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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: State innovation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Reference was made earlier to lifelong learning and the importance of the investment of the National Training Fund into that in terms of how we increase our productivity and so on. Will Mr. Nugent comment on that? In the shorter term, would it be better to have a PRSI rebate for employers rather than a reduction to a 9% VAT rate. We have to find an immediate way of reducing the cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I did not get to Mr. Nugent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have been observing the meeting from the office for some time. It is really important that the finance committee is doing this work in the scrutiny of these COMs, and I thank the witnesses for being with us today. From the conversation and the debate, the lack of transparency is obvious. This is the job I can see that this committee is trying to do and indeed on the defence committee we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What more can we do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Have we an option to do that? In terms of participating in the fund, are there any repercussions if we do not participate in it?

Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is beyond time that we end the rip-off of energy bills facing every household and business up and down the country already on their knees with the cost-of-living crisis. More energy increases come at a time when we are already paying the highest levels of energy prices in Europe. That is a badge of dishonour for this Government. How many homes are going to be cold tonight as people try...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Up and down the country, but especially in rural areas, the inflexibility and lack of common sense of the Department and Bus Éireann constitute a real issue. I will ask the Minister of State two questions before I outline a case for him. Why is there separate vetting in every Bus Éireann office for drivers? I am thinking of where someone crosses over the Galway border from Mayo....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Ms Deane for her opening statement. I have gone through it and was watching from the office. I commend the work of the shared island unit but there is an opportunity to do much more, particularly in terms of the programme for Government where the Taoiseach and the Government have cited a whole-of-government approach, where each of the committees are tasked with action plans and so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I might give an example. If there was a community education project in east Belfast that wants source funding, where would it source funding from? It sees this announcement of €1 billion out to 2032.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: They go further. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What role can the shared island unit play in further and higher education? I welcome the investment in Magee University but students who have top marks, four A* grades, cannot get college places here. I have a particular situation with a family where both students got top marks. The sister was already going to Trinity College. They were accepted for the scéim, the Gaelige and all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Ms Deane not see the shared island unit having any role to play there as such?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I suppose what I am saying is there is a gap there that is not currently being filled and I do not want another academic year to go by and we still talk about it. I welcome the research that was done - we had already done research on the education committee. We keep identifying the gaps but it is not getting to where we need it to be able to make the changes we need to make to increase the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is the framework in which we work also but the work has to be done in terms of every party and everybody agreeing in this State that we need to prepare. That does not predict the outcome but the preparation needs to be done and that is what we are trying to do on this committee. I wanted to ask about an example of just one project to see would it come under the shared island unit....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is an ongoing problem and challenge in terms of regional imbalance. If there are opportunities for North-South projects that can also serve the purpose of addressing regional inequalities, we need to be mindful of that, bearing in mind the funding that is available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important to have a framework for all the research that is being done. The work we did on women in the Constitution was mentioned. Aberdeen university has done research with UCD, as have other universities. Really good work is being done, but let us not make an industry out of it. Let us do the additionality all of the time. The only way we can do that is to have a central...