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Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: The mid-west first and foremost.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: I am disappointed to note that the trial in Egypt of the Irish citizen Mr. Ibrahim Halawa has today been postponed for the 14th time. That is a worrying development. Seanad Éireann should again send our concerns on this issue to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, who I know is doing everything he can to expedite a resolution of this situation. Like everybody else, I was quite...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “That” and substitute “the Bill be read a second time this day 18 months to take account of the changed circumstances since the Bill was first introduced in 2014 and to ensure that there are no serious unintended consequences arising and to allow time:(i) to ensure that, in accordance with national public policy, changes...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: One can use a point of order to do that.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Speculators.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Senator Ardagh is speaking a great deal of sense.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: He has done a lot, in fairness to him.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: They are missing Senator Norris already.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: It is good to laugh.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: In deference to the father of the House, I wish him well. I pay warm tribute to and welcome our former colleague and Leader of the House, Maurice Cummins, and his very special guests who are in the Gallery.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: I thought I was the one who could claim that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: On that note, I hope they have a very enjoyable day in Leinster House. This morning, I had the great privilege of giving the opening keynote address in a very important seminar on equality, recruitment and employment organised by the Mid-West Disability Inclusion Forum. It is a new forum formed to help industry engage with people with disabilities in a move to promote greater access to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: I join in the call made by the Fianna Fáil group leader, Senator Catherine Ardagh, for a debate on crime. This city has been ravaged by the recent gangland assassinations. We all need to be on the alert to and highlight the issue. The Minister would be welcome to come to the House for a debate on it in the near future and I call on the Leader to facilitate my request. I also call for...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Great fella.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Conway: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I apologise for not being present for the earlier part of the debate. Unfortunately, I had to honour a commitment. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, to the House. I have known her for a long time and know of her passion and commitment to public service. She has hit the ground running in what is an...