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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I again raise Shannon Heritage and the matter of what exactly is happening with it and with the funding requested by Clare County Council. It has been going on and on and there are many workers in Shannon Heritage who are very uncertain of what their future holds. There should be some way of having a debate or even statements on the future of Shannon Heritage because of its importance to...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (19 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I congratulate the Minister on what was an excellent budget and on being candid and blunt with the Irish Hotels Federation about its members' price gouging when he met its representatives. I would love to know if something can be done, from a legislative perspective, to try to prevent this type of thing happening. I do not know how you could go about it but it is totally unfair to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Go raibh maith agat, Acting Chairperson. I fully agree with your sentiments in welcoming Finola to the Public Gallery. Finola is the spokesperson for the Irish Thalidomide Association and it is fitting and appropriate that she should be in the House today to hear the response from the Minister. Two weeks ago tomorrow in Dáil Éireann, the Lower House, the Taoiseach responded to a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I know the Minister of State is going to meet Ms Finola Cassidy after this Commencement matter. I appreciate that and thank him for doing so. I also thank him for his reply. There is no time here. Six of the women who took this drug are in their 90s. These people, sadly, do not have an enormous amount of time left. I know what is involved in organising a State apology. It needs to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: On education, there was some good and some not-so-good news in the past 24 hours. The not-so-good news is the delay in publishing the junior certificate results. Many students did not go into transition year but went on to start the leaving certificate cycle. They will have been three to four months into the first year of a two-year cycle before they have the results of the junior...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is important to acknowledge that the Minister of State initiated the summer programme, which is something that needed to be done a long time ago but now is done. I thank her for that. It is a programme that is very important and one that is evolving and improving every year. Before I talk about the summer programme, I want to sincerely...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: No worries.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I welcome the announcement about the community centres. For too long, community centres have struggled. They play a vital role in our community as hubs for people to gather, social areas for people to hang out in and places for young people to play sport.They have struggled, particularly during the pandemic, to keep their centres heated and maintained. The announcement by the Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I third it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Briefly, do the witnesses accept that the HSE was somewhat behind the curve in comparison to other countries? For example, in France, individuals can book a vaccine appointment through an app and can even get vaccinated in a pharmacy. Here, it seems that the service has been delayed, is cumbersome and the HSE has been slow to react. Do the witnesses accept that in hindsight, that is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Do the witnesses accept that the HSE response was slow, because of circumstances beyond its control?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Following on from Deputy Hourigan's point on communications, I think it is very worrying that the HSE is looking for new streams of funding for communications. Surely, the communications and health messaging for monkeypox is so important that the HSE should not have to look for new streams of funding. Surely it should be readily available and the HSE should be proactive as opposed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Before she does, in hindsight, again, would the witnesses accept that the HSE's communications to date on this issue have been off the mark?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Am I right to conclude from what the witnesses are saying that they would do nothing different if they were doing it all over again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Totally; 100%. I thank the HSE for that useful engagement earlier on. Long Covid is a very serious issue. I am sure the HSE will agree with me on that. From looking through the statements, what concerns me are words to the effect that “the HSE will deliver” and “we expect to expand the service”. Those phrases relate to the provision of services. How many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Just before the we do that, I want to hear now about clear timelines. I raised this in the Seanad as a Commencement matter only approximately two or three weeks ago, and the reply that I got was very clear. The phrases used were “we plan to deliver” and “we expect to deliver” and “it is our intention to deliver”. What I want to know is when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: Can the HSE give us the figure in terms of who and what precisely they are recruiting and where they are in that recruitment process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Conway: And then timeline on it please.