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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I support the call for a debate on the European crisis. We are in uncharted waters and a turbulent period in European history. The nation is vulnerable and its survival depends on the European Union. We are at a critical juncture and the people need clarity on what is occurring and how the European Union will deal with the exclusion of Britain in the latest chapter. The ongoing debate in...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I welcome this Bill. Part of me would say it does not go far enough. The legislation is progressive. A person's home is effectively his palace, as Senator Norris indicated. One's home is one's sanctuary and where one ought to feel safe. It is where the State should ensure one feels safe. Senator Brennan stated his wife stays with his daughter when he is in Dublin to be in the Seanad. I...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I second that proposal.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Absolutely.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: The weather is improving.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I have an issue for the CPP.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: This is a procedural issue on which I want clarity. I request the Leader and CPP to review the situation whereby one cannot name people who are regularly named on the public record and are consistently and regularly discussed in the media. To say that we in this House cannot name people during our discussions is ludicrous and puts us into a bubble in which none of us wants to be. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: He cannot defend himself anywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: They are used everywhere else except here.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: There will be another two or three.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Vincent Browne would put anybody to sleep.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I join colleagues in welcoming the indication by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, on last night's "Prime Time" that he will review the budgetary decision in regard to disability allowance. With due respect to my Independent colleagues, the fact that this review is taking place is positive. While I acknowledge their amendment to the Order of Business, the Government has...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Yes. The Government is committed and determined to ensure that the end user, who deserves to benefit, will benefit from the massive resources which the Government will, in its five-year term, invest in the sector. Will the Leader arrange a debate in due course on the funding of the disability sector in order to ensure the moneys being allocated are spent wisely, prudently and efficiently?...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: On a point of order, that remark is completely outrageous.

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (6 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: It is not often I have the Chamber to myself and the Minister of State. The issue I wish to raise is one about which I have been concerned for a long time, namely, local authority tenants having difficulties with rents. Many of these tenants may be poor at financial management. Local authorities are stretched in regard to the need for cost efficiencies and managing resources. I am...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (6 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I understand this issue is not within his remit. I would have liked the Minister to come to the House in order to indicate a clear timeframe for this. We need a common sense approach to these matters. In fairness to the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, he shows that all the time in the work he does. In this case, the common sense approach...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Martin Conway: Like other speakers, I am ashamed of what is emerging through the reports on abuse within the Catholic Church. As a practising Catholic, I find it distressful and difficult to come to terms with it. Something positive needs to be done by the Catholic Church. In my humble opinion, I suggest there be a day of penance or reflection when practising Catholics who do the right thing, live by...