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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I do not know why the Senator is being so defensive.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I certainly did not name Senator Wilson. I know he knows who the filibusterers are.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: It is important to acknowledge those who do not engage in it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: The Minister just sought clarity.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: The Minister is trying to get clarity.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Sure the Minister just wants to speed things up.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: It is Committee Stage. The Senator can come in as often as he likes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Well, just in case. There is merit in what Senator Bacik is proposing. I request that the Minister look at it again and perhaps come in with some of his own proposals on Report Stage. There is merit to it and I cannot see why the various agencies could not just nominate a man and a woman. That would be in keeping with the spirit of trying to achieve equality in these types of situation....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Absolutely. I could not disagree with the Minister.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: The Minister has stamina.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: State Pensions Reform (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I apologise for being slightly late. I have come directly from a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I raise this Commencement matter because there is an inequity in the system. Pay restoration is a fundamental principle across society, whether in the private or public sector. Many members of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: State Pensions Reform (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I suspected that this probably would be the answer. I will advise my client to feed into the review. It is an issue the House will address again in September because there is an inequity in this area. Perhaps we will need to do more research to be able to articulate the inequity a little more. I encourage everybody following proceedings who has an interest in this issue to feed into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Towards the very end of the Order of Business yesterday, the fantastic news came in that all 12 boys and their coach had been successfully rescued from the cave in Thailand. It was an amazing achievement in extremely difficult terrain and a very complex path. The best divers in the world took part. The story captured the hearts and minds of the entire world. I am delighted that one of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: I was hoping she would be wearing the Clare one.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: If she comes to Clare, I will give her a present of a hurley.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Martin Conway: In welcoming the Minister to the House, I acknowledge and welcome Senator Kelleher's Bill. The Senator should not have to introduce legislation to have the proposed measure implemented. It should already be in place as a structure for doing so is in place in the education system. If the Minister and his officials were so inclined, they could issue a directive requiring that this subject...