Rural Life
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has advised all people who use turf as a fuel to continue to cut, rear and, where necessary, sell turf.
Local communities around the midlands are not benefitting from tangible results of the 'Just Transition', according to one senator.
Environment
Fianna Fáil Senator for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy raised an "unusual situation" regarding "Brexit and bees" in the Seanad recently.
Senator Eugene Murphy has urged gardeners, farmers and groundskeepers to consider the environment and whether the use of pesticides is necessary.
Senator Eugene Murphy has called on the relevant ministers to engage with all stakeholders to find a solution to flooding issues in Roscommon
The funding approved "will provide sustainable employment for generations" according to Senator Eugene Murphy.
Shooting club members must "stand in solidarity and accept pheasant shooting season must be put on hold", according to Senator Eugene Murphy.
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has appealed to people to support Irish businesses if purchasing goods online in the coming weeks.
Agri Politics
Eugene Murphy has accepted a request from Michéal Martin to take on the role of the Rural and Community Affairs portfolio in the Seanad.
A Fianna Fáil TD has expressed "alarm" at the An Taisce objection to a licence that would allow Lough Ree Power Station to continue working.
It is planned to expand the badger vaccination area incrementally to all parts of the country during the 2019-2022 period.
It is claimed that 20 Garda Stations in the western region cannot access the PULSE system due to a lack of internet connectivity.
The country could have been better prepared for Storm Ali and a Status Red alert was warranted, according to Fianna Fail's Eugene Murphy.
Agri-Business
Supports for farmers moving to online BPS applications must be rolled out as a matter of urgency, according to Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy.
Over 500,000 households have been left in "broadband limbo land" as a result of developments this week, Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy said.
A report showing that farming has the highest risk for fatalities will come as no surprise to farmers in the west according to Eugene Murphy.
Funding for the ANC scheme needs to be increased in Budget 2018, Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy recently said.
"Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters at a number of turloughs in Roscommon and Galway."
