Results 121-130 of 130 for speaker:Joe Conway
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming the ambassador from the Czech Republic. I was in his lovely country on one occasion in 1999. It was a bittersweet occasion for me because while I was there, on 2 July 1999, we lost a Dauphin helicopter in the sand dunes in Tramore, County Waterford, with the loss of the four Air Corps members on board. That gives me an easy segue into what I want to...
- Seanad: Higher Education: Statements (21 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: I join with the Acting Chairperson and with the previous speaker in welcoming the Minister, Deputy Lawless, to the House. I have only met the Minister once before but on hundreds of occasions I had the pleasure of working with his mother Mary in a couple of educational sectors. During the recess I hope the Minister finds the time to pass on my very best wishes to her. She was always a joy...
- Seanad: Higher Education: Statements (21 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: Back in 2014, Waterford County Council and Waterford City Council amalgamated. At the first meeting of that amalgamated council in July 2014, I put a question to the then chief executive, Michael Walsh. I asked him if he could tell the council how many apprentices there were in the new amalgamated council. He said he regretted to tell us that the number was zero. I thought it was a...
- Seanad: Cost of Childcare: Motion (21 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: I compliment our Sinn Féin colleagues in giving some oxygen to this much-pressed issue of childcare. A lot of the comments to date in this debate have been on the macro question. I have consulted my own resource team, notably my son and daughter-in-law and their 11-month-old daughter. We came up with some micro suggestions. I will instance the first problem that they identified....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Earcaíocht sa tSeirbhís Phoiblí: Plé (Atógáil) (21 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: Níl mórán le rá agam. Tá a fhios ag an gcoiste go raibh sé de nós fadó ag an Seanadóir Cato the Elder sa Seanad Rómhánach "Delenda est Carthago", nó "Carthage must be destroyed" a rá ag tús agus deireadh gach óráid. Nuair a thagaim isteach i ngach cruinniú den choiste seo, is é an t-aon rud amháin...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: On three occasions.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: Or is a person of interest.
- Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "Local authorities funding 2. A minimum of 20 per cent of the increased borrowing capacity shall be reserved for local authorities with populations under 150,000. The Housing Finance Agency shall consult with these authorities on a quarterly basis to identify priority housing needs and barriers to...
- Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: In deference to what the Minister of State has said and informed the House of, I withdraw the amendment. It will be likewise with amendment No. 2.
- Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2025)
Joe Conway: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "Quarterly report on developments 2. Within three months of the commencement of this Act, the Housing Finance Agency shall be required to publish quarterly reports detailing— (a) the total loan disbursements by county and local authority, (b) project types funded, (c) average loan size repayment...