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Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: She has a big support base.

Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I agree with my good friend, Senator Byrne, particularly his comments on planning and what our predecessors across the political divide have done in zoning land on flood plains. They contributed significantly to the cynicism that people have about politics. It is heartbreaking to see the flooding of houses that unfortunate people had purchased...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: I wish to distance myself from the remarks made about the Garda Commissioner. I wish Noirín O'Sullivan the best of luck. It is a great week for her and her family. To be the first female Garda Commissioner is a significant achievement. It is worth noting that practically all of the senior positions in the justice sector are now held by females. We are witnessing positive changing...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Martin Conway: It is all par for the course.

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...