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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: We had to exit the troika programme first.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: The Senator did not withdraw his comments.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Deputy Mooney's father built it.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Hear hear.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Good man.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Indeed they did. I should commend Senator Brennan for tabling this positive motion. We have negative politics and we have seen what has happened with the water issue in the past number of weeks. I espouse positive politics and sport is another great way of creating positive politics. I would like to see a requirement that the clubs that get sports capital grants in the next round should...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I know time is tight-----

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has an exciting portfolio at a very exciting time. Tourism in this country is working. The initiatives he outlined in his contribution are working. The welcome aspect in terms of tourism marketing is that we are taking a joined-up, corporate, professional approach. The Gathering was the first attempt at having an international corporate marketing...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: -----but I speak regularly on this issue in the House.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: The Minister came to Clare recently and visited the Cliffs of Moher and I look forward to welcoming him again in the not too distant future.

Seanad: Availability of Certain Medication: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Availability of Certain Medication: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I raised this in an Adjournment matter a number of weeks ago and the response from the Minister then was the same as his speech today. Senator Darragh O'Brien has been campaigning on this issue for a long time because he has been contacted by people for whom this drug has worked. I was contacted by a lady who lives in Dublin who has received enormous relief from this drug. All we can do is...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: In fairness, there is not.

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: It will. The Gathering was enormously successful, but we must always aim bigger and better, and this will be. It will engage with every Irish person all over the world. We were talking here last night about the diaspora. This will bring the diaspora together. It should be a celebration of what we are, who we are, how far we have come and what we have achieved, as opposed to any kind of...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House and commend her on the launch of the commemorations in a fitting location, namely, the GPO. It is a pity that a very small group of people could not see the bigger picture, but what is new in that? I come from a county that is steeped in history. Famous speeches were made in the square in Ennis. Daniel O'Connell is probably one of the most famous of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: Like others, I welcome the launch of the 2016 commemoration ceremonies programme which took place yesterday in the GPO. It is fitting that the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is coming to the House today and in his absence I thank the Leader for facilitating this discussion. We talk about lasting legacies. The 2016 commemorations will have an impact and, I hope, rekindle...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: It will be a good night tomorrow night.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I know a very good man for president of Kerry.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: This is an important day for justice in this country. I thank the Garda Síochána Inspectorate for its ground breaking and comprehensive report. Most rank and file gardaí will welcome the report because they are doing their best in systems that have let them down. There is now a realisation, based on the recommendations of the inspectorate's report, that the systems have to...