Results 1-20 of 38 for speaker:Joe Conway

Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Conway: Is údar aoibhnis é dom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. Gabhaim buíochas léi as teacht chuig an Teach inniu agus as an ráiteas a thug sí ag tús na díospóireachta seo. Some years ago, when I was a student teacher in St. Patrick College in Drumcondra, out of complete serendipity I came across a journal article. I cannot remember the headline,...

Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Conway: When I look at what is there in the teaching force - it is no fault of theirs - in many primary schools, I see teachers who are trying to deliver the national language, athbheochan na Gaeilge a chur ar aghaidh, and teach Gaeilge but, go feidhmiúil, tá siad neamhliteartha, they are effectively illiterate in the language. It is shocking but that is where we are at. We will never...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Conway: I want to address an issue that has cropped up only in the past number of weeks on foot of a very kind and gracious invitation I got from the American Embassy to attend its Independence Day celebrations on the eve of Independence Day, which is coming up next month. Ordinarily, it would have been an invitation that I would have been delighted to accept, particularly as a new Senator. In view...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza: Statements (29 May 2025)

Joe Conway: I will begin by addressing the several truckloads of words that have been used in this Chamber and in the other House with regard to the horrific happenings in the Middle East over the past couple of years. The problem in that regard, as it is manifested in parliaments and societies all over the world, is that we somehow get inured to the sufferings of people in the Middle East. It almost...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Joe Conway: As a Senator who was elected to the House from the cultural and educational panel, I want to delineate a happening in the last while that shows there is a crossover between politics and culture. The occasion was the winning last week of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival by Jafar Panahi, an Iranian director who gathered all the laurels at the festival for a film called "It Was Just...

Seanad: Local Democracy Task Force: Statements (27 May 2025)

Joe Conway: I extend the House's welcome to my Déise Oireachtas colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy John Cummins. Only in the previous two hours, I received an email from one of my councillors but I will not say where. She gave me permission to use part of it in the debate this afternoon. I am using it in anonymised fashion and I will redact some of it. It states: Dear Senator Conway,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (27 May 2025)

Joe Conway: Ba mhaith liom gabháil leis na rudaí atá ráite ag na baill anseo agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach ar a ceapachán ar an gcoiste. Go n-éirí go geal léi. Beidh sí ag treabhadh ar aghaidh leis an obair thábhachtach atá idir lámha againn. Fuair mé m’ainmniúchán ó Údarás na...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2025)

Joe Conway: I will make a few observations on our status as an island nation and do a small comparison between us and New Zealand, which is a country that has roughly the same population and the same demand on connectivity we have. I am somebody who is based in the south east, which is the only region that does not have a regional airport. I will contrast that with New Zealand, which has 28 regional...

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...