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- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: It was a case of amateur dramatics at its best.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Cheap jibes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: I support Senator Ó Clochartaigh's comments on the McCabe case in Northern Ireland. Any act of terrorism is not acceptable. Certainly, we have made great progress in recent years and this case needs to be investigated by the authorities on both sides of the Border as a matter of urgency. I also support the self-employed. Thousands of self-employed people have gone out of business in...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: I am the Acting Leader and while I would regularly agree with my colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh, in this instance the Minister of State has been forthright and abundantly clear. With respect to the legislation and the order of the House, we should proceed as planned on the basis that the Minister has been abundantly clear. The press release put out by an organisation outside this...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: I propose a suspension of the House for 15 minutes.
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Shocking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Extraordinary circumstances.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: It is very difficult in many ways to disagree with Senator Jim Walsh but we will let the history books judge the performance of the previous Government because I do not particularly want to get into revisionism and all that goes with it. We have a serious problem with repossessions. What Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and others have said is absolutely correct. It needs to be dealt with....
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Of course, we know Mr. Beades' seed, breed and pedigree and where his loyalties lay in the past. He has some neck to go on national television and display the arrogance he has shown in recent days.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: This gentleman is well able to go on national television and talk crap.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Will Mr. Jennings elaborate on the engagement with the national lottery prior to the launch of the new system on 30 November? Clearly some people had identified issues with the system and felt it necessary to highlight to the national lottery that the changeover should not happen until the new year. Has there ever been a discussion on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Does Mr. Jennings believe that significant damage has been done to the reputation of the national lottery as a result of all of these difficulties? It would seem that on a number of fronts, be it the problems with the lotto or the television show on a Saturday night that serious damage has been done to the credibility of the national lottery? What is Mr. Jennings view of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: Could the response the Chairman gets to Senator Coghlan's litany of questions be circulated to the rest of us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: The delegations will be glad to hear that some of my questions have already been answered. What is the percentage that PLI is required to give out in prize money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: How much of the remaining 50% goes to good causes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: That comes to 35% of the revenue. PLI needs to make €20 million out of the remaining 14% of revenue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)
Martin Conway: The agents’ commission is 6% which means PLI has 8% of the overall revenue that would have been, heretofore, used by the national lottery as a State agency. Deputy Regina Doherty referred to the programmes "Winning Streak” and the new game, "The Million Euro Challenge". I have watched the new game several times and it is clear to me that PLI has made significant cost savings...