Results 1-5 of 5 for freedom of information speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. He will be pleased to hear this is a Bill I very much welcome. The Bill deals primarily, as the Minister of State said, with the two issues of tax appeal and prospectus regulation. Section 5 amends section 4 of the Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015, which itself established the Tax Appeals Commission to replace the Office of Appeals Commission. This is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to raise the important issue of valproate, which I have raised in the Chamber many times. Pregnant women were prescribed Epilim when people knew what its impacts were. The Minister promised us a report on this matter last March and we have still not received it from the relevant group. Will the Leader ask the Minister where that report is? Will he also ask him why the historical...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move recommendation No. 7:In page 112, after line 42, to insert the following: “Report on restoring cap on intangible assets29. The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on restoring the 80 per cent cap on intangible assets onshore between 2015 and 2017 that can be written off against profits at the...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. As Members have said, we dealt with the pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. The committee asked for the Bill to be published as soon as possible, so I welcome its introduction in the Seanad. While the Data Protection Bill 2018 has been passed,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I beg to differ. The only mention of Ireland is in a restatement of support for the peace process which has always been there and is, of course, very welcome. There is a vague statement about flexible and imaginative solutions being needed to avoid a hard border, but there is nothing concrete. "Flexible and imaginative" is diplomatic-speak for "We have no idea". Mr. Barnier has been...