Results 101-120 of 130 for speaker:Joe Conway

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2025)

Joe Conway: In this House we often hear on a quotidian basis about groups which are discriminated against. I want to talk about a very small cohort of people in our country who are discriminated against in matters of employment and remuneration, that is, our 950 sitting county councillors. They must be the only cohort of workers in this country that are not recognised for payment of sick leave benefit....

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Joe Conway: Gabhaim buíochas leat, a Chathaoirligh, agus ar an gcéad dul sios ba mhaith liom fíor-chomhgháirdeachas a ghabháil leat ar do cheapachán ar an gcoiste seo. Tá siúl agam go mbeidh tú beannaithe le dea-shláinte as seo amach agus go mbeidh tú ábalta ansin smacht a chuir ar an gcoiste seo ar aon nós. I read somewhere about how...

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Joe Conway: I look forward to immersing myself in the work of the committee and learning, and maybe doing my own little bit of good for the children and young people of this country as a result of this committee's work.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Joe Conway: The pages of history are replete with chronicles of nations and tribes who have, by fair means or foul, aggregated spheres of influence to themselves and bestrode the world like colossi, only to see it all fritter away like quicksilver years later.In this regard, we can look at the empires of the Assyrians, the Romans, the Mongols, the Ottomans and, of course, in terms of influence in our...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Joe Conway: I am very encouraged to hear the kindred thinking from the Minister of State. We can talk about co-operation with private and semi-State bodies and all that sort of thing, but the critical thing at this stage is to encourage the Government to initiate a reasoned and comprehensive national discourse on the issues we spoke about - and that means neutrality - and to bring the matter of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Joe Conway: Today, I show unity with an initiative by Senator Stephenson as regards Gaza. On a day on which we are commemorating the Great Famine - Gorta Mór na hÉireann - a tragedy that shaped our nation and left scars generations later, it reminds us of the deep pain that comes when people are denied their most basic needs. This week, just nine trucks were allowed into Gaza. To meet the...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2025)

Joe Conway: Guím gach rath ar an gCathaoirleach ina hobair thábhachtach sa todhchaí. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sí taitneamh agus tairbhe as. Cé nach bhfuilim i mo bhall den choiste seo, d'iarr mé go speisialta ar chead teacht isteach ar maidin, mar tá spéis mhór agam i gcúrsaí slándála agus i gcursaí cosanta. Although I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Joe Conway: Many people have expressed sympathy with the family and the force of An Garda Síochána with regard to the recent taking of life. Whereas Senator McCarthy mentioned that a large number of gardaí have died in the line of duty, in our own generation - since the turn of the millennium, not quite 25 years ago - 16 gardaí have died in the line of duty. Oftentimes, we can get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: I draw the attention of Members of the House to what has happened regarding the enjoyment of broadcasting in our country over the past couple of months. Not long ago, it was announced by the BBC that it was withdrawing its BBC Sounds app from everybody outside the United Kingdom, which meant people who enjoyed digital radio of great quality through the app were to have it taken away. This...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: I advert to something we have all come to notice, I am sure, in our peregrinations around the country, which is the diminishing standard of driver behaviour on the roads. It is all too frequent that I see hazardous and dangerous behaviour. I cannot help but notice, and this may be an ageist thing, that a lot of the people taking unnecessary chances on the road and putting other motorists in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: When I made a contribution earlier, I made an error and said that close to 80% of fatalities on Irish roads were young males. I should of course have said “males”.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: Is mian liom tagairt a dhéanamh do chúrsaí a tháinig faoi mo bhráid cúpla seachtain ó shin. I am very much a believer in the republican stance of strict separation of church and state, but since we do not really have that luxury, as I would call it, in this country, I will say something on preserving balance or parity of esteem among faiths and religions...

Seanad: International Trade and International Relations: Statements (3 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: It is very gratifying for us here in the House to welcome the Tánaiste and hear his very calm, sane and reassuring words this morning. One thing we oftentimes say is we never learn anything from history. The same can be said about tariffs in the fact that the pages of history, if they are not quite littered with examples of the failure of tariffs, then certainly the pages are fairly...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: Tá mórfháilte roimh an Aire. It is very gratifying for us in the south east to see somebody from there at the Cabinet table. I hope the Minister will look after the south east to the best of his ability. It is lovely to see a champion of the purple and gold in the Cabinet milieu. I worked a lot in County Wexford in the past 20 years, but I only found out the meaning of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Joe Conway: One of the main crises in the economy and in our social life at present is the undoubted problem with putting roofs over the heads of our young people, the so-called housing crisis that pervades this land. We in Leinster House are often accused, left, right and centre, of living in a rarefied atmosphere and being disconnected from the realities of life in the country. In an effort to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2025)

Joe Conway: I agree with much of what my colleague, Senator Craughwell, has said. On a different subject, the House will be glad to hear that the University Hospital Waterford's cath lab last Sunday provided life-saving intervention to three patients on its first weekend of service.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2025)

Joe Conway: These are three patients who did not have to travel to Cork or Dublin but received timely and appropriate emergency care in Waterford's national cardiac centre. This is one of the things we, as public representatives, have supported for a long time, that the 24-7 service in Waterford would be expanded fully. I can confidently predict that UHW's cardiac cath lab numbers, even on the...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Joe Conway: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as ucht an rún tábhachtach seo a chur os comhair an Tí seo. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit. Tá súil agam go rachaidh sé i ngleic leis an gceist chasta seo as seo amach. I support an inclusive approach to education and recognise the constitutional right of all children to an education, tailored to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Derelict Sites (20 Mar 2025)

Joe Conway: Go raibh míle maith agat. I want to address the business of derelict sites in ten brief itemised points. Over half of local authorities are failing to collect money from the owners of derelict sites. The latest figures suggest that councils are owed more than €20 million in unpaid levies. Seventeen of the 31 local authorities did not collect any money from dereliction...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Derelict Sites (20 Mar 2025)

Joe Conway: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith anseo chun déileáil leis an gceist chasta seo. I want to use the maritime coastal town where I live, Tramore, as an illustration of what dereliction looks like. We have two derelict hotels - the Grand Hotel and the Tramore Hotel. The Grand Hotel has been derelict for more than eight years, since 2016, and the Tramore Hotel...