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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreshore Licence Applications (10 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: Walter Mitty.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: I propose the question be put.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: The Senator can stay all night and do it. He can stay all day and all night.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: There are two matters I wish to raise with the Deputy Leader. There is an award from the National Adult Literacy Agency relating to plain English. Plain English is a concept that has operated internationally.Departments and organisations of a similar vein are encouraged to use plain English in their documents and pamphlets so that more people can understand and get the context of what is...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: I commend Senator Bacik on timely and long-overdue legislation. The fact it is receiving cross-party support reflects its importance. The people in the Gallery, who are most welcome, are researching this at the moment. They will hopefully have something positive to say about the Oireachtas in their theses. To give credit where credit is due, an election is taking place at the moment and...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: Absolutely not.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Conway: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister and, like Senator Boyhan, congratulate him on his words in the Dáil on Wednesday night. He brought a lot of clarity to people's minds on where we are with this crisis, what has been done, where we are on the road to fixing it and what the plans are to deal with it. People are more interested discovering what is happening. I have often said that houses take time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: I am dealing with one case involving a family of six, four of whom have special needs. There does not seem to be any movement on the part of the local authority to purchase a house for them because what would be required is outside the thresholds. I am looking for the Minister to direct local authorities to be flexible and to think outside the box. If a property is €50,000 or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: There was an additional allocation for certain local authorities in recent years for housing adaptation grants, perhaps because others had not spent their allocation by September or October or because more money was found within the Department. Is there any proposal to give a top-up to local authorities for 2018 which have lists of people looking for housing adaptation or elderly aid grants?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: I wish to follow up on that point. I can see where Deputy Ó Broin is coming from with the 10%. There is also a growing crisis in middle Ireland and the affordability of houses. The only way to deal with that is to crack on with the construction of houses. When the legislation is brought forward, we can tease this out in far greater detail. Returning to the question I asked earlier...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: On housing for people with disabilities, is the Minister satisfied with the targets he is hitting as to specific accommodation for people with disabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: It certainly does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: Very good. Another issue that has been brought to my attention concerns some of the homeless charities, including Simon and Focus Ireland, in particular, which have charity shops. They are registered charities but they are paying rates on these charity shops. Would the Minister consider an amendment to the upcoming legislation that would exempt the charity shops of proper registered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: This is dangerous territory, as we are moving to the realm of clearly identifying people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: Whether it is the public domain, it does not excuse the committee from going down the line of specifically identifying people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: I am not proposing that at all. We must be fair to people as well.

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: I move:"That Seanad Éireann: recognises:- the immense contribution sport makes to Ireland and to the health and well-being of our citizens; - the many proud sporting moments our Irish men and women have given us over many decades; - the considerable success which both our Special Olympic and Paralympic athletes have enjoyed in recent years with their remarkable achievements at home...

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Martin Conway: In the context of housekeeping, I am very happy to agree to accept, on behalf of the Government, the amendments proposed by Senator Dolan. In fairness to Senator Dolan, he looks at a motion and tries to identify a way of improving it. Amendments from Senator Dolan are unusual in the sense that they are positive amendments whereas most amendments that happen in this House are usually...