Results 21-40 of 429 for long speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...day they travel they think about how their lives can improve. It is not just them but their families are thinking about how their lives can improve. If you had a mother or father travelling for long journeys like that three or four days per week, of course you would be concerned and worried about them and would want to see more localised services. This Government has provided a huge...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...where the unit can be housed but we need dates. When can we expect this to happen? I am a little concerned the unit will support only 30 people. Many more than 30 in County Clare must travel long distances for dialysis. Perhaps the Minister of State will relay that to the Minister also. Perhaps there is a misprint in the reply. I realise the Minister of State is just reading it on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: One would wonder why this screening of babies did not begin happening a long time ago. It seems very simple. As our guests probably know, I do a great deal of advocacy work for eye care and sight loss, and there is a need for a national strategy for the prevention of preventable sight loss as well. A lot of national strategies are needed. From our perspective, and I think I speak for...

Seanad: Second Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Statements (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: .... Little did he know about the resilience of Ukraine. I do not believe Ukraine will lose; I just think that at some stage Putin will probably get worn out and the war will fizzle out. We have a long way to go. What worries me is that the resolve displayed by the international community when the invasion first happened is perhaps becoming somewhat diluted. That may be unintentional but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rural Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...2023 it got an allocation of €1.368 million, which completed 22 roads. If all of the roads were to be funded and completed, we would be looking at a cost of €9 million. A figure of €1.36 million is a long way from €9 million. These roads continue to deteriorate. In the past three years in my constituency, 65 roads have been done, with 146 on the approved...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: I concur with the Minister. This is an important Bill that will save lives. It should have happened a long time ago but it is happening now. I hope it will pass through the Dáil next week as quickly as it did here and that the President will sign it into law, allowing us to get on with the important business of enacting it. It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge the serious...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: .... Over the years, from 2011 right up until before the pandemic, you would meet John regularly downstairs in the reading room going through the papers. It was on those mornings that I had many a long conversation with him. I was always impressed at his level of detail and how he followed all our careers. He was not afraid to say he would go in a different direction if he was on the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Conway: ...it is happening so late in the cycle of the Government. It should have happened earlier, two or three years ago had it been possible. As a matter of fact, this referendum should have happened a long time ago. We must bear in mind that the Constitution we are working from was drafted in 1937. The world we now live in, compared to the world in 1937, is fundamentally different. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Conway: ...bad and how difficult it is and how people in the mid-west feel they are completely isolated and completely left behind? I engaged a lot with various parents and it is soul destroying to see how long people are waiting for any kind of intervention in Clare. For these young people it is the formative years of their lives. We try to achieve something in politics and I just think this is an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Conway: ...work in a rural community. Hopefully, as a result of that person working in the local rural community, he or she might get to like rural life. It is an initiative that we have all sought for a long time, in particular through the health committee, when we had the colleges in and we engaged on rural doctors and GPs. The scheme is being piloted in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. I wish the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ..." to her and learn a lot from her about what happened in the House in the 1980s when she was Cathaoirleach. It is a sad day for her family but, at the same time, it is a celebration of life. She lived a long and good life and her contribution to politics, both in County Clare and nationally, is something that needs to be recognised and noted, particularly her becoming the first Clare...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ..., that is their right and it has to be respected. That is where the register that the Minister is proposing comes from. This is the right and proper thing to do and, as I said, it should have been done a long time ago. Had it been done years ago, there would probably be more people alive today and it would have saved more lives. That said, it is never too late to do the right thing. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: In the previous census, the number of people who declared sight loss increased by 55,000 to 300,000. It has now become critical that this structure is built up on a long-term basis. I have a note on this subject that I will give to Mr. Gloster before he leaves.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...of State to know every single detail of every proposed statutory instrument or information note being presented. Before we begin, I will read the note on privilege. I remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside of the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for coming to deal with this Commencement matter, as it comes under his Department. I have been concerned for a long time that Housing for All is not as dedicated to rural housing as it should be. While I appreciate that incremental changes are happening they are not fast enough and in my view are not dealing with some of the blockages that are there. When it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...Cullinane said there are rare times in this committee when we are taken aback and shocked by what we hear. Deputy Durkan said it too. Today is one of those days. I have known Mr. Staunton a long time. He has campaigned on many issues over the 20 years I have known him. However, this is clearly the most important he has ever been involved in. He has already saved lives. That is a...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House for this important legislation. I share the concerns of Senator Malcolm Byrne and others that it has taken too long and I think the Minister will accept that. This really should have been done a number of years ago. I accept the fact the Minister has only been in office since 2020; it should have been dealt with even before then. I find myself agreeing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...as possible to those who need them. We need to review the schemes and increase the medications listed under them dramatically. The shortage in medicines will not be resolved today or tomorrow. It will take a long time. I ask for a full review of the medicines listed under the drugs payment scheme and the medical card scheme.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...the Department, namely, the non-availability of standard medicines and the fact other medicines that are licensed as alternatives are not covered within the schemes. Then, on an immediate to long-term basis, there must be engagement to come up with a strategy, because it is a Government policy that community pharmacists should have a greater role in the provision of healthcare, and...