Results 4,181-4,200 of 6,065 for speaker:Martin Conway
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: I thought when I took up this position that my allocated speaking time would be longer. There has been much discussion on the UK's plan for its future in Europe, a referendum on which will be held next year or the year after. We have an important role to play in that discussion with our nearest and dearest neighbour. A debate in this House with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: -----for a new direction for Europe. We need to engage at senior level in that debate. This House equally has a role to play in that discourse and deliberation and in that regard I suggest that a debate in this House would be timely and prudent.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: He is.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: It is not nice to shout down a lady.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: We are hearing plenty of noise from that side.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: Like my colleagues, I thank the Minister, her officials who are present and those who are not here for their work on this Bill. I thank all of the groups that have engaged in this process. In particular, I pay tribute to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, which did a significant amount of work on the Bill. It took submissions, had oral hearings, went to Sweden...
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: I will not repeat all that has been said. Some very good points have been made. The Minister of State has been actively engaged in a situation in Clonahinchy in County Clare, and I fear that as a result of the trauma many of our colleagues around the country have suffered, the problems in Clonahinchy will be a lower priority. The Minister of State very kindly visited the area, which is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: I join my colleagues in wishing everybody, on all sides of the House, a successful, healthy and, I hope, prosperous new year. The rural GP is a bedrock of rural society. We have phenomenal GPs the length and breadth of the country. The GPs who operate in rural areas of County Clare have the absolute respect, loyalty and support of the people living in those areas. This was evident, in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Martin Conway: The Senator is absolutely right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Senator Norris should note that, of the ten Members present, six are from Fine Gael.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: We are all Senators.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: I wish the Senator a happy Christmas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: It is appropriate on the last sitting day of the year to wish all 60 Senators, who are hardworking, a very happy Christmas. It is our duty to acknowledge our great Clerk, Ms Deirdre Lane, and Mr. Martin Groves, in addition to their assistants, Mr. Ronan Curran, Ms Niamh O'Grady and Ms Aisling Hart. I also acknowledge Ms Keishia Taylor, who left us recently. The staff run a very efficient...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear. He did, and he was a great Minister for Health.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Well said.
- Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.