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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Conway: ...-Lee is. These situations are real, they do happen and they do affect people. Whatever one's view is on the termination of pregnancy and what was decided in the referendum, once the law of the land is in place, it needs to be respected. People need to be able to access what are legal services, without being harassed. People are going into hospitals as a result of miscarriages,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ...that have taken place over the years. At this stage, they should be hired at Civil Service grades, but that never happened. The contract was with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, NCBI, for more than 20 years. The National Council for the Blind of Ireland had a contract to do the telephony work the Department of communications. It hired six blind and visually impaired...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: ...simply because there is not proper wastewater infrastructure. We are in a situation where in Broadford village the planning regulator altered the Clare county development plan and dezoned land because the infrastructure is not there. This scheme is a pilot proposed by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heri back in 2020. Oireachtas Members from County Clare met him in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...comes clean with farmers and sets multi-annual terms and conditions that give farmers certainty, we will continue to see a diminution in farm income, which will drive full-time farmers off the land, and farms will become part time.That is not good for rural Ireland or our economy and it is certainly not good for farming. We certainly do not want to see farming in this country become a...

Seanad: Rail Network: Statements (23 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...it would not take a huge amount. They do not need staff because most of these small railway stations, such as Oranmore, are automated anyway. The infrastructure is there and Iarnród Éireann owns the land and property, so it is not that difficult. I know my time is limited. One issue that needs to be addressed urgently is an early morning train from Dublin to Cork. The first...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Martin Conway: ...a student in University College Dublin when Niamh Bhreathnach was the then Minister for Education. I remember there was a blind student who could not get her books in braille and Niamh Bhreathnach landed out to the college unannounced and, needless to say, the problem was resolved. The woman was a doer. May she rest in peace. I rise today because it has been brought to my attention...

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: As for other laws of the land that would apply, including in respect of public order offences and intimidation, have there been any arrests associated with protests?

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...Sisters of Charity should have provided the facility as a gift, as had been mooted. In fact, it was not far off being agreed before the situation suddenly changed. As the Minister rightly said, the land was not for sale at the time so we were not in a position to buy it. As a result of that, we are now dealing with a complex legal structure. Although a lease is in place for 299 years,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Martin Conway: There was no engagement whatsoever and no discussion. The financial lenders had no concern as to what would happen with what is probably the most valuable piece of land in the city of Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Martin Conway: The ownership of the land issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...assure the committee and the people looking in that the banks at no stage persuaded or suggested, either covertly or overtly, formally or informally, that it would not be a good idea to gift the land to the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...and so on, they did not believe it was practical to gift it. It is not on the table. It will not happen. Since it is not happening, and the sisters are not prepared to gift or sell the land, and bearing those two dilemmas in mind, how then does Mr. Boylan propose we can proceed with this project? Where is the solution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Martin Conway: I will go back to the point I made earlier, which is that is clearly not an option that is on the table. Everyone on this committee wants the State to buy the land. The ideal scenario is it would be a freehold and in State ownership for eternity, but that is not an option. I am trying to figure out from what Mr. Boylan is saying, with the two options of being able to purchase it and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Martin Conway: The Minister was before the committee yesterday. The land is not for sale. We cannot buy something that is not for sale. We cannot go down the compulsory purchase route because it would set the project back another ten years. I am again putting it to Mr. Boylan that it is not an option. Where is his solution since that is not an option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...the public. It is important for a maternity hospital to be built that is fit for purpose. There is much concern in particular about whether the Vatican gave consent for the transfer of the lands. The Minister was asked that and he did not answer the question this morning. There are issues and I do not apologise for raising the question. It is of significant public concern.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Conway: ..., Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and that she had to work with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. At the same time, her senior, essentially, was the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. It was a no man's land to some extent. In that scenario, all of the providers, support staff and civil servants down the line know they will move to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: ...must encourage people to engage in the industry of planting and forestry. This is essential from an environmental and economic perspective. Realistically, there are many thousands of acres of land that are only suitable for forestry or wind farms, and we need both. It is an industry that has the potential for significant growth going forward. Second, the timber industry employs...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Nov 2021)

Martin Conway: ...is intricate, detailed and complicated but what is complicated can be simplified if there is the willingness to do so. I have one more issue to raise while I am on the subject of rights of way, land and so on. I cannot understand why we have not embraced e-conveyancing. When somebody buys a property or house, it can take weeks, and in some cases months, for the transaction to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Martin Conway: ...that will assist Shannon in the first instance, but also all three airports, to recover? What are the three key elements? He has already spoken this morning about the three-year deal on airport charges, landing fees and so on. Outside that though, what do we need to do in this aviation plan to drive Shannon and indeed drive all three airports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Martin Conway: ...other side of it is that Mr. Ó Céidigh is going to be chair of the Shannon company and there is huge potential for an aviation school perhaps, and pilot training facilities. There is a lot of land in Shannon and a lot of capabilities. Consider what has happened with aircraft leasing and all that over the years. Much of that started in Shannon, going back to Guinness Peat...