Results 101-120 of 417 for long speaker:Martin Conway

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: ...the Minister to the House. I have visited people in County Clare whose homes are affected by pyrite. They are decent, honest and hard-working people. Some of them do not have their homes that long. Others have had their homes for quite some time and are on the verge of retirement. They have found themselves in a situation in which their homes are disintegrating around them. They are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: .... Like some of my colleagues, I attended the briefing held across the road by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. We are dealing with a population that is increasingly elderly. People are living longer and, as such, more have dementia. The ask of the society is actually quite reasonable. It is asking for less than €20 million. This would make a huge difference in terms of home...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...and were on the front line right through the pandemic but who still have not got their payments. The good is nearly gone out of it at this stage in view of the fact that they have been waiting so long. Why in the name of God is it taking so long to pay people the €1,000 they were promised last January? If the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is coming in here before...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...please explain the logic of not vaccinating with a second booster shot people who are immunocompromised? It is very simple. This just does not make sense. There has been a lot of talk of long Covid. There is a huge body of work to be done on people who are still suffering from long Covid. We are hearing a lot of talking about it but we are not seeing too much walking or delivery....

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

Martin Conway: ...stage to have a dedicated mental health strategy involving all the stakeholders. It should be properly and effectively funded. Again, I request a dedicated debate in the House on the issue of long Covid. A long Covid clinic is to be opened in due course. It should be open already. This is a big issue. Unfortunately, a percentage of our population are now suffering greatly as a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Martin Conway: ...Noel Collins. I spoke in the Chamber less than three weeks ago when he stood down from Cork County Council after 54 years of dedicated, unbroken service. He was a great friend of mine for a long time. The last time I was in his home, he sat back and sang "The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door", which was quite amazing given the fact his house was called "St. Jude's". He did not have a...

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

Martin Conway: .... We are here today to talk about the new national maternity hospital and women's health in general. I will start by commenting on the national maternity hospital. It is a very good thing and is long overdue. The Government has committed to building the facility and providing the €1 billion or more it will probably cost to build. There were concerns, and I was one of those who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...people with autism in this country and it is running a survey to establish the number of people with autism who are not in appropriate schools, who are not in schools at all or who are travelling long distances to get to schools. There is no proper database available that people can readily access on people with autism and their access to education. Education is a right in this country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Martin Conway: I thank our three guests. It has been very enlightening to hear on-the-ground experiences regarding the lack of supports and services. We have an awfully long way to go as a country to get a level of service that is in any way acceptable. I am substituting for Senator Seery Kearney during this meeting, who has spoken at length about the advocacy work that Ms Holmes’s organisation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...represent people in politics, I have to get places. I do not drive so I know as well as anybody the importance of good quality public transport. While a lot of progress has been made, we have a long way to go in that regard. On a question to the NDA, does Dr. Hartney feel the authority has done enough to help CREATE smooth access to employment, as the State agency, funded by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...benefit of vaccines, particularly over the past two years, when it comes to saving lives. A cost of €400 to €600 for a family whose daughter or son wishes to avail of a catch-up vaccine is no longer feasible and must be eliminated. I look forward to hearing about that. There was an announcement by the Government of free contraceptives for girls aged between 18 and 24....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Martin Conway: ...The Department of Education really must formulate a strategy to use these well-funded and beautiful public buildings for social, community, cultural, arts and music events and so on after hours, along with adult education. Some schools do this all the time and some do it very successfully but some literally close their doors at 4 p.m. and that is it. They are shut over the evenings and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Martin Conway: .... I ask for a debate with the Minister for Health in this House on emergency departments in general and, most specifically, on Limerick's at the earliest possible convenience. It is not that long ago that Senators Ahern, Maria Byrne and myself tabled a tripartite Commencement debate on this issue and the response we received was not what we should have got. We need statements now on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (28 Apr 2022)

Martin Conway: ...blind and visually impaired people be able to access them through the medium they use, anybody with a print disability would be able to access that material. In the overall context, we have a long way to go in terms of making the State examinations accessible. On the specific issue of the picture elements of the Irish oral exam, we need an immediate response from the Minister of State.

Seanad: Covid-19: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Conway: ...and public awareness campaigns. They will have to continue. The announcement by the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, this morning of a fourth booster dose for vulnerable adults is long overdue. To be frank, it should have happened sooner than this. I cannot understand why NIAC is so slow in making its recommendations. We all knew that people had to get a booster vaccine...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Conway: ...come from County Clare. There is a skills shortage, as previous speakers articulated. While I believe our Ukrainian visitors may actually help to alleviate the pressure in the short term, in the long term, we will need to get our act together when it comes to bringing back training for those in the hospitality sector, including chefs, and so on. At this stage, the 9% VAT rate for the...

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

Martin Conway: .... Of the 13,500 who are in the country, nearly 2,000 are in Clare. Of those 2,000, not far off 1,000 are living in north Clare between Lisdoonvarna, Ballyvaughan, Lahinch and Liscannor and down along the coast in Kilkee. They have all come from very difficult backgrounds, having had to flee their homes and country.I have engaged extensively with them over the past ten days and I held a...

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

Martin Conway: ...on the work she has done in respect of surrogacy.We have seen considerable focus on it, unfortunately, over recent months. However, what Senator Seery Kearney has been doing in this area has been going on long before there was an issue in Ukraine. This is her area now as it moves from health to disability. Senator Seery Kearney is a champion and straight talker, like the Minister of...

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

Martin Conway: ...Expenditure and Reform was created and when other Departments were created subsequently. However, going forward, the Houses of the Oireachtas have questions to answer as to why this has taken so long.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Conway: ...close at 4 p.m. I would consider addressing a number of these kinds of issues to involve quick wins. They will not solve the problem but they should happen in the short term. For the medium and long term, it is important to glean the lessons from what has been done to ensure we retain and, hopefully in the future, attract back those who have left. I thank the delegates for their...