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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Michael Conaghan: Deputy Ferris has raised a legitimate concern. However, the Minister has given an assurance that there are other mechanisms by which those concerns could be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: The overriding consideration is that the State has a duty to society and to all of us to ensure that matters such as these are not forgotten and that the records are not obliterated, when people will argue in the future about what happened and did not happen to many young people. It is important that those records are retained and that the State gives a reasonable time, in so far as it can,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: That was not Deputy Quinn. It was prior to his tenure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: We cannot be the arbiter of what people in the future will do with this information. There is no way of putting cotton wool around this and protecting it. These records are a valuable resource because they shine a light on an area of Irish life of which no one is proud. They shine a light on things that happened. Dreadful things happened to young people and we must confront it,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: They gave their names.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: We must learn from it and not just pretend this is not there. That is the point of bringing it to the surface, so that it is not forever kept underwater by tying big stones to it. That is what happened in the past and it is part of the problem we have today. We buried things, hid things and pretended things did not happen. All kinds of things happen in society and we must take account of that.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome the opportunity to make some brief comments on this important issue. I will start by reiterating that we are all aware that the Government's principal task in 2011 was the daunting task of rescuing the economy and creating jobs. When we consider the scale of job losses, we readily understand the scale of the challenge presented. Some 330,000 jobs were lost in the economy between...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: 206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to provide five-year passports for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15187/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Creative Economy: Discussion (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome the visitors. In terms of the public mind, generally the small companies get shouldered out of the limelight by the larger ones. When an announcement is being made about multinationals coming in, it is the first items on the news and newspapers and everybody is talking about it but the media tends to ignore the smaller initiatives such as those the representatives are promoting....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Creative Economy: Discussion (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: It does not get the same attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Creative Economy: Discussion (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome our guests. I watch TG4 much more often that I initially thought I would because it is a highly engaging channel. While I do not understand much of the vernacular, the reason I watch so many TG4 programmes is that their content is strongly visual. The channel has brought a new eye and ear to matters of Irish interest which many of the other broadcasters have never captured or did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee
The Creative Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I thank the delegations. One of our main objectives is to listen to people and communicate that into policy at departmental and ministerial level. The Minister attends the committee to listen to sets of ideas that evolve over time and the witnesses are contributing to that process today. Much of the debate conducted by the committee relates to multinationals and that has overshadowed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report (7 May 2015)

Michael Conaghan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 15 recommendations of the 2012 Report on the Review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Structures Under Which They Operate that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report (7 May 2015)

Michael Conaghan: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a merger of two organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report (7 May 2015)

Michael Conaghan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding Local Drugs Task Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/15]

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2014): Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I was delighted to hear the name of the late Deputy Tony Gregory being mentioned, because he was the first Deputy to speak on the floor of this House about the abuse of drugs and its consequences for communities, particularly in the Dublin area. We should remember that. I support Deputy Maloney's initiative. Currently, when CAB seizes assets, there is a waiting period of up to seven...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act 2013: Chairman Designate of Panel of Adjudicators (26 May 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome Professor Bunni and thank him for his views, which he has put very succinctly and clearly. In his own experience, how do these matters in Ireland compare with practices and experiences abroad, such as in the EU or other European countries? These problems must occur everywhere, but have other countries developed more effective dispute resolution mechanisms, or do they, like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome the delegation. Obviously, Bord na Móna is a very successful company and most people are extremely proud of it. The company is an indigenous entity and has adapted to the winds of change. I wish to ask about the scale and sophistication of the operation used to extract peat from the ground. The process in question is extremely crude in comparison to the traditional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I was interested in what Mr. Ryan had to say and will think about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board: Chairperson Designate (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome Ms Ita Mangan. It may be a cliché but this is sometimes called the information age, and Ms Mangan is the master of information-giving. I refer to the very early stages in her career in the information services in Leeson Street where she established very high standards. She worked there for a good while with a friend of mine, Martin McGarry. It was very difficult to...