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Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: It is useful to have a debate on political reform because we must always ask ourselves how we can do our business better. I have to agree with previous speakers that politics in this country has not worked in the past ten years. I agree with the suggestion that we are over-represented. I know people do not like to hear that, but I do believe that 166 Deputies are too many for a country our...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: I concur with Senators Keane and Walsh on the issue of the Central Bank. I heard about the tender in question and was very troubled by it. What is also troubling - I ask the Leader to bring this to the attention of the Minister for Finance ahead of his visit to the House tomorrow - is the remarkable fact that AIB is proposing to pay its new chief executive officer a salary of more than €1...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: On a point of order, Senator Byrne should withdraw the personal attack on the Fine Gael candidate in Dublin West.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: This was a personal attack made on a person who is not in the Chamber and the Senator should withdraw it out of decency.

Seanad: Sport: Statements (4 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: I pay tribute to the comments of the Minister of State in the House this evening. He is doing a fine job. Recently, I was at a conference on disability in Galway. The importance and equality that sports creates for people with disability is well-recognised. The FAI has led the charge with Football for All programme. In his short period as Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring has...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Martin Conway: I welcome the fact that the Minister for Health will come to the House on 27 October, long overdue as the visit may be. I am very concerned that the nurses and midwives at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick have found it necessary to go out on strike because of what one of them described to me as the war zone conditions in which they work. It is not appropriate or acceptable, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: Well done, Senator Mullins.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: Like others, I expressed on Tuesday and express again today my concern about the nurses having to take industrial action in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick. Last Monday week I visited the hospital to see a friend of mine who was a patient there. I was desperately sorry for the staff. The overcrowding was appalling, there were queues of people and the noise levels and mayhem...

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: That is the way it should be.

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: I welcome Dr. Manning. His comments on the 1922 Seanad and the potential future of the Chamber will give Senators hope. The 1922 Seanad appeared to include human rights as part of its core identity and its Members included people who embraced and promoted human rights. The people are well briefed on human rights and have practised as well as preached them throughout the world. People from...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister and I am delighted to take this opportunity to commend publicly him on becoming Minister. This promotion was well deserved. The Minister is doing an excellent job. As the only Member of the Oireachtas who does not drive, because I am prohibited from driving, I would swap my position and accept the legislation, if I could drive. I do not have a tolerance for people...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: We could facilitate entrepreneurs to examine the possibilities of providing a social service on an economic basis. If there were a night link bus travelling around my area, I have no doubt that old people would take advantage of it. Previous Governments gave tax incentives to property developers, and perhaps tax incentives for this type of service could be examined. People do not have to...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: I echo the concerns expressed by colleagues in respect of University College Hospital Galway. I am also concerned with regard to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where another industrial dispute is due to take place either this week or next as a result of the terrible overcrowding and appalling conditions there. Will the Leader communicate to the Minister for Health the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: I agree with Senator Mullen's position on the proposed casino in Tipperary. It would have been a disgrace if that development had gone ahead. As a rule, gambling is fine when done properly. I know the Leader has an interest in this issue because I have spoken to him about it previously and have raised the issue on the Order of Business. I welcome wholeheartedly the announcement made...

Seanad: Reporting of Lobbying in Criminal Legal Cases Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: Like other colleagues, I take my hat off to Senator Crown. This is a very important issue. I must admire the Senator who is only in the Seanad for as long as I have been, but has had the courage of his convictions to introduce such a Private Members' Bill. The motivation behind it is noble. I believe we need regulation on lobbying. In the US, as Senator Keane, such regulation has been in...

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: If they charge, it applies.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: Hang on a second. It is a point of information.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: And the taxpayer.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Martin Conway: He is a god.