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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We need to see a paradigm shift in our thinking. Many regions in this country do not have access to very basic telecommunications infrastructure like broadband. How important is investment in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Dr. Djankov. I will explore that information further.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The relevant Minister is the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy English, and he is working on the pyrite issue. I support Senator Boyhan's call for him to come to the House. I tabled a Commencement matter on the pyrite redress scheme in the hope that it would be taken today but it was not accepted. It is very important that the hundreds of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----in highlighting many of these issues and on broadcasting the programme. I urge people to watch the programme and judge for themselves. The programme will be broadcast at 9.30 p.m. on TG4.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I request the Leader to ask the Minister of State at the Department of Finance to inform the Seanad on the position in regard to the implementation of the recommendation of the report on the cost of motor insurance.We need a review of the status of the recommendations and the progress to date. What is the status of the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill and how can it...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I condemn the comments made by the DUP leader, Ms Arlene Foster MLA, earlier this week when she dismissed the Good Friday Agreement and suggested that it could be altered at the whim of the DUP. That should not be surprising to us because, in 2003, Ms Foster left her own party because of her opposition to the Good Friday Agreement. Her party supports Brexit. It is important that Ms Foster...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to talk about the hidden cost of autism and the report that was produced in the last couple of days about the cost to families of children and adults with autism. A cost of €30,000 was cited for private therapies, speech and language or occupation therapy, transport and everything connected with that. There are huge extra costs for families with people with disabilities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to start by referring to the tracker mortgage scandal. What I am being told by customers affected is not matched by what we are being told here. When is the next update on the examination due? Customers are ringing the Central Bank and are being told that the next update has not been scheduled. Can Professor Lane clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Therein lies the problem. The banks are not communicating with their customers. Customers are being bounced from their own banks to the Central Bank to the ombudsman and back again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. However, customers who have been involved in this process since it began three years ago are at their wit's end. They cannot get answers to the most basic of questions. I will give one example. A person was on a tracker for months in 2007, then moved to a fixed rate. The bank says that the person involved decided to go onto a fixed rate mortgage and, therefore, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is what is being communicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Who decided-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It seems that when people get in contact with the Central Bank seeking answers they are referred on to the ombudsman and there is a circular effect. How does the Central Bank make sure that communication between banks and customers is timely and accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: How does the Central Bank check that the banks are doing what it is telling them to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: How many inspectors work with the Central Bank? How often do they carry out checks in the banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Scores of inspectors are working in this area but they are not picking up on the communications we are hearing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will certainly do that. The witnesses referred to enforcement action. Could Professor Lane spell out for me what the enforcement action would be?