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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: None whatsoever. I suggest it does so.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I raise the issue again of the Versatis patches. The Cathaoirleach will know I have raised this issue many times over the past months.I recognise that there has been something of a rowing back on this matter and that some adjustments have been made. While I welcome those adjustments, there are still thousands of people in chronic pain who really need Versatis patches. I want to give the...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill is necessary legislation. People who have been deeply impacted by the recent scandals, such as with CervicalCheck, are asking for it now. Up to the time that Vicky Phelan and Emma Mhic Mhathúna spoke out to tell their tragic stories, very many people were under the impression that they would be told if something went wrong or mistakes were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have a few questions. The first concerns University Hospital Galway and the spinal unit there. I will read the witnesses a line of correspondence from a senior consultant there: "As you know, our ability to access major elective spinal surgery in the University Hospital has virtually come to a halt due to the lack of resource allocation."...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What I am trying to get at is the figures that were there when many beds were purposefully closed down. We always refer to our own cases. Half of the 20 beds in Belmullet District Hospital were closed down due to the wisdom of someone within the HSE and what was the Fianna Fáil Government at the time, even though we stated it would be a major mistake. Now there are people in Mayo...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Could we end up with fewer beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Was any of it in order to save money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It was across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is a pity Mr. Gloster was not in Mayo. I must apologise as I have been called for a vote in the Seanad Chamber. I would really appreciate if Mr. Gloster could give the answers to the other questions, and I will read the transcript as it is an important vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I need the new primary care centres and matching all that up addressed. I also need the spinal unit in Galway and the resource issue there addressed.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Regulation (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to hear this Commencement matter on the impact of prescribing sodium valproate, or Epilim, which is a drug licensed in Ireland for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. The teratogenic effects of valproate, as the Minister of State will be aware, were first reported in the 1980s and have been widely accepted since the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Regulation (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome Ms Karen Keely, chairperson of the Organisation for Anticonvulsant Syndrome, Ms Valerie Brenann, Ms Danielle Delaney, Ms Beverley Dunne and others to the Gallery. I thank them for all the work they have done on that. The money is not there. The letter has not been sent out to the GPs. The Minister of State has not answered why that letter was not sent out. Medication is still...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to raise the issue of pension changes today, which were meant to address the anomalies in the 2012 legislation. I have been contacted by many people, mostly women, who are unable to receive their entire pension entitlements due to the 2012 changes. Sinn Féin has long called for the reform of the way the contributory pension is calculated but we do not want to see bad legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Ms McDonagh for her presentation. How much has the Bank of Ireland received from the SBCI for the loan scheme to help SMEs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: AIB has secured €122 million. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is quite surprising that Bank of Ireland-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Why has the bank received so few applications? Are there barriers that need to be addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the bank have vacant properties on its books and if so how many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Ms McDonagh has said she wants to ensure the digital service is combined with a physical presence and a personal touch in branches and "increasing our full-service branches by more than 160%." There was a time when Bank of Ireland had full service which was cut back such that customers were only able to make certain transactions on certain days and so on. Is this a reversal of that policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Ms McDonagh agree that the policy of customers' not being able to speak to a human being in branches but being given access to machines and told to come back the following day or two days later to carry out their transaction was wrong?