Results 41-60 of 416 for long speaker:Martin Conway

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State. It has been a long evening. I thank colleagues who have stayed the full course. I realise they have commitments; that is just the nature of it. We will try to get a more acceptable time slot. I thank the Minister of State for his time. I am aware that he has been all over Europe in the past three or four weeks. Our paths almost crossed in North Macedonia...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: ...be dealt with so the committee can advance and do its work as professionally, competently and effectively as we can. I thank the Minister of State for his patience. Unfortunately, because of the long discussion we have had already, a couple of colleagues have to leave early. This goes against normal precedent, but would the Minister of State be amenable to them making a contribution...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2023)

Martin Conway: ...Pride. That is wonderful. At 5 a.m. this morning, I dipped at dawn at Lahinch beach. I did so in solidarity with people who suffer sight loss. Many Senators will be aware that today is the longest and brightest day of the year. It is the summer solstice; a day of positivity, energy and hope. It is a day of encouragement but also of ambition. Unfortunately, 18 people will today begin...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Martin Conway: ...has ramped up the capital investment programme, because unfortunately there have been decades of underinvestment in this country. The children's hospital is the first hospital that has been built in a long time in this country. It has probably been a couple of decades. However, it will be built and it will be a phenomenal facility. It will ensure the health of children will be at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Martin Conway: That is great. Could Dr. Henry give us an update on Covid, particularly long Covid? What are the figures in terms of long Covid? Have we scaled up to deal with the impact of long Covid? I would be interested in hearing Dr. Henry's views on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Martin Conway: What is the difference between long Covid and post Covid?

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: ...He is deputising for the Minister for Justice. In many ways, it is an awful pity that the Minister for Justice is not here to listen to my colleagues, Senators Wilson and McDowell, because for too long what has gone on in this country, in terms of adequate, appropriate and acceptable prison services and facilities, has been disgraceful.Senator McDowell purchased Thornton Hall on behalf of...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: ...the GAA. These are people who have never visited Ireland. They may know people from Ireland or they may know descendants from Ireland. That is why the game is growing exponentially throughout the world, and long may it continue. A number of years ago, I had the great privilege, in association with former uachtarán, Liam O’Neill, to launch wheelchair hurling.As somebody with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: ...hospital waiting lists. A reduction of 4% is very welcome. The indications that we will have a further reduction this year are also very welcome because it has been the other way for far too long. This is the first time the Minister has appeared before the committee since the major incident that was declared in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, just before New Year's Day. I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: ...Association. One of the things they asked for is to have a point of contact with whom they could engage. At one stage, Dr. Henry was their point of contact but I understand that is no longer the case. The association is not expecting somebody at that level to be a point of contact but, given nearly 200,000 Irish citizens are carriers or have haemochromatosis, there is a need for a...

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

Martin Conway: ...one in 83 people in Ireland. Furthermore, one in five people is a carrier. Despite this, there is no national screening programme or national strategy. For the people affected, this is a lifelong condition. It is not considered a long-term illness when it comes to payments, long-term illness cards, etc. What is more frustrating than anything else is the fact that there is no...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Conway: .... For once, I commend the Government on a memo regarding Shannon Heritage that went to Cabinet and got Cabinet approval this morning. However, I have to be critical that it has taken so long.This issue has gone on in Clare for the past 18 to 24 months. Clare County Council has been willing to step up to the plate and take over Shannon Heritage, and ensure that Shannon Heritage has a...

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

Martin Conway: ...Clare, but Ennistymon. I have always had a special and close relationship with him because of that and he has always been extremely good to me in his various capacities in the Houses. I wish him a long, healthy and happy retirement and hope to see him many times in Ennistymon in the coming months and years. I also support my colleagues in what they have said about the sheep industry...

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...health services is very bright. I say well done and I commend the officials because putting together the nuts and bolts of legislation is not easy. It requires a lot of hard work, late nights and long hours. The officials can be justifiably happy with the end result of their hard work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: .... Has Mr. Gloster had engagements with the National Ambulance Service in the past couple of weeks? I have come across a situation where somebody had a serious fall and who was waiting for so long for an ambulance that did not come that eventually, that person had to be brought. While that person's experience within the system was extremely positive, the initial trauma in getting into the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...Pharmacy Union, IPU, attended a meeting of the Oireachtas health committee yesterday. They have been calling for years for the appointment of a chief pharmaceutical officer. They have also been long calling for the establishment of a strategic plan for the delivery of pharmacy services. They want to do more to help the front line. They want to undertake the screening programmes and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...wrong not to do so. Having such an officer in place would help to pull all the various strands together. It would facilitate the drawing up of comprehensive strategies for the short, medium and long term for the delivery of pharmacy services. Pharmacists want this to be done and they have empirical evidence to suggest it will work. It would follow international practice, with every...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...what exactly is happening with Moneypoint power station. I presume it is operating now at full capacity, given the fact that there is an issue there. If it is not, it should be. In the medium to long term, Moneypoint should become a centre of excellence for renewables. We should be benefiting from offshore generation. We have the raw material to do that, being an island nation. We do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...meeting to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement and there was a lot of positivity and hope for the future at it. I hope that the deliberations the parties are engaging in will not take too long and that they will conclude in a positive way. Last Friday I was in the Leas-Chathaoirleach’s county of Kerry and I visited what will be Disability Sport Ireland, which is headquartered in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: We are a long way from the public having a mindset whereby, if people want a public health service, they have to pay for it, and that means forgoing tax cuts. Dr. Burke posed a question to us in her opening statement regarding governance and stated it was a matter for the committee to consider in the context of the future governance architecture of Sláintecare. How does she envisage...