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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Put it in the newsletter.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Senator Terry Leyden should put the number in his newsletter.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Last Friday the newly independent Shannon Airport made 300 acres available to the IFA and made a contribution of €5,000 to cut the grass. The airport must be commended on its actions. It also contributed hundreds of bales to a scheme operated by the IFA to help the farmers of County Clare. That is a clear example of the benefit of an independent Shannon Airport. If it had been tied...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: It is wonderful that an organisation such as An Bord Pleanála can turn around-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: -----and make orders that will result in hundreds of thousands of euro of the taxpayers' money being wasted.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: I am sorry, Senator Ó Murchú. The national lottery is one of the institutions that features in the hearts and minds of the ordinary, decent, hard-working people of this country. I for one believe it is regrettable that we are selling the national lottery licence. I would much prefer the national lottery to remain in its current structure, perhaps with some tweaking. I have...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Perhaps one would. I am dealing with people who possibly started playing the lotto when they were in their 50s and they are still playing in their 70s. It is something they enjoy doing. Pensioners play "Telly Bingo" and it is a social outlet for them. I commend the 3,500 to 4,000 lotto agents on their contribution to the national lottery in the past 25 years. Billions have been raised for...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: For Senator Byrne’s information, the national lottery was created by Fine Gael.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: The sad reality is that the national lottery should have remained an independent fund to which people could apply and there should have also been much more accountability and transparency. It is unfortunate that private golf clubs received very generous funding from the national lottery. That said, we are in a time of crisis. Our very survival was challenged two years ago. Thankfully, as...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: That said, I have enormous respect for the line Minister dealing with the issue. I will support the legislation based on his reputation.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Today is national job shadow day, a very interesting and successful initiative which has been organised by the Irish Association of Supported Employment. Indeed, the Taoiseach has participated in the job shadow initiative in the past. The objective of the day is to highlight some of the inequalities suffered by those with disabilities and the obstacles they face when trying to access...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Change is always challenging and difficult and having read the report, I commend those who commissioned it and worked on it. It was very interesting and the commitment by the Minister to implement the recommendations must be welcomed because for too long in this country, value-for-money reports have been commissioned but the findings have not been implemented. I also welcome the commitment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: The Minister is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: If I may, on a point of order-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: Deputy Ó Cuív has not read the report. It is appalling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: No. We spend our time coming in here. Some of us actually read the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: It is a pity Deputy Ó Cuív did not read the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: No. It is a pity Deputy Ó Cuív did not read the report.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after ‘‘That’’ and substitute the following:‘‘Seanad Éireann:- acknowledges that this Government inherited a severe mortgage arrears crisis from the previous Government and notes the responsibility of the previous Government for the creation of that crisis and its abject failure to properly address it;...

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)

Martin Conway: The Government is committed not just to dealing with the mortgage crisis but to dealing with the economy. I see this as very much a micro approach. The macro approach is being dealt with by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, with their various initiatives in Brussels, from the promissory notes to what happened at the ECOFIN meeting the other...