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Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: My point is almost redundant as I was going to refer to the issue of e-conveyancing. Senator O'Donovan is correct to state that the world has moved on and the 1.5% book price is no longer an issue. When e-conveyancing is introduced it will be 90% cheaper than that. I would like to see a situation where people could self-convey. This will happen with e-conveyancing because computers and...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Having listened to Senator Ó Clochartaigh's contribution, I am concerned by the structure he proposes for nominees, under which ten of the 13 members of the board would be from the legal profession. We have been trying to move away from this concept to ensure laypersons have greater influence. Under the proposal in the Bill, laypersons would make up the majority of board members of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: It is a very interesting engagement. The initiatives certainly seem to be working. I am particularly struck by the fact that not one of the tagged cattle has gone missing. As regards international best practice, has the IFA looked at other jurisdictions and, if so, are there similar problems there? I imagine there are, so how have they dealt with them? Is there anything we could all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: When Mr. Downey and his colleagues attended the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on farm safety we saw evidence from a GAA club in west Cork, which successfully campaigned, held open days, information sessions and so on, regarding farm safety. Is there any role for collaborating with the GAA, which could assist the IFA in intelligence-building?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: In Mr. Downey's view, is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine doing enough to assist in terms of dealing with this, which is a developing area of crime?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: The organisation is in its infancy so perhaps this matter may not be relevant and I ask Mr. Ensor to tell me if it is not. A number of people in the real estate business informed me recently that the property register is not up to much with regard to entering the price of houses. It does not detail the number of bedrooms or the style of house. It might cover the square footage but it does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Deputy Farrell has had serious concerns regarding this operation and the authority's attitude towards it. We might advise him to get the minutes of this meeting and make contact with Mr. Ensor when he is formally appointed.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: I wish our former colleague and good friend, Senator Jimmy Harte, the very best in his continued recovery. We look forward to seeing him in the House again very soon. I also warmly congratulate our new colleague, Senator Máiría Cahill, on her election to Seanad Éireann. While she may think there is not a lot of time left in this term, I suggest that it is quality rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: I join my colleagues in expressing sympathy to the family and colleagues of the late Garda Golden. I welcome the Commissioner. She mentioned the text alert system in her opening address. It seems the system has been quite successful, with 125,000 people participating in various groups. What is the cost to An Garda Síochána of the text alert system? Does the Commissioner plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Perhaps Mr. Ó Cualáin might do so in his own time. My second question relates to the ongoing Garda operation at Shannon Airport as a result of the protests against the American military's use of the airport. I presume the ongoing operation is a great drain on resources. Have the resources the Garda is deploying in this operation increased in recent times? Has the force been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: My final question is on cybercrime. In recent years young people, in particular, have taken their own lives as a result of it. Have the numbers of investigations and convictions for cybercrime and cyber-bullying, in particular, increased? Were there convictions? Has there been much success in this area? Does the Garda have a unit in its headquarters or an IT section that monitors social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: I have one additional question for the Commissioner. I represent County Clare which has quite a number of tourism destinations. In the past three or four years, the number of tourists visiting the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience has increased from 650,000 to 1.1 million. Similarly, the number of tourists to County Clare, particularly to the north and west of the county, has increased...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Both gentleman are doing an excellent job. When the information on the additional resources becomes available, it might be made available to us through the secretariat.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: I support the call by my colleague, Senator Michael Mullins, to bring the financial institutions and the main banks before the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. During that process Bank of Ireland's proposal to refuse to deal with any cash transactions up to certain figure should be discussed. This proposal would severely impact older people.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: The banks got away with a lot that they should not have got away with. They have been able, at breakneck speed, to automate most of their branches. They should not have been allowed to do this. The process should have been done in a very slow, methodical and incremental way. Some of these branches in rural Ireland have been automated literally overnight. The banks have very reluctantly...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: That is a long time down the road.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Like everyone else, I welcome one of our most frequent visitors to the House, whether it is in Private Member's time or to deal with extremely important legislation, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 is extremely important legislation. For several weeks in Seanad Éireann we have seen some momentous legislation. One can only...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: I am correcting the record in that regard. I was also of the view that it was not the same one. That is most important because the former minister introduced ground-breaking legislation in the mid-1990s.He has an unblemished record of political service and it is most important the record be corrected in that regard. Overall, the legislation is very welcome. I look forward to a...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Well said.