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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Conway: .... There is a huge amount of merit in what Senators Keogan and Mullen have said, when it is private. The example was given of somebody praying outside a hospital or clinic and being asked by a garda what they were praying about. To me, that is provocative to some extent. I would like to know if the person was praying aloud or praying in silence. Perhaps the garda should not have asked...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...that took place in Dublin city centre this day last week. The Minister is handling it very well. The proposals for body cameras, facial recognition software and equipping the special units of An Garda Síochána with Tasers, etc., are welcome. When the legislation for facial recognition comes through, I hope that it will be unanimously supported. I would also like to say that...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: .... The Minister is extremely welcome to the House for the debate on this long overdue and vitally important legislation. We have a situation in this country whereby people can record members of An Garda Síochána as they are doing their job, while gardaí do not have the right to record others. There is something fundamentally wrong in that. Of course, the rights...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Martin Conway: I stand today for one purpose, and that is to second Senator Wilson's proposal that this House play an active role in ensuring that Garda Jeremiah Coonan receives the Scott medal for bravery. I think it is an oversight. Anybody who saves a human life does something unique and precious, and something that really and truly is an act of humanity. In this case, Garda Coonan risked his life and...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...or incorporated into the civic affairs curriculum. We need some class of an education programme on people working on the front line who are there to help in a time of crisis; whether it is the Garda, National Ambulance Service or the Irish Coast Guard etc. We need to look at whether there should be a law or some sort of legislative approach and if somebody is physically abusive to a...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...in this type of situation is very traumatising. There should be and needs to be a separate avenue through the courts system for people who suffer domestic violence and who are brave enough to go to the Garda and to allow the case to go through the judicial system. The courts system needs to react accordingly and facilitate a quick passage for these cases. In Clare it is an eight-week...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...sort of forum that could meet twice per year. The Joint Committee on Health can do it every year, and we are happy to do so. It would be better if there were an open structure where the HSE, an Garda Síochána and unions would sit around and express their concerns and challenges and so on. I suggest to the Chair that as part of our report we should maybe look at some sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank our guests. The discussion has shone a light on an appalling issue. I propose that we hold another public meeting on this issue and invite in representatives of the HSA, the HSE and An Garda Síochána. I have no doubt the HSA will say this is a resources issue and that is probably correct, but it is given a budget and it is supposed to prioritise where that budget is most...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: ...not mean that it is a maximum sentence, of course. The maximum sentence, in many cases, should be a lot more. When somebody has the bravery to declare what has happened to them in life, go to the Garda, do what they are encouraged to do, make a report, make a complaint and proceed to court, the least they should expect is that when the criminal is found guilty that they will get a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank Deputy Commissioner McMahon and her team for attending today. She has outlined some very practical concerns that An Garda Síochána has with the proposed legislation. As a committee, we have a duty and responsibility to articulate these on behalf of the Garda and to ensure our pre-legislative scrutiny reflects them. The termination-of-pregnancy legislation has now been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: This law is being introduced because of feedback to the effect that there is intimidation at some of the facilities. Has Ms McMahon statistics on how often Garda support or services were requested at termination facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: On the safe access zones in general, the only parallel that exists is the 50 m rule applying to canvassing and intimidation at polling stations. The Garda seems to have dealt with this very effectively. Clearly, the Garda has concerns about being able to implement what is being proposed here. The four-E approach that is proposed has worked in the context of many laws and not just Covid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: This system exists in other countries. Has An Garda Síochána engaged with international colleagues at European level on how they manage it? Has it had any formal or informal engagements internationally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Martin Conway: Having been on the oversight committee for Europol in the previous Oireachtas, I know it could certainly help with that. I genuinely understand the concerns An Garda Síochána has about policing this proposed law. Our deliberations here will have to reflect those difficulties and challenges. Parallel to that, women who need and seek a termination should be able to do so in comfort...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: It is a matter for the Garda.

Seanad: Support to Ukraine: Motion (30 Mar 2022)

Martin Conway: ...the State with offers of accommodation. I am advising Ukrainian people to accept accommodation through the Red Cross because at least the State has an involvement in that regard. There is Garda vetting and vulnerable adults will be put in a place which will be safe. Some Ukrainian people are staying with family and friends they know but others have been offered accommodation by people...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: Thank you. On the specific point Senator Mullen raised regarding the UL Hospitals Group not being notified, it does not mean An Garda Síochána was not notified. If there was activity outside the hospital, the more appropriate people to contact on that issue would have been the gardaí. I respectfully suggest there is more than one source to which a complaint can be made. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Conway: ...underworld that most of them would criticise and work against in their day jobs. I was engaged at one stage with a group in Blanchardstown called Think Before You Buy. We had meetings with the Garda Commissioner and previous Ministers and so on in terms of funding a campaign. It encouraged people to think before they buy and use drugs on a recreational basis and of the consequences of...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Martin Conway: ...it is. I commend the Minister and offer my solidarity with him in respect of the behaviour outside his home on Sunday. It was appalling and that behaviour needs to be dealt with, as I am sure An Garda Síochána is doing. I wish the Minister well. He is leading the response to Covid on behalf of all of us and, overall, he is doing a very good job. We all wish him well.