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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Chief Medical Officer and his team for the fantastic job they have done over the past two years and for their accessibility to us as a committee and as politicians. Their daily press conferences, when they carried them out, were extremely informative, and when they moved to a weekly basis they were still informative. It has been very difficult, and it is important that the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: That would be great. We have seen what I consider a very worrying situation with the antigen tests. Is there any way around that? Is there any messaging that can be done to get self-isolation back up to an acceptable level? Also, I think mask wearing is becoming a problem. I travel by train all the time coming up to and down from Dublin because I do not drive, and I have noticed in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I do not have any further questions. I have to run off to the Seanad. I thank the witnesses and their teams for the phenomenal access that they have given this committee. It is much appreciated.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I agree wholeheartedly with Senator McDowell's contribution. In terms of the report and collusion - it is reprehensible. There is no other word to describe it, to be frank about it. Everybody who lost their lives on this island, irrespective of what side they were on, were cherished by loved ones. They had families. They had parents. Some of them had children. We need to reflect on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I wholeheartedly agree with Senator Ruane on the urgent need to hold a citizens' assembly on drug use in Ireland. It is committed to in the programme for Government and it should have happened by now. It is far more important than a citizens' assembly on whether or not we should have a directly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Let us get our priorities right. In not holding the citizens' assembly on drug use in Ireland we are not getting our priorities right. We need to send out from this House the clear message that we want that citizens' assembly to happen and to happen urgently and not in nine months' time. As rightly stated by Senator Ruane, every day people are losing their lives. By the end of the year,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Today the Cabinet is meeting to discuss what will happen in the inflationary situation in which we find ourselves as a country. This is not just an Irish problem; it is an international problem. I want to see the squeezed middle as well as the most vulnerable in society benefit. I was talking yesterday to a person who has a very large mortgage and who told me that childcare is extremely...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I presume the Acting Chairperson will give me the same latitude other speakers have been given.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Thank you. On the specific point Senator Mullen raised regarding the UL Hospitals Group not being notified, it does not mean An Garda Síochána was not notified. If there was activity outside the hospital, the more appropriate people to contact on that issue would have been the gardaí. I respectfully suggest there is more than one source to which a complaint can be made. If...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank Senator Higgins for her constructive contribution. Can I clarify with the Minister exactly what he is proposing in terms of the Joint Committee on Health? In December my understanding was that the Minister then intended to bring a memo to Cabinet in regard to the heads of the legislation, and then to refer the heads of the legislation to the committee for pre-legislative scrutiny,...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister for that. I have no doubt but that this is difficult. As he stated, if it were not, one would hope it would have been done before now. What is the timeline, though? Obviously, the Minister will provide all the advice he has got from the Department which has resulted in his having to make this decision on a way forward. What is the absolute end date by which he...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I know.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Sure. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the three groups for their presentations. It certainly is a very important area. I think we would all agree with their comments. Are some of the company's that Mr. Musgrave represents for-profit private providers as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Where I am confused with this is that I would consider the HSE as the wing of Government that would be responsible for negotiating with Mr. Musgrave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: That is okay. On engagement of committee members, which members did not engage with you?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Mr. Musgrave is here giving evidence to the entire committee, so I think that element to his statement should be corrected, to be quite frank with him. Moving on, in terms of Mr. Musgrave's members, what is the profit margin? For example, on the set of accounts, what would he be declaring in terms of a percentage of his turnover that would be net profit at the end of the day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Just on average.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Do all of Mr. Musgrave's affiliated care companies publish accounts? How many of them are limited and how many are unlimited, bearing in mind that unlimited companies do not publish accounts?