Results 1-11 of 11 for carers speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Martin Conway: ...pandemic it set up a telephone support service where people rang visually impaired and blind people who were living alone and who did not necessarily have family. They might have had home health or a carer coming in once a week or once a day for an hour. That system is still up and running to this day because it was so successful and brought such benefit, joy, conversation and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: .... There are no tactile Braille facilities on the machines. Many of the machines are too high for wheelchair users to return bottles. There are no facilities for people with disabilities, carers or elderly people who do click-and-collect shopping or who have their shopping delivered. Everything about this scheme from start to finish is an absolute mess. I am getting complaints from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...they were offered but maybe due to his independent nature he did not avail of them. He clearly needed them and it is one of those situations that plays on my mind all the time when we hear about carers, resources, etc. What would the State do in today's world to help that man and give him the dignity that he deserved having lived a very productive life, having employed people and having...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. In my capacity as health spokesperson for Fine Gael, one issue that predominates discussions on a regular basis is family carers. People who give up their careers to look after loved ones find themselves in a situation in which they do not get paid for it is not acceptable in a modern society. We need not just to radically overhaul the whole means test...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: ...people with the condition. Outside of the medical profession and those who suffer from it and their families, haemochromatosis is not a widely known condition but it should be. Every parent and carer should know about it. Some GPs provide supports and services while others do not. There needs to be an engagement with GPs in order to create a database of those who do and do not provide...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...structure. That is something that needs to be looked at. I welcome the various pre-budget briefings that are taking place today and have taken place over the past number of days. Certainly, family carers were in Buswells Hotel, as were members of the Society of St. Vincent St. Paul. The presentations they give are quite stark. The cost of living is impacting on many people in a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...€1,000 will get it. What arrangements are in place to ensure they will get it? I am hearing that staff in hospitals around the country have not gotten it yet. I am hearing that nurses in nursing homes, carers and so on, people who are entitled to receive it, are still waiting for it and do not even know when they will get the payment. I sincerely hope that as a result of me...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Martin Conway: I second the motion as clearly laid out by my colleague, Senator Seery Kearney. For too long carers were completely undervalued in this society. I believe it is changing. I believe the mindset regarding carers and the great role they play in our society is changing. This was very much formalised in the clear, precise and concise commitments made in the programme for Government last year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

Martin Conway: My final question is on group 4. I get the debate about carers looking to be vaccinated and understand why that cannot happen but we need much clearer timelines and information for the people in group 4. People also need to know how they are going to be contacted because at the moment they do not know whether it is going to be by their GP or the healthcare setting or the service they are...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (25 Sep 2013)

Martin Conway: ...on an individualised basis; and that the processing time for individual claims can vary depending on the complexity of the claimant's circumstances; welcomes the publication of Recognised, Supported, Empowered, the national carer's strategy as committed to in the programme for Government, which demonstrates the Government's support of the vital role played by carers; and recognises that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Martin Conway: ...body, People with Disabilities in Ireland, to run for the Seanad. The issues raised in the "Prime Time Investigates" programme last Monday night are of deep concern to everyone, especially carers and those suffering from various disabilities and mental health issues. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is concerned with very important issues. As a country, we...