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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: I just think it is very misleading on its part based on the information the witnesses have put on the public record today. I would encourage the HSE to go into the Workplace Relations Commission. It has a duty to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: Thank you. Ms Carberry's information is very useful but it is eating into my time, unfortunately. The information is important and it has to be acknowledged. If she could provide it all in a note to the committee, it would be appreciated. As Ms Ní Sheaghdha knows, I come from the mid-west and I would like to give her an opportunity on the public record this morning to outline her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: We were told the embargo did not apply to the emergency services in UHL.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: I have absolute sympathy for Ms Ní Sheaghdha's colleagues working there. It is horrendous. She was talking earlier about a safe level of staffing. That has to be the worst example in the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: The INMO's staff, especially those in UHL, have this committee's support and I fully agree with Ms Ní Sheaghdha about that legislation.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for giving up his time to come to the Seanad. We hope he has achieved what he set out to achieve during the budget negotiations. All will be revealed this afternoon.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, is most welcome to Seanad Éireann on what is a very busy day for her and all other Ministers. We appreciate her time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State. We in Seanad Éireann all wish those residents the best and hope the issue will be resolved in a timely manner.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for attending and for yet again providing her prepared contributions in an accessible format. That is much appreciated. I wish her Department the best of luck with the budget this afternoon. I hope it will achieve its asks.

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Finance): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State is welcome to the House on his first budget in his important position in the Department of Finance. I commend him because he clearly influenced the budget significantly. There is an awful lot to take from this budget that is positive. I remember standing up in this House in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 when we were increasing taxes and cutting social welfare payments....

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Finance): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Conway: Some day.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is very welcome to the House. I am delighted she is taking this Commencement matter because I know her commitment to health issues and the work she has done over recent years, particularly since becoming Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people. This is a very important issue. This month is cardiovascular month. It is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. That is a comprehensive reply and I note the fact that work is being done. The Estimates process is coming to its conclusion now so, hopefully, we will see some resources identified for this. I would like to see the strategy launched, if possible, in the lifetime of this Government but certainly committed to by the various parties in their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank Senator Garvey for that question and I absolutely share the concern she has expressed in a very important question. I call the Minister of State to speak now again, please.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Transport Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: I, too, thank Senator Ahearn for raising this extremely important issue, on which I hope we will see progress. I thank the Minister of State for taking all the Commencement matters. We know she is busy, so her time is appreciated.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: I support Shane Hamilton and Ellie Woods, who are running a campaign with the Department of Education that Irish Sign Language should be part of the leaving certificate curriculum. We have Polish, Chinese and Ukrainian, for example. We have many languages, but we do not have our own Irish Sign Language as a subject for the leaving certificate. I think they are absolutely right. We need to...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: I support my colleague, Senator O’Reilly, whose points were on the money. I agree about the importance of what is being achieved with this Bill. It is long overdue, so I commend the Minister of State on bringing it this far. We essentially have a gambling regulator in place now. I would not be overly prescriptive in the legislation and would instead try to allow the regulator to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: I thank Mr. Gunning and his team for attending. The last time Mr. Gunning was before the committee was July 2023. Much of the statement is probably in line with what was delivered then, except the figures have changed, the timelines have changed and it is getting more serious. Probably the saddest element of Mr. Gunning's statement is the fact there is not one room in the national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: In 2018-2019, when the NPHDB got the approval for €1.4 billion, it was satisfied then. Why is Mr. Gunning so confident now that €1.88 billion is enough?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Martin Conway: On that, I note the frustration in Mr. Gunning's statement about the timelines. In the past 12 months alone, BAM has pushed out the completion date four times and the NPHDB has looked for further assurances and guarantees, but it is reasonable to expect that when one comes to the end of a project this size there will be further delays. Can Mr. Gunning sit before the committee and give us an...