Results 3,241-3,260 of 6,065 for speaker:Martin Conway
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State. He may recall that when he was Chairman of this committee, we visited Portugal to see how it dealt with reception centres. Back then in 2013 or 2014, direct provision in this country was different from today. Today some of our reception centres compare favourably with what we witnessed in Portugal. Engagement with NGOs has borne fruit. There is probably...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)
Martin Conway: People will come to our country seeking international protection because our economy is improving and we are rightly seen as a nation that cares. Should the State be running these reception centres directly as opposed to contracting private companies? While it might be something for the longer term, should the State build purpose-built reception centres and run them or at least own them or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)
Martin Conway: The situation is improving; it is never ideal. I welcome the insistence on the availability of self-catering. That type of autonomy for people in centres is important for their mental well-being as well as everything else. I thank the Minister of State and hope he can keep up the good work. He might give us a further update in the new year.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I raise a very important issue relating to education in Ennistymon, County Clare. The debate on a community school for the area has been ongoing since I was in school there in the late 1980s and early 1990s. There are three schools in Ennistymon, namely, the CBS, the vocational school and Scoil Mhuire, all of which do an...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: The pre-tendering process is taking place as we speak or is about to take place and will take eight to 12 weeks. When that is completed, the tendering process and identification of a suitable contractor will take seven to eight months. Is it reasonable to expect that construction will begin on the site in 2019 and the first enrolment of students will be in September 2021?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: The fact that there is a timeline-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: -----is very good news with which people in Ennistymon will be delighted.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Could we just call a vote and stop this nonsense?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: We have been discussing the same thing for three hours.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I am raising a concern brought to my attention in recent days involving Shannon Commercial Properties. It is a semi-State company that manages the Shannon free zone in County Clare. The Shannon free zone has been an extremely important element of the commercial activity of Shannon and the entire mid-west region for many years. A number of companies have been there for a long time. Back in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. I was here at the start of the Order of Business and all day yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I was here all last week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the decision by the new Minister for Education and Skills to review the removal of history as a core subject at junior certificate level. The House unanimously passed a Private Members' motion, that I tabled, which called on the Government at that time to examine and reconsider the decision to remove history as a core subject. In 2013 or 2013 I tabled a similar motion in this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: My apologies. We commemorated the armistice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: It is a point of integrity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Do the decent thing.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: The Senator could have been Chief Justice.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: She would be very good.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: The Senator is not too bad himself.