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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: At least the dust is now being wiped off it, not like many other good reports that were produced over the years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I think I have another five minutes.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, for whom I have great regard as he knows his brief inside out, upside down and from every possible angle. That is commendable as it is something that cannot be said about everybody, including us at times. The ministry he holds suits him because he has a genuine passion for housing provision. There are a few Members of this House...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Nurses (15 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach for taking this Commencement matter. Over the years many Irish people, including a very good friend of mine, have emigrated to the United States for economic and other reasons. I know of a number of examples of people who have gone to the United States, who have qualified and worked as nurses for many...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Registration of Nurses (15 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: The NMBI has advised the Department that it is updating its guidelines. Is there a timeline for the work of updating the guidelines to be completed? I do not expect the Minister of State, Deputy Daly to have the answer at his fingertips, but will he revert to us with it?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I would like to follow up on what I said here last week about the need for reusable coffee cups. I should have asked the Leader to write to the catering services in Leinster House. When I was in a Butlers coffee shop recently, I was delighted to see that a customer can receive a free coffee when he or she buys a reusable coffee cup. I think that is very positive. The Leader could suggest...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Banking (13 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking this matter, which relates directly to the Department of Finance. In the programme for Government, there is a commitment to develop a public community banking system. There is a well-worn and well-articulated narrative as to what has happened in the banking sector in this country.There are many examples of misbehaviour by the banks in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Community Banking (13 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive outline of Government initiatives. I acknowledge that much has been done but there is still a way to go in terms of creating a fair equilibrium in banking because, unfortunately, the community and public banking model has been thwarted in favour of traditional commercial banks. The initiative that has been tried, tested and worked...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I listened with great interest to Senator Humphreys discussing the challenges in the housing sector, particularly for those who are renting. The natural progression for a lot of people is to go on to purchase their home, yet this is becoming increasingly difficult. The situation that existed during the run-in to and peak of the Celtic tiger is beginning to manifest itself again, namely,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: We often discuss the environment here, and there are many practical things we can do as citizens to help. It came to my attention recently that the levy of 22c on plastic bags has reduced the number of plastic bags used in this country by 98%. This is a remarkable success. We have a similar problem with coffee cups. I have been guilty of buying coffee in a takeaway cup and disposing of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I presume that the powers that be watch the Order of Business and take note of it. I will make it a proposal.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I think we all agree that the legislation is very complex. The Minister's contribution was extremely comprehensive and informative. We have all been trying to work out the legislation. I concur with Senator Victor Boyhan on the document we received from the Oireachtas Library and Research Service. I received the email confirming that there would be a briefing on Monday morning ahead of...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: Indeed. Some of us travelled for three hours to get here. Some of us are away from home most weeks from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening. I suggest a little consideration be given to this or perhaps they might be a second briefing because we do not want to inconvenience people either. Data protection is now a fact of life. Many data belonging to people are held electronically...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: He would do a good job.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State. It is always a pleasure to have him here. On the weekend of 3 January to 5 January 2014, the country experienced terrible weather conditions. The west coast of Clare was absolutely hammered on the morning of Friday, 3 January 2014. Millions of euro worth of damage was caused at the time and Ministers and others visited, including the then Minister of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I know the Minister of State is delivering a script and I thank him for it but, ultimately, someone has to pay for this. It appears to be a typical Civil Service scenario of one Department blaming another. One Department is abdicating responsibility to another and the other Department is not living up to its responsibilities. Someone has to pay and someone has to state definitively who is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: To be fair, the Department with responsibility for the environment was appointed the lead Department at the time.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. It speaks volumes that, seven months into his term as Taoiseach, he is here. I commend him on his reflective comments, on this first day of spring, on what this Chamber has achieved and the huge potential that is there in terms of what we should and can achieve going forward. This House has been a reflective Chamber. It has been a source of very...