Results 3,681-3,700 of 6,065 for speaker:Martin Conway
- 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...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Management (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I am happy to co-operate. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The situation in emergency departments in many hospitals was particularly acute over Christmas and the post-Christmas period. University Hospital Limerick, UHL, is facing constant challenges. It seemed to be in crisis management mode for most of last year. The difficulties at the hospital reached an unprecedented...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Management (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I know the Minister of State has responded on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris. With due respect to the senior Minister, this answer does not address the specific question I asked. Is there a specific difficulty with the management of the emergency department at UHL, as has been alluded to in media reports lately? Is there an issue with the structure of the management? Is there a...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Management (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: Like others, I welcome the Government's decision yesterday to proceed with the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was in the previous programme for Government and the present one. The previous Government did a lot of the necessary groundwork to bring us to where we are today. It is absolutely appropriate that we acknowledge the significant...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I just have a couple of quick questions.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: My questions are very quick.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: Can I have one minute?
- Seanad: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture: Statements (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister whom I have known for some years. As a councillor during the previous Seanad, she demonstrated her expertise in mediation by assisting me in drafting a motion on mediation, which was passed unanimously in the House. The motion was an important prerequisite in creating the narrative around mediation that the country needed. Mediation can be used in many ways to solve...
- Seanad: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture: Statements (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I propose that we suspend until 3 p.m.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: That is why the Senator always looks so well.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: Apart from water.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: It is hard to follow on from that very agreeable contribution from Senator Norris. I do not always agree with him but on this occasion I agree with practically everything he has said. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne to the Chamber, it is great to have her here. The Minister of State, Deputy Pat Breen was here earlier but he did not stay to answer questions. That is all right...
- Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Directive 2013/33/EU of the European...
- Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)
Martin Conway: Not all of them.