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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Funding (29 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. Is the Department prepared to give local authorities reasonable flexibility in assessing the new criteria? If a county manager or director of services for infrastructure and roads were to make a recommendation that funding be provided at a certain level, would the Department approve his or her decision or would the criteria be...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Funding (29 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I appreciate the Minister of State is not the line Minister and thank him for his assistance.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I have much respect for colleagues on the other side but I disagree with them on this issue. For every litre of water that is purified in this country, another litre is lost. That means that anything between 40% and 50% of water, which costs a fortune to cleanse, goes to waste. We must operate in a different and better manner, and we should act bravely. This project will define us as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: In common with many others, I wish to express my sympathies to Senator Henry on the death of her mother and to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe on his brutal killing, as well as to the Deloughery family from Kilkee, County Clare into which Detective Garda Donohoe was married. A number of members of the Deloughery family are serving members of An Garda Síochána. It is a family...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: A great deal can be done. Similarly the media have a role to play, in particular the local media which I would consider to be the backbone of rural Ireland. In Clare there is a Garda report every Monday on our local radio station's flagship current affairs programme which is highly effective in helping to deal with crime. As a society we need to start thinking outside the box, realising...

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I want to embrace every possible way to assist the community in creating a safe environment.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: Qualified support is no support at all.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I commend my Labour Party colleagues for tabling a reflective and sensible Private Members' motion. They always come up with useful motions, but this is a particularly good one. I had no idea what the purple flag was until Senator Cáit Keane explained it was a concept pioneered in the United Kingdom. Councillor Johnny Flynn in Ennis has been promoting the idea. Mr. Flynn has a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I thank Ms Stapleton for her presentation. Why does she think that in Limerick there is such a high level of prostitution compared to other cities? She pointed out at the beginning of her presentation that there were significant levels of prostitution in Limerick. I remember the Garda operation of approximately two years ago. I spoke to a businessman in the vicinity of the location of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: Is it the case that the problem is to be found everywhere but research has been carried out in Limerick?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: Senator O'Donovan touched on most of what I had planned to say. I acknowledge the presentation and I appreciate that it is a perspective the committee needed to hear. With regard to protecting people in the sex industry, does Dr. Freedman advocate the legalisation of prostitution? I do not necessarily mean the Amsterdam model, which is the most noteworthy legalised version. Does he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I am trying to figure out the model Dr. Freedman would prefer. Does he want to leave things as they are but with added protections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: We are, and that is why we are interested in hearing Dr. Freedman's views.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: Fair enough.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: It is not often that I find myself slightly disagreeing with my good friend and the most eminent transport economist in the country. In terms of wheelchair accessible taxis and the comparison with Lidl or Aldi, if Lidl or Aldi open a new store, it must be wheelchair accessible and disability-friendly. While I concur that new entrants into the taxi business should have accessible cars, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: There has been a lot of talk this morning about suicide prevention. It should be acknowledged that many people in this House, particularly Senator Gilroy, have done exceptional work in this area. We are now dealing with a national emergency. Suicide in this country is now at crisis level. We need a very intensive response from the Government. It is heartbreaking to attend the funerals of...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: The sub-committee should report back to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the steps that are being taken to resolve this issue. There has been some discussion about rural pubs this morning. I would like to call on the people of Ireland to develop a community co-operative system to help people who live in isolated rural areas to get to the pub. Perhaps their neighbours could get involved in a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: State Airports (22 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: So is Deputy Timmy Dooley.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fuel Rebate Scheme (22 Jan 2013)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for delivering the reply. The vast majority of his reply outlined the reasons a fuel rebate could not be applied but at the end he said that the matter would be considered "in the context of the finance Bill."