Results 21-40 of 86 for cork speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Martin Conway: I extend good wishes to former councillor, Noel Collins, who stepped down from Cork County Council on Monday after 55 years of service to the community of Midleton and the surrounding areas. Mr. Collins was chairman of Cork County Council and he had a unique style of representation. He had no mobile phone, computer or social media. He held his clinic by sitting on the wall outside the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: ...the Fine Gael group, I accept the Order of Business. I also join with colleagues in welcoming Lord Mayor Kelleher and his son to the Chamber. It is a very prestigious position to be Lord Mayor of Cork, our second city. I wish him well during his trip to Dublin and for the course of this very important year. The Cabinet is today approving the disbandment of the National Public Health...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: ...one should be good for everybody. We need equality of public transport costs throughout the country to encourage people to use the network. On a related matter, many students who are studying in Cork, whether in University College Cork or in other colleges, and people who work in Cork may now be living in places such as Thurles, Limerick Junction, Limerick City, or Ennis, but they cannot...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: ...a debate specifically on the fishing industry. Fisheries received notoriety in recent weeks because of the situation with the Russian army and the exercises that were due to take place off the Cork coast, but there is a very serious side to fishing in this country. To think that we can only catch less than 5% of products like hake and other popular fish off Irish coastal waters. Brexit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: With Owenacurra closing there is no 24-hour residential facility in east Cork. The people for whom the timely interventions Dr. O'Brien referred to do not work will have to be located over an hour from their home, which goes against the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission. Would that be correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: ...about the people that does not work for and who require 24-hour, seven-days-per-week supports. Dr. O'Brien is telling the committee that she is withdrawing that support from that community in east Cork. This will only get worse for the HSE. From what I have heard so far in this committee, this will snowball. I suggest the HSE changes its position on this rapidly. I move on to respite,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: So there will be no respite facilities for people in east Cork. If they need respite, they will have to go at least an hour away from home. These people may just need respite to give their families a break or so their treatment can be reviewed. A multidisciplinary team, as Dr. O'Brien mentioned, may recommend that they need respite. If that happens, they are in a situation where the HSE...

Seanad: Paediatric Scoliosis Services: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Conway: ...in a very humane way and I would expect nothing less from either of them. We are raising this issue and it is on the agenda because we really need results. I sincerely hope the young chap in Cork is getting the treatment he should have received long ago. The other 160 children also need to get their treatment without delay, without complication, without difficulty, without having to go...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Conway: ...appropriate interventions needed. That is not good enough. It is great for the people for Galway that they have such a fantastic facility. I am delighted for them. The position is similar in Cork and other parts of the country. However, provision is not universal because the people of Limerick do not have a service. This issue has been highlighted annually for the past 20 years, in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Conway: ..., that is, making professionals in other diabetic clinics available to Limerick. There is an inequity. People in Ennis and Limerick who are suffering type 1 diabetes having to go to Galway, Cork or elsewhere is not fair when people in Galway and Cork do not have to travel because their local clinics are able to provide them with supports and services.While I welcome this, I ask the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Participation of People with Disabilities in Political, Cultural, Community and Public Life: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Martin Conway: ...and being involved and being facilitated in getting involved. I have a question for Ms Daffy. I listened to her contribution and reflected on the national development plan announced on Monday in Cork. There is €65 million additional funding for sport. Many clubs throughout the country are excellent in their initiatives and in what they do to make themselves accessible. Others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Martin Conway: Okay. I like Mr. Ó Céidigh's presentation of this, namely, that there is no point in us competing with Dublin or Cork and we must work with them. We must have, as he said, our primary and then our secondary targets. That is all very well but what does he want to see in an aviation plan that will assist Shannon in the first instance, but also all three airports, to recover? What...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Youth Mental Health and Psychological Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank Deputy Hourigan, that was an excellent engagement. I welcome Deputy Buckley, who has a huge interest in this area, and has been involved in many organisations in the Cork North-Central area. He has a few questions for our guests.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (11 May 2021)

Martin Conway: ...the aftercare and support services, while others have just a working knowledge. To bring continuity to everybody in this country, irrespective of where they live, I want ECLOs rolled out in Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Sligo, and an additional ECLO in Dublin. A meeting took place prior to Christmas between Liam Woods of the HSE and his team and the National Council for the Blind...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Mar 2021)

Martin Conway: ...the law will be used against these people. I would send a clear message to them that this Parliament and the State will not entertain any further such activity going forward, either on St. Patrick's Day, in Cork, in Limerick, in Clare or anywhere else. This is too serious and it will be dealt with.

Seanad: Covid-19 (Aviation): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: ...committee that we establish a single airport authority. I was always sceptical about the proposal to break up the airports, as happened when Shannon Airport was made independent of Dublin and Cork. The industry and business sectors in the region supported it at the time. It probably needed to be tried but we need to bring Shannon Airport into one entity with Dublin Airport and Cork...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: ...quite upset and annoyed about how the vaccine was rolled out in the mid-west by comparison with other regions. In the first allocation, 3,500 were allocated to the mid-west hospital group. In west Cork, including Kerry, 19,000 vaccines were made available. Has Ms Ní Sheaghdha any views on how the roll-out was handled and the lessons that have been learned?

Seanad: Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: ...his commitment to that going forward. I served on the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality with Senator Bacik for a number of years. We went to see many facilities, including Mountjoy Prison, Cork Prison and others. This House has highlighted issues in this area and we have seen some incremental success. The mental capacity legislation that was before the Oireachtas between 2011 and...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: ...and those who live along the coasts of our country. The Minister of State is doing a phenomenal job. On several occasions in August he broke off his holidays in Country Clare to visit Cork and other flooded areas. That reflects his character and the fact that he takes this role incredibly seriously. I thank him for what he is doing. I look forward to working with him to solve these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Conway: ...young boy back in County Clare with a visual impairment and attending mainstream schools, a visiting teacher used to come once a year. He was a very nice man by the name of Tim O’Connell from County Cork and he liaised with the family and the teaching staff to see what structures and services were needed to ensure that I would prosper in education at that time. Back then this...