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Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Comhghairdeas leis an Cathaoirleach. I wish him and his family the very best in the time ahead. On the left and the right we see a perfect example of the love that dare not speak its name. What a beautiful baby they have produced in the Cathaoirleach. I am sure his daughter, Naomi, will agree, given the useful work she does. It is not unnatural, nor is it something about which people are...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Minister of State for being here. This is a very important issue for the people of Mayo as well. I was extremely disappointed that the "Prime Time" programme just covered Donegal as there are hundreds of homes in Mayo affected by pyrite. A representative group met officials from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in March...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I extend our sympathies to the community in Orlando, particularly the LGBT community, and to the police officer and his partner in Paris who were shot dead. I commend the Yes Equality and LGBT groups throughout the country and in Mayo for the vigils they are organising in solidarity and support for the community in Orlando. I will refer briefly to Seanad reform....

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the nomination of Senator Máire Devine as Leas-Chathaoirleach. As Senator Mac Lochlainn stated, Máire is a nurse, a mother, a lifetime trade union member and a member of the Psychiatric Nurses Association. However, the issue is a wider one. We have to understand that by not electing Máire we are complicit in creating an institution that has not elected a woman...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, but it has been thirty-something years.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: It sends out a message that this institution is not serious about gender equality and which states clearly that party politics comes before gender equality. I remind people that we are not a Masonic lodge and it does not say in the little black book that we have to elect a man every time. No disrespect is intended to the men who have been elected, including the Cathaoirleach, but we have an...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: On behalf of the Sinn Féin team here, I congratulate Senator Coghlan and wish him well. I am glad that the role means a lot to him and that he is committed to impartiality. We look forward to working with him in a constructive and collaborative way.

Seanad: Poverty and Homelessness: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment and will divide my few words into two parts. I first wish to talk about child poverty. Members are aware that poverty and the hardship caused by poverty and social exclusion are not new phenomena. They are aware that in 2010, under the Fianna Fáil-led Government, more than 200,000 children lived in households experiencing poverty. Moreover, the number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: On behalf of the Sinn Féin group I, too, extend sympathy to the nurse who tragically lost her life in Crumlin hospital. I also wish to raise the issue of bin charges and the anxiety being caused by the proposed increases in that regard. I suppose this was to be expected once the decision to privatise such an essential service was made. The chickens are now coming home to roost in that...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (16 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I also thank the Minister for coming before us and congratulate her on her new job. It is lovely to see a woman here as a Minister. She is the first woman Minister we have had before us. Any discussion around sustainable jobs must include a discussion of what constitutes a sustainable labour market. We know the labour market is crucial to creating...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (16 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: That was really quick. I will cite Dunnes Stores, Tesco and other companies like them. Dunnes Stores has the highest number of workers receiving the family income supplement. That is not right and it needs to be tackled. I will leave out the rest of my speech out of respect for everybody else because my time is up but I ask the Minister to put in place legislation to regulate zero-hour...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I raise the issue of Brexit and its effects here because it will be too late to raise it next week. I appeal to Irish people living in Britain and our comrades in the North of Ireland to vote in favour of staying as part of the European project.I make this appeal because of the consequences of Brexit which have been outlined, not least the reinstatement of the Border and the impact this...

Seanad: Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Senator McDowell and the group for allowing me to contribute before them. I express my solidarity with the family of Jo Cox and the sympathies of Sinn Féin's Senators to her husband, Brendan, her two young children, her constituents and the British Labour Party. She was a mother, sister and daughter whose life was taken in horrific circumstances. Jo showed through her previous...

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I may not use the six minutes. I thank the Minister for attending. I will be really positive. I thank the Government for its investment in Áras Deirbhle nursing home in Belmullet because for many years there was no investment in that nursing home. This is hugely important in the context of what I am going to say. In light of the negative impact on rural areas of centralising and...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I apologise I was not present earlier. I was in County Mayo to greet and welcome Joe Biden. He received a huge Mayo welcome when Air Force One landed at Knock airport. I missed the Minister's contribution. Is he saying that if the proposed legislation had not been amended, a total of €12 million would have been imposed in charges on carers, people with disabilities and other...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will have to take the Minister's word for it. I also take Senator Denis Landy's point about privatisation and what happened, but that is not what happened in County Mayo. Sinn Féin only had one member on the council at the time and he could not get another councillor to second his motion to stop the privatisation of waste collection services in the county because we knew that was the...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is what the party-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is what Deputy Micheál Martin said too.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Was the Senator not present at the beginning?

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: Did the Senator not listen?