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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I am raising the issue of Crusheen railway station for a number of reasons. It was closed in 1976 but the infrastructure remains. It is not a big issue to reopen it. It should be reopened simply because the rail line between Limerick and Galway is now extremely successful. I take the train from Ennis to Dublin every week. I take it in both directions. I get it from Ennis to Limerick and...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, the contents of which I note and am not 100% happy with. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is talking about opening new rail links and lines the length and breadth of the country. He is even talking about opening a rail line between Ennis and Shannon, and between Shannon and Limerick. I welcome that and it is an excellent proposal. He is talking...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I would like to pass on my sympathies to the family in Cork of Bishop David O'Connell who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles. This is a shocking crime and I hope that the perpetrator is brought to justice as quickly as possible. I want to raise the need for a veterinary college in the mid-west. The University of Limerick is very keen to press ahead with plans to establish a veterinary...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: In today's Irish Examinerthere is a worrying article by Ciaea Phelan on the delays for people suffering from domestic violence regarding their cases going to court. Our colleague, Senator Martin, deals with domestic violence in his Bill which will be discussed this afternoon, but this is an issue that warrants scrutiny by the Seanad. People brave enough to report and make a complaint about...
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I thank the Acting Chair. Everybody needs to speak on this very important issue. I thank Senator Martin for his briefing and it cleared up a couple of concerns I had. There were concerns because I thought the Bill might not have gone far enough or may not have been strong enough but once the rationale was explained in terms of the "shall" and the "may" it made absolute sense because the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: To follow on from Deputy Gino Kenny's questions, can Mr. Watt tell us how much has been paid out in these settlements? I refer to the cases that have been settled so far, in terms of people in private nursing homes who did not get the care they sought in public nursing homes. Of those cases that have been settled, what has been the total bill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: No, hang on. I am not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: No, hang on. I am not looking for the individual specific details.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I am looking for the global figure that has been paid out in total in terms of compensating people in respect of the cases that have been settled.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Surely Mr. Watt can give me that figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Right. Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Mr. Watt, though, is also accountable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Okay, but what I am looking for is simple. I am looking for the total figure paid out in settlements. I am not looking for any individual cases. Regarding the 100 cases that have been settled, I just want the global figure paid out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Mr. Watt does not have that figure today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: I beg Mr. Watt's pardon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Why would Mr. Watt not be allowed to give it? This is taxpayers' money that has been paid. I am not looking for any specific case. I am just looking for the global figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: Why then can Mr. Watt not give us the figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)
Martin Conway: What is the reason? What is the rationale for not giving the figure?