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Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I am someone who represents the mid-west.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: The situation in Limerick is critical. This legislation is extremely important to protect not only the people of Ireland, but the most-----

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: The people of Limerick and the mid-west are in a situation in which-----

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: -----there are approximately 800 cases.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I endorse what the Minister of State said. I was listening in my office to Senator Cummins. Unfortunately, the only way we are going to deal with the housing crisis is with a public–private partnership. If we want to build units at scale, we require the assistance of the private sector. If equity is to be front-loaded into developments, tying it up for decades, it is only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Martin Conway: This is my first time attending this committee, so I wish you, Chairman, and the committee well in the work you do. As the only Member of the Oireachtas with a declared physical disability and a Senator in my third term, I think the establishment of the committee is very welcome and I hope we will see benefits from the work it does. I have a couple of questions. I thank the contributors....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Martin Conway: Ms Naughton might like to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Martin Conway: I would be very interested to know the number of people with declared disabilities who are directly elected as opposed to becoming members of parliament through the list system. I suspect that if you were to look at the number directly elected, it is a minute - tiny - proportion, because of the ten in the European Parliament, my understanding is that a number of them get elected through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol: Discussion (27 May 2021)

Martin Conway: Okay. I thank the Chairman.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: Today is World Blood Donor Day. I salute all the people who work in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, who have been working right through the pandemic, making an unstinting commitment. I also salute the thousands of volunteers who give blood regularly and not so regularly. On this day, I encourage those who might not have given blood for a long time to consider doing so. If there are...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to the House. I apologise I was missing for a good chunk of the debate.I heard his opening address, but I was trying to deal with a pressing matter. This Bill is very welcome. It is embarrassing that we are still only at this stage when it comes to the gender pay gap. It really and truly should not be an issue in 2021 and that it is necessary to...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome the Bill because it is facilitating pay restoration. It was very difficult in this House between 2011 and 2014. The decisions that had to be made were extremely difficult. It is, therefore, very welcome to be passing legislation now that is having the opposite effect. I, too, would like to see the public service transformed in the...

Seanad: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome also this legislation, which essentially transposes into Irish law the EU directive of 2014 on the issue of counterfeiting and counterfeit euro notes and kinds. Why has it has taken more than seven years for something as important as this to be implemented? I agree that the use of cash has decreased dramatically, particularly in the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: Like others, I want to pay tribute to our former colleague, Pádraig Ó Céidigh. This Bill is part of his immense legacy from the period he spent in this House. He quite rightly identified the abuse associated with people committing perjury, but nothing was done to deal with the matter. Perjury should be considered a very serious crime. This welcome legislation will ensure...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: The passing of the Bill is most important and I am glad we will see that happen here today.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: Senator Davitt is correcting the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I was going to ask about the cancer strategy but I think it has been covered fairly substantially. Obviously, there is a serious problem as a result of the pandemic and Ms Power outlined it in great detail in her presentation. Is there any idea of the number of people who have sadly lost their lives as a result of late diagnosis? Given it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: I have a follow-up question for Ms Power. Has the Irish Cancer Society had much engagement with NPHET and or has it made any submissions to NPHET? If it did make a submission, how responsive did it find NPHET?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: Thank you. I appreciate that.