Results 1-20 of 415 for long speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

Martin Conway: ...but there is so much more that could be done which would free up space in the main hospital in Dooradoyle in Limerick. What are the plans? What are the short-term, medium-term and, indeed, long-term plans to scale up non-critical care services in Ennis Hospital?

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State is very welcome to Seanad Éireann. He served two terms here with me and we had the same assistant, Marian, working for both of us for a long time. I am delighted for the Minister of State personally and I have no doubt he will bring a wealth of experience to the role, having been an MEP, Senator and TD. It is fitting he is in the House to address this very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Conway: I welcome the witnesses. I do not believe we treat long Covid with the same degree of seriousness as other countries. We were told this morning about some of the well-established practices that exist in France. I always like to think we would try to follow best practice in this country. We followed best practice when it came to measures to protect our communities in the midst of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Conway: ...former Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas. I would like to pass on my sympathies to the Murphy family and the people of Newmarket in Cork and the surrounding areas he represented for so long. I am disappointed to hear the World Rally Championship that was going to be held in Limerick, Kerry and Waterford is not going to happen because of red tape. This was going to be a huge...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Conway: ...what we have. Our democracy might be one of the oldest in Europe but in the overall context of humanity it is not that old. It is just over 100 years old, which, viewed in the context of time immemorial, is not long at all. We see what is happening with Ukraine and Russia and the threat of what could happen in the United States. The next eight months will be critical. In my-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...day they travel they think about how their lives can improve. It is not just them but their families are thinking about how their lives can improve. If you had a mother or father travelling for long journeys like that three or four days per week, of course you would be concerned and worried about them and would want to see more localised services. This Government has provided a huge...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...where the unit can be housed but we need dates. When can we expect this to happen? I am a little concerned the unit will support only 30 people. Many more than 30 in County Clare must travel long distances for dialysis. Perhaps the Minister of State will relay that to the Minister also. Perhaps there is a misprint in the reply. I realise the Minister of State is just reading it on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: One would wonder why this screening of babies did not begin happening a long time ago. It seems very simple. As our guests probably know, I do a great deal of advocacy work for eye care and sight loss, and there is a need for a national strategy for the prevention of preventable sight loss as well. A lot of national strategies are needed. From our perspective, and I think I speak for...

Seanad: Second Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Statements (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: .... Little did he know about the resilience of Ukraine. I do not believe Ukraine will lose; I just think that at some stage Putin will probably get worn out and the war will fizzle out. We have a long way to go. What worries me is that the resolve displayed by the international community when the invasion first happened is perhaps becoming somewhat diluted. That may be unintentional but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rural Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: ...2023 it got an allocation of €1.368 million, which completed 22 roads. If all of the roads were to be funded and completed, we would be looking at a cost of €9 million. A figure of €1.36 million is a long way from €9 million. These roads continue to deteriorate. In the past three years in my constituency, 65 roads have been done, with 146 on the approved...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: I concur with the Minister. This is an important Bill that will save lives. It should have happened a long time ago but it is happening now. I hope it will pass through the Dáil next week as quickly as it did here and that the President will sign it into law, allowing us to get on with the important business of enacting it. It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge the serious...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Martin Conway: .... Over the years, from 2011 right up until before the pandemic, you would meet John regularly downstairs in the reading room going through the papers. It was on those mornings that I had many a long conversation with him. I was always impressed at his level of detail and how he followed all our careers. He was not afraid to say he would go in a different direction if he was on the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Conway: ...it is happening so late in the cycle of the Government. It should have happened earlier, two or three years ago had it been possible. As a matter of fact, this referendum should have happened a long time ago. We must bear in mind that the Constitution we are working from was drafted in 1937. The world we now live in, compared to the world in 1937, is fundamentally different. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Conway: ...bad and how difficult it is and how people in the mid-west feel they are completely isolated and completely left behind? I engaged a lot with various parents and it is soul destroying to see how long people are waiting for any kind of intervention in Clare. For these young people it is the formative years of their lives. We try to achieve something in politics and I just think this is an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Conway: ...work in a rural community. Hopefully, as a result of that person working in the local rural community, he or she might get to like rural life. It is an initiative that we have all sought for a long time, in particular through the health committee, when we had the colleges in and we engaged on rural doctors and GPs. The scheme is being piloted in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. I wish the...

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

Martin Conway: ..." to her and learn a lot from her about what happened in the House in the 1980s when she was Cathaoirleach. It is a sad day for her family but, at the same time, it is a celebration of life. She lived a long and good life and her contribution to politics, both in County Clare and nationally, is something that needs to be recognised and noted, particularly her becoming the first Clare...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: ..., that is their right and it has to be respected. That is where the register that the Minister is proposing comes from. This is the right and proper thing to do and, as I said, it should have been done a long time ago. Had it been done years ago, there would probably be more people alive today and it would have saved more lives. That said, it is never too late to do the right thing. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Conway: In the previous census, the number of people who declared sight loss increased by 55,000 to 300,000. It has now become critical that this structure is built up on a long-term basis. I have a note on this subject that I will give to Mr. Gloster before he leaves.