Results 5,721-5,740 of 6,064 for speaker:Martin Conway
- 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)
Martin Conway: -----debate on it.
- 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...
- Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: They did not. If the Senator looks at the research carried out post the referendum, they said they did not have a clue what they were voting for and that was why they had voted "No". Thankfully, in the second Lisbon treaty referendum, enough people were informed because the major political parties took their responsibilities seriously and sold the message in more simplified language which,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Through hard work.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: A stray sheep is even worse.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: The Senator should not worry. He will get them.
- Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Great minds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: That is an inappropriate comment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: There are times when institutions which have served the State well, which were born of and espoused integrity during the years, reach a point in their existence when they must stand back and take stock, particularly when there is reputational damage, as has happened in the case of RTE. I call on the director general and the chairman of the RTE Authority to take two or three steps back and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: A good point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: I note that 2,500 AIB staff have been asked to subscribe to a voluntary redundancy package. I agree with the sentiments expressed to the effect that there are many people within AIB who cannot wait to get out the door because of what has taken place in recent years. I am pleased that finally the nightmare will be over for those people and they can take a package and go. I note there has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Will we debate the bank guarantee too?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Fianna Fáil members were fairly thin on the ground last Saturday night at the RDS.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Senator White was canvassing like mad that she did not even listen to the leader's speech.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Give him a chance. He is a nice man.
- Seanad: Rare Diseases: Motion (7 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have taken great comfort in the plan which he has in place for dealing with this serious issue of rare diseases. Everyone who has been struck by a disease deserves equality. That is a simple premise, irrespective of whether a given disease is prevalent or unique. If we begin with this premise, it is then easy to decide on our policy. It is a great...
- Seanad: Rare Diseases: Motion (7 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)
Martin Conway: I also welcome the fact that Ministers are continuing the practice of travelling to the United States and other countries to promote Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. Like others, I would caution Ministers to be frugal in their spending when abroad. They should stand in solidarity with the people here who are struggling and whose interests they will be promoting overseas. They should send out...