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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Properties (30 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting my commencement notice and welcome the Minister of State to the House. I understand that the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Simon Harris, who has direct responsibility for this matter, is unavoidably absent due to Government commitments. The buildings to which I refer are in the ownership of the OPW and are located in Corofin...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Properties (30 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: When somebody goes to a bank manager for a loan, part of the criteria is their track record. The community in Corofin has a track record. I ask the Minister to revert to his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, and ask him if he could identify a senior official in the OPW who will liaise with the community in Corofin, which I hope will be in a position to acquire that...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: I am covering for my colleague, our health spokesperson, Senator Colm Burke, who is attending to matters in Cork this evening. I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome this Bill. I also heard Senator Crown explain this Bill on "Morning Ireland" this morning and I listened very attentively to his contribution. I could not but agree with him: it makes absolute sense. I am happy to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Yesterday would have been the day for me to pay tribute to our former colleague, Jimmy Harte. I have known Jimmy for many years. When he was a county councillor, my first engagement with him was when the All-Ireland fleadh was in Letterkenny and asking him to accommodate people from Clare. I have no doubt he will look for the compliment to be returned when the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: Will you give me a minute, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Martin Conway: His licence prevents him from doing this, although his coaches are passing through the places in question several times an hour. Will the Leader contact the National Transport Authority to lift these punitive and ridiculous restrictions on Dublin Coach's licences?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: I want to acknowledge and commend the Irish Farmers' Association on organising Farm Safety Day today, 21 July. The IFA is not looking for anything from the Government. The campaign is totally focused on asking farm families to take a little time out today to look at their practices and take an overview of their farms in order to see what steps, whether minor or major, can be taken to make...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear. It is disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: I wish the Cabinet well in its deliberations in Lissadell House and commend the Taoiseach for his decision to hold a Cabinet meeting there. Lissadell House is a place full of history and tradition and thankfully the battles associated with it in recent history have concluded successfully and it is now open to the public, as the Cassidy family always wanted. I commend the family for what...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: The issue of a person against whom an attachment order has been made changing jobs is a fair point. A person with an attachment of earnings order could dispute it and genuinely believe they are right but the system might genuinely believe they are wrong. We have all been in a position in which we did not want to pay something because we had an issue with it, even though we could...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive outline and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, to the House yet again. I welcome the Bill. No more than any Bill that deals with the cruel issue of indebtedness and so on, it is evolving. It has given some credence to the series of recommendations that the LRC has made in this regard. Most people do not want to see...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin He is spending more time in the House than some Members at this stage as he is here so often. He is always very insightful when he comes into the House and he is always most welcome. I also welcome Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, my good colleague and friend, and his contribution. I am sorry to hear about his...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: On Monday next.

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: It is a great privilege for me to second the motion. We often hear that reports, particularly committee reports, sit on shelves and gather dust. Even if this report was to sit on a shelf and gather dust, I still think it has been a worthwhile exercise, simply because it got a great deal of publicity in the newspapers and on radio, and Senator Denis O'Donovan and I have done quite an amount...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: I express my congratulations to Councillor Breen, who has become Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council. It is a great honour for him. He is a former member of this House. I welcome him. I think his guests from San Francisco may be present also. If so, I welcome them and I hope they have an enjoyable trip to Ireland and to Leinster House. Speaking of County Clare, and what I would...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: Everybody knows where Shannon Airport is. Everybody knows the address of Shannon Airport.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)

Martin Conway: It certainly is not in County Limerick. It certainly is in County Clare.