Results 41-60 of 130 for speaker:Joe Conway
- Seanad: Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I commend the Minister of State and her colleagues on the substantial legislation we have under consideration. I admit that only in the previous day or so have I become in any way acquainted with it, which is probably greatly to my shame. It is an amazingly complex area. I do not think anybody in this State does not have family members or people they know affected by mental health and that...
- Seanad: Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: That is very interesting. I did not know that. I apologise for addressing the Minister of State directly. Sin an méid. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I will preface these few remarks by stating that I was a primary school principal for 19 years. Subsequent to that, I worked at one of the colleges of education, which gave me almost daily access to primary schools around the country - all over the country, really. In view of that, I heard mention, shortly after I came in, of tasks designated to SNAs that were inappropriate and below their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I have three questions. Earlier, Mr. Hanlon mentioned assaults by a third party. I am not 100% sure what he means by that. Can he elucidate that a little?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: It is the third party I am interested in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I see, okay. Following on from that, is there any quantum of statistics that would indicate the frequency or relevance of that happening in schools?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: One could reasonably conclude that the number of instances would be much greater than the figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: Right. If such a thing happens in a school, is the custom and practice that it is resolved in house or are there instances where the matter is given over to the Garda and the DPP?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: Finally, this might lighten the workload for myself and my staff, could Mr. Walsh send me a link to those statistics? Is there somebody who could do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I am much obliged.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: I would like to be associated with all the comments in relation to Martin Groves and Bridget Doody, who have now left us. I also welcome the new Martin and wish him well in his time here with us in the Upper House. I will draw attention briefly not to the election that is uppermost in many people's minds, but to an election that is coming up on Sunday next in the Republic of Moldova....
- Seanad: Migration: Statements (23 Sep 2025)
Joe Conway: Before I came into the Seanad in January, for the previous 20 years I had the privilege of going around primary school classrooms for the 20 years from 2005 to 2025. It is a matter of great pride in being able to report the widespread work that is being done by primary teachers in integrating the new arrivals into Ireland and the tremendous work that is being done in social, personal and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: There has been a significant European dimension to the contributions this morning. I am happy to add my three ha'pence worth before we go our separate ways. I am charmed and warmed that a very important meeting is taking place this morning in London between Prime Minister Starmer and the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz. It signals a rapprochement and closeness between two countries that...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: I wonder if many in the House are familiar with the name Saif Musallet. Unfortunately, that young man’s name has been in the news quite prominently over the past few days, I suspect because he has dual nationality. He is Palestinian but he is also a citizen of the United States. He is a young man from Florida aged 19. He went in the springtime to visit his family in the West Bank...
- Seanad: Sport: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: I would be delighted to take a small trip down boithrín na smaointe for a little bit of nostalgia. Admittedly, the whole world of sport in Ireland has gone through some significant development over the last few decades. I want to paint a small picture of what sport was like for somebody like myself who went to a boarding school in the midlands of Ireland back in the 1960s. Even though...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: I thank Mr. Kent and the team. I want to address a couple of questions to Mr. Ó Ruairc. Earlier, he referred to 10,000 late applications. Will he provide a brief resumé on how applications are processed and what the final implication usually is? Will someone enlighten me as to the remote area grant scheme? I am not familiar with it. Afterwards, I will address a couple of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: It seems a huge number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Joe Conway: What do they use that money for?