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Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: Under his stewardship and that of the Minister, we will hopefully see another technological university in the mid-west. Ennis in County Clare has the capability, structure and character to be a university town. The Limerick Institute of Technology opening a campus in Ennis this time last year was a significant incremental step towards developing its potential. Ennis is famous for culture....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: I fully agree with Senator Ó Donnghaile about the Pat Finucane decision and the behaviour of the British Government. I think we may all have been laid into a space where we believed an inquiry would be announced yesterday. I certainly believed it would be and all the mood music suggested that, especially in view of the fact that the highest court in the UK had recommended it. What has...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: I, too, welcome the Minister and commend him on the work he has done, not just in recent weeks but also in recent years, on Brexit. As we all know, Brexit is a serious, tricky and complex issue for Ireland. It challenges Ireland more than any other country. It is a daunting challenge and we are in uncharted waters. We do not know how it will affect us, but we know that it will. It is a...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: Welcome them with open arms.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, is welcome to the House to deal with this important matter of sewerage schemes in critical villages in County Clare. There are four in particular, namely, Broadford, Cooraclare, Doolin and Carrigaholt. As the Minister of State knows from his many visits to County Clare, it is a big tourism county, which has hundreds of thousands of people coming to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I sincerely thank the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, for what I consider a positive update. A slice of that funding for Irish Water needs to be pulled back into the Department. A fund should be created in the Department, with each local authority being given the option of applying for one scheme per year under a new programme which would deal with these legacy wastewater and sewage...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: Like others, I would like to pay tribute to "RTÉ Investigates" for the programme that was aired last night on Patrick Russell. I particularly commend Mr. Paul Murphy for his determination to expose not just what went on with this particular conman, but the failure of the institutions of our State to deal with him. The Revenue Commissioners have questions to answer about how it was...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: Now.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: Now.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House for the annual health insurance bill, which is extremely important. On a positive note, we have to count our blessings in this country that we have health insurance which is affordable for the vast majority of the Irish people. We are also very fortunate there is community rating within health insurance. We are also very fortunate that risk...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: That is okay, we must accommodate our senior seasoned representatives. In the first instance, like everybody else, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, into the House. He has done a sterling job on late-night TV and radio selling the message of what we are trying to achieve here, which is to flatten the curve and try to live with this awful disease. He has done a remarkably...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: They should be here.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: It was a point of fact.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: It was a point of fact.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: It is not appropriate that they are not here.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I believe this is my first opportunity to welcome my good friend and colleague, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to the House. He was the Leader of the Opposition in Seanad Éireann from 2011 to 2016 during which period he was constructive in the way he dealt with the role. His constructive approach will percolate right into his Ministry. We want to see problems resolved....

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I very much look forward to what he will achieve. I know of his dogged determination and he will deliver. I echo what Senator Cummins said about this legislation. It is essential to continue the important work of local government and the process of passing county development plans. The pandemic has changed how we do business in the country. The Bill enables local authorities who are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I wish to have a debate on health, specifically general health with regard to vaccines, and the flu vaccine in particular. It is regrettable to have a situation where there is mixed messaging emerging about the flu vaccine. We are told by the HSE and the Department of Health that there is an adequate amount of the vaccine, but the circumstantial evidence throughout the country is that there...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."