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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I will conclude this line of questioning by pointing out to the deputy commissioner that there was adverse comment recently in the Special Criminal Court about the evidence given under oath by a sergeant that resulted in an acquittal. Mr. Twomey needs to take another look at this issue and reflect carefully on how he should proceed. It is easy to turn around and say if it is to be done,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: With respect, I heard that answer being given earlier to one of my colleagues. I accept its bona fides, but we are talking about what is happening in the here and now. The people who are following this debate also listened to what Assistant Commissioner Leahy had to say. He was clear and unambiguous in his commentary at the Committee of Public Accounts. The answer for which I am looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: We could pull up the transcript, if necessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I got the clear impression-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I got the clear impression - I will consult Deputy Alan Kelly because it was his line of questioning that elicited the response - that for the foreseeable future Assistant Commissioner Leahy did not anticipate, if he were given additional resources and 800 or 208 new gardaí, sending some of them to Stepaside. He anticipated that he would be sending them to Tallaght, Ballymun and other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: Does Mr. Nugent agree with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: We might have Assistant Commissioner Leahy here at some stage to develop this discussion. The discussion on the deployment of resources is interesting. I am not trying to pick a fight; I am completely on the side of the Garda when it comes to improvements. I very much welcome the change in management that has taken place in recent times but there is a need for much more. I look forward to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I raise this matter because it is of significant importance in County Clare. I was on the way to Dublin on Tuesday while I listened to local radio. An independent councillor for whom I would have much regard in County Clare, Councillor Ann Norton, relayed her experience in the accident and emergency unit in University Hospital Limerick, where...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I welcome the detail in the Minister of State's reply. It is worrying to think that after an investment of €24 million in building the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick the Minister has had to request a meeting with the chief executive officer of that hospital group in order to ascertain the reason people are on trolleys for unacceptable periods. I have taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: He pays his taxes.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: Unlike a lot of them.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I agree with Senator Gavan.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: There is, though.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: I join with others in thanking Martin, Bridget, Carol, Niamh and Aisling and all of the staff in the Seanad office, as well as our stenographers and sound people, for the great work they do. I wish them all a very happy Christmas. I would also like to be associated with the comments on our dear Leader and his upcoming event.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Conway: Senator Ó Ríordáin was right in what he said about society moving on. We can wish the Leader well with confidence and in the sure knowledge that society has indeed moved on. I came in to speak on the Order of Business today, having listened to Senator Ruane's contribution. She is somebody for whom I had high regard, even though I did not know her. Having gotten to know her...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Conway: I agree wholeheartedly with Senator Craughwell's comments on the treatment of Senator Noone on social media. Today I wish to address something that has been going on in this country for a long time, namely, the situation in Caherciveen and the treatment of Ms Joanne Hayes. As a young fellow, I followed the tribunal and was quite shocked at the behaviour back then.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Conway: I am fully aware of that. Kerry is a big county. I listened very carefully to "Prime Time" last night and to the journalists who wrote the book about that particular incident. The Garda Síochána has a lot of questions to answer about not dealing with this situation in the 1990s. DNA and DNA profiling was available in the 1990s. Mr. Gerard Colleran was quite right in what he...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Martin Conway: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Directive 2013/33/EU of the European...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Martin Conway: Not all of them.