Eugene Murphy

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Eugene Murphy – Fianna Fáil to push for better flood defences and insurance options

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on the OPW & Flood Relief Eugene Murphy is bringing a motion before the Dáil to highlight the urgent need for a coordinated flood relief and insurance plan for people living in flood affected parts of the country. Commenting on the bill Eugene Murphy said “As part of Fianna Fáil’s commitment to

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Eugene Murphy hits out at ongoing overcrowding issues at Portiuncula A&E

Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has hit out at the ongoing overcrowding issues at Portiuncula A&E department which left a number of sick children having to be transported by ambulance to the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar for treatment over the weekend. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy pointed out that there had been an

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Eugene Murphy – Funding of Orkambi could be life changing for CF patients

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy said that as a country with one of the highest rates of cystic fibrosis per head of population, Ireland should be at the forefront of new technologies and strategies to deal with the condition. Deputy Murphy was speaking this week following his attendance at the Orkambi protest at

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Eugene Murphy TD – “Provision of Home Care Packages reaching crisis levels”

Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has highlighted the escalating crisis in the provision of home care packages in Counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon with many families now losing vital hours they had previously been allocated. Eugene Murphy raised the issue under the Topical Issues section of the Dáil business yesterday evening (Tuesday). Deputy Murphy highlighted

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Eugene Murphy TD encourages people to get out and Post this Christmas

Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy is urging people to ‘get offline’ and take the time to post a card or letter to a loved one this Christmas season as part of an initiative to safeguard the post office network. Picture Credit: Kenneth O’ Halloran Eugene Murphy hosted a presentation in Leinster House yesterday (Tuesday)

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Eugene Murphy says new Bill will provide flood insurance relief to homes and businesses

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on the OPW and Flood Relief Eugene Murphy says the Flooding Bill being brought forward by his party will protect homes and businesses against discrimination by insurance companies. The Flood Insurance Bill 2016 requires the insurance industry not to discriminate against people who live in areas which the Office of Public Works

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Eugene Murphy – HSE more focused on “cost cutting” with Knockroe House closure

Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy said the closure of the mental health hostel, Knockroe House in Castlerea was as a sad day for the area and he noted that the HSE had not taken the points and recommendations made by Oireachtas members into account but were more focused on “cost cutting”. “It’s a sad day

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Athlone Boundary change has not been written off completely – Murphy

Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy has warned that the proposed Athlone boundary change has not been written off completely and unless a number of stipulations from the boundary report are adhered to then the controversial boundary changes could still go ahead in four years time. Deputy Murphy was speaking this afternoon following a briefing session

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Eugene Murphy – “Roscommon off Govt agenda with only 3 IDA visits in 2 years”

Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has hit out at the Government for continuing to ignore the regions in its job creation strategy following the news that there have only been 3 IDA site visits to Roscommon in 2015 and 2016. New figures released to Fianna Fáil reveal the figure. In contrast, there were 446

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Eugene Murphy TD – “Time to safeguard our Post Office network”

Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy recently challenged Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dáil in relation to the lack of action to safeguard the post office network. Speaking during Questions to the Taoiseach during the Dáil this week, Deputy Murphy said that the vital post office service is in danger of collapsing and the Government

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Eugene Murphy – Time for unity of purpose to tackle shortfall in mental health funding

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway Eugene Murphy has called on the Government to step up to the mark in terms of mental health funding. Speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday evening during a debate on Mental Health during Private Members Business, Eugene Murphy said he wanted to ‘go off script and speak from the heart’

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Eugene Murphy – Roscommon businesses demand Govt action on poor broadband service

Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy says new reports on broadband provision in Ireland confirm that Roscommon is falling way behind urban centres when it comes to quality high speed broadband. Commenting on yesterday’s report by Switcher.ie (more details here) Eugene Murphy said “It’s simply not acceptable that homes and businesses in Roscommon are only receiving

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Deputy Eugene Murphy ‘s Offices officially opened by Micheál Martin

Huge crowds turned out for the official opening of Deputy Eugene Murphy’s constituency offices in Roscommon Town and Strokestown by Micheál Martin yesterday. The Fianna Fail party leader praised Eugene Murphy for being a “voice of balance and reason within the parliamentary party.” Micheál Martin began his tour of the Roscommon/Galway constituency last Wednesday evening

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