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Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Absolutely; 100%. Thank you very much, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. The Minister is very welcome to the House. We were all very saddened and shocked by what was revealed about Temple Street children's hospital. We are all human beings and members of families, and what happened in Temple Street is totally unacceptable and must be reproached. The Joint Committee on Health last Thursday afternoon...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister for his address. I do not think there is anybody here who doubts his sincerity, commitment, call to action and, ultimately, what will be his delivery. I thank Senators Clonan, Boylan and Craughwell, my colleagues, Senators Doherty, Kyne, Currie and Dolan, for their input, and indeed Senator Clifford-Lee. I was thinking that I tend not to share my personal story too...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the senior management team from HIQA for coming here today and for their opening statement. The area of the statement I am particularly interested in relates to HIQA's inspections of emergency departments. I will be quite frank with the witnesses: people in my area believe that HIQA has let the people of the mid-west down because of the situation in the emergency department at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I agree with Ms Fitzgerald. That is why I specifically mentioned the emergency department, and I want to stay focused on the emergency department specifically.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Maybe if Ms Fitzgerald could just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Before Mr. Egan comes in, if we could just develop the point, when did HIQA carry out its second inspection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: What engagement has happened since February until now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: It is reasonable, then, for me to assume that the witnesses or their team has been engaging since February with UHL. Have they found the experience frustrating? Have they found the slow pace of change frustrating? Are they frustrated with University Limerick Hospitals Group? Are they frustrated with the HSE? I would like their view on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. Egan. I want to ask the CEO a further question. HIQA now has inspection powers in respect of direct provision centres. Has it inspected any centres yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Does the authority believe it should have powers to inspect temporary centres emergency accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I have no doubt that the authority has been doing preliminary work in this area given the fact that the powers are about to be transferred to the authority. From the preliminary work the authority has done, would Ms Fitzgerald be concerned about some of the permanent direct provision centres in the context of the standard of care on offer, overcrowding and so on? HIQA would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Was there any centre at which HIQA did a pilot or test inspection - whatever term one wishes to use - and in respect of which it came to the view that the centre should be closed down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. Egan and the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: I too would like to support the section 39 workers. We all know the phenomenal work that is done by many of these workers.It is a great pity to see that they are out on dispute. I sincerely hope this will be resolved as soon as possible. I wish to raise just one more issue quickly. I call on the Minister for Transport to provide funding to Irish Rail to upgrade the Ennis–Limerick...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: Year in, year out, the line has been closed at certain times of the year due to flooding, and people have ended up getting a bus from Ennis to Limerick and back. People buy a train ticket expecting to get a train. It is a wonderful service. For a few million euro, this problem could be resolved forever and a day. It has gone on long enough. The railway line from Limerick to Galway, via...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State is welcome to the House. This is an issue that affects many rural communities, but especially those in my county of Clare. There has been underinvestment in wastewater facilities there for decades under all Governments. There are many pockets of County Clare where development is precluded simply because there is not proper wastewater infrastructure. We are in a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, very much. I know he is only delivering the message on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Reading between the lines, it is quite worrying because the expert panel that was appointed, which has evaluated all of the projects, could turn around and recommend that none of the projects should receive funding. What will happen then? Is...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. In my capacity as health spokesperson for Fine Gael, one issue that predominates discussions on a regular basis is family carers. People who give up their careers to look after loved ones find themselves in a situation in which they do not get paid for it is not acceptable in a modern society. We need not just to radically overhaul the whole means test...