Results 2,661-2,680 of 6,065 for speaker:Martin Conway
- Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, as well as the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, for waiting to listen to all Members’ contributions. I wish other Ministers would do that a little more often.
- Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: I propose the Chairman take us all and then the Minister of State to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: We have about 20 minutes, Vice Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: I am at this committee all the time. I am here on a regular basis. I will not be told to pipe down by Deputy Cassells. How dare he say that. He should withdraw that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: Vice Chairman, take control over the meeting. His comment was a disgrace.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: His personal attack on me was a disgrace and he should withdraw it. How dare he.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: The Minister of State is most welcome to the committee this morning. This whole debate on councillors' remuneration has been going on for quite a long time, and I respect the fact an independent body has been set up which has already given an interim report, but not a final one. As colleagues said, what we need here are clear timelines. Obviously, the Minister of State is privy to an awful...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: It seems that this is not agreed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: He is not going to win it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: I can in this case.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: Senator Craughwell cannot speak on the amendment as the matter has been decided.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: That is my understanding.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: This is a joke.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: It is a terrible ruling.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: So the Taoiseach cannot go to the wedding of a Minister's daughter or son.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: That is crazy stuff.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: I have to agree on the point about the calibre of judges who have been appointed since the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, took over in July 2017.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: When the Taoiseach took over, he appointed Deputy Flanagan as Minister for Justice and Equality. I could not and would not question the calibre of the judges appointed since that day. It is a credit to this Minister-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Martin Conway: -----and his colleagues that he has been able to persuade such fine people to sit on the benches and preside over the laws of this country-----