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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: As was said by others, the real frustration is that with all the work we did with all of the actors around the insurance industry, in which the Minister of State was involved, people do not see the difference. We have all of these inputs and no real outcome for people. An 18 year old individual was quoted €6,785.01 for insurance on a 2004 Ford Fiesta while a business with insurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We need to examine the CSO figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am paired so I can be here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Vice Chairman need to suspend the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will be very brief. I am also concerned that the Minister of State does not understand the gravity of it and what is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have to tell the Minister of State that I am concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I said I am concerned-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----that the Minister does not have the picture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will tell the Minister of State about my own experience with insurance. I went to the insurance company and different people. Nothing has changed in the year. It still went up 20% with everything remaining the same. I would not be sitting here at this time of the evening if the situation was not serious. I acknowledge the Minister of State's input but we are not getting the outcomes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We will skip it because I know we are pressed for time. Is it the case that the Minister of State is not considering a State intervention at this time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Minister of State think the ongoing investigations need to extend to the marts and community groups in light of what we heard last week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The ongoing investigations into anti-competitive practices.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Okay. We will talk about it in another forum.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is a new day and we have another scandal. I refer to the scandal of illegal adoptions. I do not think it comes as a surprise to anyone because many of us have spoken to women who have lived in such homes and those who had their signatures forged and their babies taken away from them to be sold or traded. This is what happened in this country. Now, we have 126 cases that have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is absolutely disgusting. My thoughts and prayers are with the people who have been involved, those who have been illegally adopted and those who have had their identities stolen from them. Can people imagine anything worse than having one's identity stolen? I wish to speak about the situation in respect of home help and the fact that 6,450 people have been assessed and approved but...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am happy to support Senator O'Sullivan's amendment but I am disappointed that Sinn Féin's two amendments have been ruled out of order. They related to radon control. One involved a survey of the home for radon, and the second another scheme for remediation to protect against radon gas in homes. Radon is the greatest cause of lung cancer after smoking and it causes five cases of...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We are each representing our parties. We speak for our parties.

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the Minister to the House again for this long-overdue debate on the establishment of another tier in the Irish banking system. There has never been more reason to have a regionally-based, common-good oriented and publicly-mandated banking system. We need a banking system we can trust. If there is one thing we have learned from the crash and the financial abuses, it is that we...

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Absolutely. I agree with the Senator.

Seanad: Community Banking System: Statements (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will say it for the Senator. It is true. When one goes into the bank, one is told one must come back between certain times to get one's own money.