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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Could Ms Neary answer the question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Perhaps the Department could come back to us another day. Ms Neary was talking about the economic model and the demographic model. What outside expertise has the Department retained in terms of helping it calibrate and come to its figures or do the witnesses feel there is enough expertise with the Department's structure to make an adequate and acceptable assessment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I apologise for the sound quality at my end.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I will let the lady go first. It is only proper manners.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: It is a privilege to share time on this very important issue with such an advocate as Senator McFadden. Her articulation of the importance of this convention being ratified speaks volumes. We are a great country when it comes to honouring our international obligations. We dragged our feet for long enough with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and we let ourselves...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: It is rare for a Minister to come into the House to answer questions. The Minister is spot on as the timeframe is clear and unambiguous. As a unit, the women of Ireland should be very pleased with the information he has given, for which I thank him. I again commend An Garda Síochána, in particular the Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris. I listened carefully to his commentary at the...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: If the Minister so wished, the Bill could be initiated in this House in the next three or four weeks.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Absolutely.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: No, we are sitting until 10 p.m.-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: -----in order to make up for lost time.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: He is making sense.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: As did I.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: As the Minister for Justice and Equality is dealing with Topical Issues in the Dáil at present I propose that we suspend until 3.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Senator Bacik and other colleagues have made their point, which has been noted.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: I have attended all sittings of the Committee Stage of this Bill so far and, as the Minister quite rightly pointed out, one Member, namely, Senator Norris, said filibustering was a distinguished thing. He said he was proud of it and that, if he felt something was not right, he absolutely would filibuster. I thought this was an appalling comment. To be fair to the Minister, he challenged...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: What is the basis for that view?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Through the Chair, surely-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: Yes. Surely people would sign up to that principle ahead of becoming members of the commission so they would know that if they were to leave in a manner that was unsatisfactory, part of their duties involves them not being in a position to discuss it publicly.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Missing Persons (8 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: It is great to have the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, back in the House. Some Members may be aware that in recent weeks the remains of two people who had been missing for a significant period were identified. The process of reuniting them with their loved ones and giving them a dignified burial will happen, if it has not happened. It is a wonderful end to a tragedy that these families...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Missing Persons (8 Nov 2018)
Martin Conway: The reason I tabled this matter is that when Barry Cummins revealed the good news that two families had received on "Prime Time" last Thursday night, he raised the issue of the necessity to carry out a national audit of unidentified remains. I thought that it made sense. I will do more research on it. I welcome the Government's commitment in terms of its attempts to bring closure for...