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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of schools in Mayo which are due to open autism classes in September 2025; the names of schools which were due to open autism classes but which are not now proceeding; to provide the reasons scheduled autism classes may not be opening in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that will be affected by the decision not to open autism classes in Mayo which had been scheduled to open in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39775/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has reviewed international models of one-stop-shop State run support services tailored to young people; if so, how these insights have informed policy development in Ireland; if not, if she intends to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40244/25]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am sorry but the Minister needs to get with the programme.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that the Bill before us will provide for revisions to corporate governance arrangements within the HSE. I welcome this. If ever an agency needed governance reforms, it was the HSE. There have been too many incidents of governance failures at this agency. I refer to the CervicalCheck scandal, which revealed 162 women were not informed about missed abnormalities in their smear...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The INMO is telling untruths, then. It is telling untruths, as it says there are not safe staffing levels. You can hold up whatever documents you like, Minister.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister can hold up whatever document she likes, but I am telling her that there are not enough staff in Mayo University Hospital in the emergency department section to provide safe service there. I am also telling the Minister that it is a deterrent for so many people who want to, and probably need to, go to hospital. They want to do everything to stay out of hospital. Those nurses...

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If there was ever an example of a do-nothing Government, it is when it comes to dental care. I want to read out a letter from somebody in County Mayo: I’m writing to you as a desperate mother from Mayo. For the past five years, my family has been unable to access any dental care through the medical card in our area. No one is accepting new patients, and despite endless phone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am glad to be here with my colleagues, Deputy Donnelly and Senator Conor Murphy, to discuss the struggles that small businesses are going through. We are acutely aware of those struggles. In fact, as a party, Sinn Féin was acutely aware of them last year. That is why our alternative budget included the reduction to a 9% VAT rate for the food element of the hospitality sector. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I hear what Ms Buckley is saying about the uncontrollable legal costs as well. I ask Mr. Cummins about the 9% VAT and the energy. What difference will that make?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her publication of the senior cycle redevelopment implementation support measures, which commits to establishing a dedicated post of responsibility in schools which offer level 1 and level 2 learning programmes, what will the role of the post of responsibility entail; if it will be a new recruitment; if it will involve actual...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister's response is not good enough. It is as plain and simple as that. She should hear the stories of all the women in the Gallery. I am proud of my party colleagues, particularly Senator McCormack and my party president, Deputy McDonald, for bringing this motion before the House. It would never be brought to the House by the Government. Since the beginning of the Sinn...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Hear, hear.

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Hear, hear.

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the establishment of the commission of investigation, which, unfortunately, is long overdue. The reality is that we will never know how many victims are not alive to see this day. Louise O'Keeffe had to fight tooth and nail to hold the State to account for the abuse she suffered. This Government and its predecessors have known for decades of the horrendous abuse endured by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (15 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the appropriate procedure for purchasing lands which are unregistered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39003/25]

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Tom Brabazon. The joint committee is continuing its pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of defence (amendment) Bill 2025. Joining us today are members of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers. I welcome, on behalf of the committee, Lieutenant Colonel Conor King, general secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Priestley,...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Before I go to the members, I thank our guests for their comprehensive statement. I am really pleased that we were able to facilitate this meeting today. To date, most if not all of the discussion on this general scheme has been taken up with the triple lock but what our guests have outlined today has very serious consequences. I look forward to the discussion with members. I am really...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat. Senator Kyne will be followed by Deputy Ó Laoghaire.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is our understanding that in an evacuation situation, there is not any limitations on the numbers that can be sent. That was clarified by the Department. We will move on to Deputy Callaghan, followed by Senator Clonan.