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- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: They were named by the Mahon tribunal and other tribunals as well.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: If we need to read the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal into the record of the House, I am sure we can find time to do it.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I am very confident that the future of Fianna Fáil and the future of north Dublin is in great hands with people like Senator Clifford-Lee. I tend to look to the future most of the time in my contributions.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Let us look at what Fine Gael has set up and done over the years. In the late 1990s we set up the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, and CAB now is-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: It is not thanks to Tony Gregory. It is thanks to Nora Owen.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: No, it is thanks to Nora Owen. Nora Owen was the Minister who introduced CAB. The fact is-----
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: The fact is CAB is being emulated by other jurisdictions because of its success. It has a lot of work to do but it has done a serious amount of work. I commend An Garda Síochána on the success it has had in bringing an end to a production facility in Celbridge. There is a lot we can celebrate. The significant budget that has gone into An Garda Síochána increases every...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Correct.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I agree with that.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton. This is a very good proposal from Senator Michael McDowell and the Government will not be opposing it on Second Stage. There will always be an opportunity to enhance and improve it on Committee Stage. I encourage Members who have a viewpoint that will enhance what has been proposed to engage in the process. It makes absolute sense....
- Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I wonder if there was much money involved.
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I, too, would like to commend Senator Mark Daly for bringing forward the Bill. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is very hard to argue with the motivation behind the Bill, especially given what we have seen over the past couple of weeks. What Senator Craughwell said is correct. Too often there is political accountability, and rightly so, but it is rare that there is...
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)
Martin Conway: At 2.30 p.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Like Senator Ó Donnghaile, I am fascinated by this debate. I remember in the mid-1990s, having this very discussion as a politics student in UCD when the former Member of this House, Senator Maurice Manning, lectured in that Department. It was before any of what we know now had emerged, it would have been in 1993 or 1994. The first time I was ever in the Seanad Chamber was when I...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)
Martin Conway: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I wish to acknowledge the Minister's efforts in this area. I absolutely note the position of Senator Ruane on the digital age of consent. To be honest, it confuses me a little. Unlike Senator Ruane, I am not blessed with having children so she is probably far more in tune with them than I am. Having said that, I have a deep concern for their welfare. Children are particularly ICT-aware...
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, for his clarification on the amendments.When the House dealt with Committee and Report Stages, concern was raised by a number of people about their role in engaging with local authorities and their members. A number of colleagues in the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party raised serious concerns about how this would impact on those people doing their...
- Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)
Martin Conway: We are on the final amendments and 25 May has been flagged for a long time in respect of the requirement for this new data protection legislation. There is a motion for early signature.