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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: Regarding the point made by Senator Ned O'Sullivan, a tiny minority is sending that appalling material. It does no one any justice and it does no favours to the Roman Catholic Church, which is struggling to try to deal with issues of child sexual abuse, to have a small minority hogging our e-mails and our post. Some of the material is appalling. The Central Bank code of conduct was issued...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: I will get to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Conway: It only exposed the truth. Should we withdraw it?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: An excellent Bill.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: Roscommon says "No".

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: An excellent Bill.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: Roscommon says "No".

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I regret to say that I still do not believe the Government realises the anger among the public at the revelations during the past week in regard to the banks, what went on within them and the cavalier and inappropriate attitude of senior bankers in 2008 and, I suspect, today towards the people and what they have done to rescue the banks. The people will be shocked to learn that the penalty...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He dealt with an Adjournment matter on this issue before on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. There are three post-primary schools in Ennistymon, County Clare, providing educational support to approximately 600 students in buildings which are outdated, unsuitable and located in different parts of the town. In order to provide...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: My understanding is that all land transfers have taken place. I would like the Minister to establish a clear timeline as to when we can expect the Department to be in a position to move to planning, design and tender. This matter has been kicked down the road by previous Governments. I am sure the issues with the Office of the Chief State Solicitor could have been resolved a lot sooner....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: The Minister does not appear to be meeting any group.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: Well said, Senator.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I have certain sympathies with Senator Mooney's position. I can remember as a councillor the amount of non-nationals in particular who approached me for assistance in getting child benefit and whose children were not living in the country but living in the Czech Republic or Poland. One had a situation where a mother or father were residing here for work purposes but the children were living...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I commend Senator van Turnhout on introducing a very necessary amendment. Unless there is some technical or wording reason for not accepting the amendment, I believe the Minister should accept it. I have been contacted by Rape Crisis Network Ireland - not the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre - a network of rape crisis centres throughout the country. It has deep concerns about the issue of...

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach arís. This debate is very worthwhile. I remember as a UCD student sitting in the Public Gallery when the former Taoiseach, Mr. John Bruton, took office. In his speech he talked about Government being accountable to such a degree that it should be visible through a pane of glass. I fully agree that a democracy needs to...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: Good man. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: We are almost 50% into the Government's term and many aspects of the programme for Government are being implemented. However, it is regrettable that no individual has yet been jailed for the banking crisis. Is this surprising, though? Since 2008, we have cut the budgets of the offices that deal with such matters. In the past three or four years, the budget of the Director of Public...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Post Office Network (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: I appreciate the fact that the Minister of State is delivering this reply on behalf of his senior Government colleague. I would describe it as a very glossy reply. It certainly ticks a lot of boxes in terms of IT and modern communications and ways of doing business. It also states very clearly that we are probably the most compliant Europeans in Europe. Sometimes it would be good not to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Post Office Network (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: This issue has troubled me greatly and it troubles significant tranches of rural Ireland, which has felt significantly under threat in the past two decades because of the removal of many services. We have seen the decline of rural pubs because of a myriad of changes, including the smoking ban and drink-driving legislation, all of which have been very appropriate. There has also been the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Conway: This section is tidying up and enabling the HSE, when necessary, to be able to outsource. In a modern society and in doing business professionally, we should be able to at least remove the levers which prevent the HSE from doing things professionally and efficiently. This amendment is very important. As the Minister of State quite correctly pointed out, people have had four years to apply...