parliamentary question posed by Fianna Fáil, the …
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the fact that improvement works have been carried out at Scramogue Cross following his continued efforts to highlight the need for upgrading works on the N5. Eugene Murphy recently raised the matter with the Minister for Transport Shane Ross as numerous accidents have occurred along this stretch …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has said that the agreement reached in principle between the Department of Health and Virtex, the manufacturers of Orkambi, is great news for the hundreds of patients, and their families, who have campaigned for years to get access to this life-saving drug. “Today’s announcement is testament to the hard work …
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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Flood Relief Eugene Murphy has called on Ministers Naughten and Canney to put aside their petty squabbling and ensure that a scheme, which will allow flood affected families to relocate, to proceed. Reports yesterday revealed that the plan, which affects a number of communities in Roscommon and Galway, has been delayed …
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