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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Charging a fiver is a complete joke.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: I, too, refer to the bravery of the Collins family in Limerick who put up with incredible intimidation following the murder of their son. It is difficult to think otherwise that in a way they feel politics has let them down because they have had to succumb and seek refuge and a better quality of life abroad. I agree with what has been said about the Mahon tribunal. Many of us would have...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: I welcome Senator Darragh O'Brien's constructive comments. I support the Minister because he is right, in that the documentation that accompanies the Budget Statement is adequate. The budget as a whole was masterfully crafted to ensure a minimal impact on the less well-off. The budget hit people who could afford to pay. In the current climate, that we had a budget in which social welfare...

Seanad: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have tabled this Adjournment matter on foot of speculation in the community of Miltown Malbay that a change will be made to the rostering of gardaí in the area. The Minister is familiar with the area because he visited it in the past. Miltown Malbay has a population of between 2,500 and 3,000 people and services a significant hinterland. The...

Seanad: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Absolutely. I thank the Minister for the reply. We will all support the Garda Commissioner in ensuring the greatest use is made of Garda resources and that it is done in the most efficient manner possible. That gardaí should be based in a station in Miltown Malbay as opposed to Ennistymon is cost neutral. No money would be saved by moving the three gardaí to a different Garda station as...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Just like what Sinn Féin is doing in the North.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: From the Senator's side of the House more than ours.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: We are getting a manifesto now.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: It was with utter shock that I learned yesterday of the news of two adults chasing each other around a primary school in Ennis with a machete. It is appalling to think that young primary school children should witness such horror in the main town of County Clare. I commend the Garda Síochána on making arrests almost immediately. This type of appalling behaviour should not be allowed in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: I read with disappointment the report that we were dropping down the leader table of university rankings. God knows, it is not that the heads of departments, professors, presidents and so forth are not being paid enough. They are among the best paid, if not the best paid, university professors and presidents in the world. However, we are not getting the return. There is no point in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: It would not. It is an extremely serious issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Furthermore, I intend to raise the issue every day on the Order of Business until the delinquents who are running the school show some respect for the child and his family and ensure-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: I withdraw it, but I mean it sincerely.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Two of the most powerful women in the world of politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: It is a matter of access to education.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: What would the Senator say to Chancellor Merkel?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: On Monday afternoon I received a telephone call from a constituent who is a mortgage customer of Permanent TSB. This person lost his job and had to go America for a number of months last year to enable him meet his repayments. During the period he was in America, his mortgage changed from being fixed to variable, which meant instead of paying a rate of 3.5%, he was now required to pay a...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: Senator Leyden has been at it for years-----

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Martin Conway: As I said last week and previously, the referendum to be held will define our future one way or the other. It will either define it positively if we vote in favour and join the fiscal compact treaty, or in a very different way if we reject it. We would then be opting to be in a league that was not centralised and not playing ball with centralised states, a point on which we all need to...