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- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: They are well able to refer to us.
- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: There was not much protocol followed the night Deputy Fitzgerald was hounded from office.
- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I will respect the Acting Chairman as he came to apologise. That is worth an awful lot. We can see what went on with other members of the Opposition. There were press conferences on the plinth, for example. It was just appalling. Everyone in unison supported Sergeant Maurice McCabe, which was correct and appropriate.
- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: He has been appropriately saluted.
- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I will finish my point, as I was interrupted. Sergeant McCabe did the State enormous service. What is most impressive about him is that he has accepted in their entirety the findings of the tribunal.
- Seanad: Disclosures Tribunal Report: Statements (23 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: It should be.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who is a regular visitor to this House who sometimes brings good news. He might be aware that last Thursday was World Sight Day, a day on which an opportunity is taken to highlight issues relating to sight loss and the various complex challenges people with sight loss face. There are 40,000 people on waiting lists for ophthalmology...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for the update on what is probably a new way of thinking. I hope it will evolve in a positive way. All the chief executive officers of the hospital groups in this country have a duty to sign up to what is being proposed. It is modest. I know the NCBI certainly provides supports, both human and financial, in this scenario. This, however, is something to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Like other colleagues, I am very disappointed that the plaza on College Green is not going ahead. In many other European cities, one sees that the centre of the city has a plaza. I often reflect on decisions made by An Bord Pleanála. I believe it needs to be radically reshaped. Political accountability is a good thing, not a bad thing. There is no political accountability for An...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Politicians should not interfere with cases.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Oversight, not interference.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Even the President is expected to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I join others in welcoming the Charleton report. I remember the night of the debate in this House when Deputy Fitzgerald sat in the Minister's seat. I described the way she was being treated as "scurrilous" but I was booed by certain elements. I could see it for what it was. It became a political melee in which the deputy Prime Minister of our country was hounded out of office. If we...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I propose that the House suspend for 15 minutes to facilitate the Minister going to vote in the Dáil.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: The Senator is busy talking to himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I acknowledge and salute the fact that today is International Day of the Girl, but I wish to point out that today is also World Sight Day, which raises awareness of issues of blindness and visual impairment. It is a fact that four out of every five people in this country who lose their sight do so unnecessarily. I appeal to people on World Sight Day to have their eyesight checked. Once a...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreshore Licence Applications (10 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: I, too, welcome the Minister of State. There is an interesting backdrop to my Commencement matter. As we all know, applying for a foreshore licence is a long, difficult, slow and tedious process. At 6 a.m. on 4 January 2014 the shoreline in the village of Lahinch, County Clare was destroyed. Millions of euro worth of damage was caused and the incident had a significant impact both on the...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreshore Licence Applications (10 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: The Minister of State has clarified the complexities and difficulties associated with the foreshore licence application. I ask him to have a word with the Attorney General to ensure his opinion is articulated to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government as a matter of urgency in order that the matter can be brought to a conclusion. I make my request because the Atlantic Ocean...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreshore Licence Applications (10 Oct 2018)
Martin Conway: Super.