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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Sugar Beet Industry (18 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I am looking for a debate on improving the law on sexual crime in this country. We must ensure people go to jail when they commit acts of violence against women. I call for a debate on the undocumented Irish living in America, on which Senator Michael Mullins commented earlier. I attended a rally in Washington in 2006 in support of the Kennedy McCain Immigration Bill. More than 3,000...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: Shakespeare once said that something was rotten in the state of Denmark. From what I read in the newspaper this morning, it seems something is rotten in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. It is appalling to think that money can buy one's way out of jail. The Minister for Justice and Equality needs to review sentencing in sexual cases.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I am looking for a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I am looking for a debate on improving the law on sexual crime in this country. We must ensure people go to jail when they commit acts of violence against women. I call for a debate on the undocumented Irish living in America, on which Senator Michael Mullins commented earlier. I attended a rally in Washington in 2006 in support of the Kennedy McCain Immigration Bill. More than 3,000...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: On a point of order, Senator Ó Clochartaigh mentioned my name and I want to clarify exactly what I said on the Order of Business. I asked for-----

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I called for a full judicial inquiry this morning about what has happened in St. Patrick's Institution.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I wish to clarify it in the presence of the Minister, who was not here.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I welcome the amendment. It is a sound amendment and the role of the committee is being formally recognised. On the point my colleague, Senator Sheahan, raised, we have come a long way in terms of this legislation and the number of bodies that will now be recognised by the Ombudsman. When I spoke here previously on this issue I said that the State Examinations Commission will now be...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I support calls made this morning asking for a further analysis of the banking sector in this country. We are in a battle with our banks, unfortunately, and it is a battle we have to win. Very recently, I spoke to a gentleman who had had a meeting about his distressed mortgage. He came out of the meeting feeling shaken, chastened, depressed, disturbed and utterly humiliated. He said he...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I agree with Senator Hayden's reflections on the banking conference that is taking place. I note that the Personal Insolvency Bill, when enacted, will require that a person with a distressed mortgage must first engage in a mortgage arrears resolution process. A code of conduct on same is being established by the banking federations. A problem with the code is that a statement of financial...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I will continue to raise the concerns of ordinary people.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I will not engage in political point scoring.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: The Senator's party destroyed the business. That is what they have told me.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: There were a lot of them in the Galway tent.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I note that the Taoiseach is chairing a special meeting of the Croke Park implementation body today. I wish him well in his endeavours to effect change and savings through the Croke Park process. I call on all the stakeholders involved to make a genuine effort to find savings and to pull on the jersey of recovery. The only way the process can work is if all parties buy into it. There are...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: I will take my time because the previous Senator-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: He ranted but we are well used to it at this stage. I welcome the newly-appointed Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, to the House. He is a gentleman I do not know well, except by reputation, and the reputation is strong. His work as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform certainly received a number of plaudits and I am sure the members of that...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: Primary care will improve; there is no ifs, ands or buts about that. The 35 primary care centres identified by the Minister, and more, will be built in the lifetime of the Government. In recent weeks the Minister is more determined than ever to deliver on primary care and he has a good Minister of State to ensure that will happen. I can assure the House the delegation orders are signed and...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: The scaremongering that took place in Roscommon was a bag of wind. Slowly but surely the Senator will realise that.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Conway: Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and the Senator's colleagues will realise that in due course. We have had the Crowley value for money report on funding for services for people with disabilities. I commend the former Minister, Mr. John Moloney, who realised that money was being squandered on disability services that were not getting to the people in need of such services. In fairness, he...