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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: That is how it should be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I have one more question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: In spite-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: Good. This will be my last question because my time is running out. Mr. Gunning has indicated that he expects the project to go beyond the €1.433 billion. I put a worse-case scenario to him. Does he expect we will have much change out of €2 billion when this is done and dusted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: That is fine.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I echo Senator Cassells' comments and commend the documentary last night on television and, indeed, the "Documentary on One" programme. They did a great professional job of remembering this tragic period in our country's history. I congratulate the Burren Ecotourism Network on being the only tourism initiative from this country to be considered as part of the thirty great experiences in the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House and it is good to have him here to put this Commencement matter in context. do not know what the visiting teacher for the visually impaired is. When I was a young boy back in County Clare with a visual impairment and attending mainstream schools, a visiting teacher used to come...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for delivering the reply from Deputy Madigan, but it does not commit to a review or an evaluation. I accept the work that was done by the previous review and it was appropriate that the service was transferred to the NCSE, but we need to evaluate whether the taxpayer getting value for money from this particular service. The visiting teachers cannot be expected...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: The Minister of State might just-----
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: -----request a timeframe of perhaps two weeks for a considered response.
- Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (17 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: The Acting Chairman is doing an excellent job in the Chair and well done. There are a number of issues connected to this subject. It is appropriate that Seanad Éireann is discussing Traveller accommodation. I commend Senator Flynn for putting this issue forward or ensuring it was put on the agenda. There is no point in putting a tooth in it. The Traveller community is the most...
- Seanad: Disability Day Services: Statements (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: As the second male speaker on this matter, and now that I think of it the only Member of the House actually with a declared disability, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House and congratulate her in her new role. Having been around the Houses with the Minister of State for the past number of years I have seen her commitment to equality of opportunity for all people....
- Seanad: Political Donations: Motion (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I am sharing time with Senators Ahearn, Dolan and Seery Kearney. I do not believe in being unfair to people but I think what has happened in this situation is that this legacy has shone a light on the cash collecting that Sinn Féin has been engaged in for the past two decades. I remember seeing a video in a documentary by Ann McCabe, husband of the late Jerry McCabe, who was murdered...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: Mr. Reid, Ms O'Connor and company have done a great job. It is important that we keep acknowledging the job they have done over the past number of months. My first question is a straightforward one. Hopefully, it will be a straightforward answer. Has anybody in this country been reinfected with Covid-19 since this pandemic began?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: Apart from that, had Dr. Henry any suspicion that it may have happened?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: On the vaccine, obviously, the HSE has an arrangement with our colleagues in Europe. Have we had to put money upfront? Have we had to pay any money in advance? Have we had to make a deposit in order to buy into that system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I listened carefully to other contributions on the screening programme. I am concerned, because of my own life experience, about the diabetic retina screening programme. Can the HSE give me a quick update on where we are with that because that has prevented blindness and has been quite successful?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: I appreciate Dr. Henry's commitment to that. By the way, I also acknowledge that all the HSE's documentation has been provided in braille and large print, which is useful for the visually impaired community in this country. My final question is for Mr. Reid. At present, in Dublin, there is a trial in the hospital group of a so-called "eye care liaison officer" where somebody who has been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: Would Mr. Woods meet the National Council for the Blind of Ireland which is the partner in the trial in Dublin to look at how this could be advanced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)
Martin Conway: That is fine.