Results 1-20 of 120 for going forward speaker:Martin Conway

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: I will say one thing to Mr. Bakhurst. Since he has taken over, I have been quite impressed by his candour, his straight talking and the fact that he does go on media and explain. I think this is important. Accountability going forward is extremely important. I have two specific questions. I will ask one question first and then I will have another one. Where are we with the sale of...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Conway: Okay. The legislation, hopefully, will go a long way towards dealing with the legacy issues. I have no doubt that, as we move forward, the legislation will probably require amendment. Unfortunately, that is the nature of it. I thank the representatives for their engagement, the work they have done and their accessibility to the committee. The report the commission launched yesterday was...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Martin Conway: I welcome the publication of the heads of the Bill early this morning. At least people need not now speak in a vacuum but with something on which to go. In order to be positive and move forward this very important issue I suggest to the Leader and to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that they make the Seanad Chamber available again to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...needs to speak on this very important issue. I thank Senator Martin for his briefing and it cleared up a couple of concerns I had. There were concerns because I thought the Bill might not have gone far enough or may not have been strong enough but once the rationale was explained in terms of the "shall" and the "may" it made absolute sense because the last thing we want is to go...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Money Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: ...interesting and worthwhile scheme that has been running since the 1970s or 1980s. The issue that now arises for prize bonds is that people purchasing bonds to the value of more than €25 have to go through a myriad of new regulations on money laundering. I acknowledge that money laundering is a serious problem in this country, but it also affects many other areas. One such area is...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Money Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: ...interesting and worthwhile scheme that has been running since the 1970s or 1980s. The issue that now arises for prize bonds is that people purchasing bonds to the value of more than €25 have to go through a myriad of new regulations on money laundering. I acknowledge that money laundering is a serious problem in this country, but it also affects many other areas. One such area is...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: All I want to do is echo my two colleagues. This is a key component of the commitment in the programme for Government that the Minister has delivered. It is a phenomenal step forward in universal healthcare and implementing Sláintecare. It is going to make a genuine difference to people's lives. As Senator Murphy said, people are not going to debate whether to stay in hospital or...

Seanad: Public Expenditure and Reform: Statements (8 Nov 2012)

Martin Conway: The Seanad will have its day in the sun in the same way the referendum on children's rights is having its day. I have no doubt that the good people of Ireland will almost unanimously endorse the constitutional amendment. The Government is doing an extraordinarily good job in extremely difficult circumstances., but there is a long way to go. A great deal has been achieved, but much more will...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (28 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: Just before the Minister replies, I concur with Senator Byrne. I raised this issue on the Order of Business in the past week. The University of Limerick has put forward a very professional application. It was not long ago, just before Christmas, when I was flying to Poland and I met 60 students going there to train as vets. Of course, we would love to see them training in this country. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Conway: ...I fully understand the challenges. It is extremely important we maintain our roads because if we do not continually invest in our roads they will just disintegrate and become a much bigger problem going forward. It is important that the investment at least keeps up with inflation and it really should be much better because we are catching up after the years of recession when there was...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2015)

Martin Conway: This day, 17 December, is a great day. It is my wedding anniversary also. It is great to see all this legislation going through the House. It is shocking, however, that this matter has featured since 2008. It is a great credit to the Minister of State that she acknowledged the three Senators who sponsored the original Bill. It proves the system works, although one may no longer be a...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: ...blame anybody because I do not think anybody is to blame but the system is to blame. It has been reprehensible in terms of what happened to these children and how their lives have been affected going forward. This motion is designed to amplify and to try to get some answers. The answers are probably not there but the review, I hope, will get answers. This motion proposed by me and my...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: Given that one is dealing with 165 individuals trying to get speaking time, it would not have got the attention and deliberation in the other Chamber. The practitioners of restorative justice and those who advocate this new type of penal reform or pre-penal reform, before people go into the prison system, were very impressed with the manner in which this House dealt with the issue. It has...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I will stick to positive notes, given the sunshine. I commend United Airlines on its launch last Friday of a Shannon-Chicago service five days per week. This is another incremental step in developing a business model for Shannon, one that was instigated by the new independent airport authority. This proves that the policy of an independent Shannon Airport that has severed its links from...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 Apr 2019)

Martin Conway: ...the requirement that couples have lived apart for four years was not appropriate and a two-year period was more appropriate. Much credit is due to her for putting that issue on the political and Government agenda. The proposed referendum is welcome. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, has demonstrated time and again that he is a reforming Minister. This is just one...

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Conway: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. As public representatives, we are embarrassed when we are not in a position to deliver something for people which we believe they deserve. There is very little that embarrasses me as much as having to stand up here without a comprehensive solution to an appalling problem. To be fair to the last Government, it introduced the Land and...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Conway: ...made on the more important issue of delivery of services for people with disabilities. We have seen the bringing together of services and the engagement the Minister of State has had with the NGO sector. We have seen incremental wins; not the type of wins we would like, but certainly incremental wins. I consider disability a whole-of-government issue where the Departments of Education,...

Seanad: Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: ...mental challenges. I fully agree with Senator McDowell that it probably is not big enough and that it probably does not provide enough supports, but it is certainly a great start. It has been going on for a long time. Certainly, quarter 1 of 2021 will be a giant leap forward in how we view people who find themselves in these circumstances, which would be welcomed by everybody. I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, to the House, and commend both him and the Tánaiste for bringing forward this very important legislation. In this country we regularly pride ourselves on having seven of the top ten IT companies based here, including Google, Facebook and Apple. We are always pronouncing how we as a nation have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 Sep 2022)

Martin Conway: ...the former Minister of State with responsibility for higher education, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, who invested initially to set up Bookshare, but the problem is that it needs to be sustainable going forward and there is no funding for it. I have spoken to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science about this matter on a number of occasions and I know he...