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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, but obviously I have it explicitly here in a document from the European Central Bank to our MEP, Mr. Matt Carthy, as to how a non-performing loan can be turned into a performing one. If someone goes into the bank today with arrears that are owed, does the bank accept those arrears? If they continue to pay the interest and the original loan over a 12-month period, they will automatically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Let us suppose someone comes in and pays the arrears or interest that is owing up to today. Then, 12 months from now, the loan should automatically become a performing loan. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is the "broadly" part that concerns me because it creates an ambiguity. Let us suppose a customer owes €5,000 in arrears on the mortgage and goes into the bank today. Will the bank accept the sum? Does it ever refuse it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Permanent TSB would never refuse a borrower proposing to pay today the €5,000 that is owed on arrears. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What does Mr. O'Sullivan mean by saying once the bank is satisfied about where the funds have come from? Surely, it does not matter as long as it is legal. It is not the bank's job to see where the funds have come from.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The bank would never refuse a borrower coming in with an amount of money to pay the arrears unless the bank was suspicious that it had come from an illegal source. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is my understanding that moneys being paid in arrears have been refused by Permanent TSB. It is interesting to have that on public record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The European Central Bank does not say that customers have to be back paying the original terms of the mortgage. I propose that the committee should contact the ECB again after today's hearing and seek clarification on some of the points that we have not received clarity on today.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I commend my colleague, Senator Swanick, for again raising the issue of the drug, Spinraza, as a Commencement matter this morning. However, the answer he was given by the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, was wholly unsatisfactory. Some of the children in need of the drug are in intensive care units but we are given the nonsense of being told the drug is under consideration. It is cruel...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am, but I wish to reiterate it because we are united across parties in trying to address the needs of these vulnerable families and the children who desperately need that drug. Last Friday, roads and communities in County Mayo were once again cut off by flooding. The flooding is largely due to the lack of investment in local and regional roads. Some €40 million was announced in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: No, the Minister, Deputy Ring, is in County Mayo, probably at a funeral. I ask the Leader to request that the Minister of State specifically responsible for flooding, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, visit County Mayo to see the problems caused by flooding, particularly on the Belmullet peninsula and in the surrounding area, to listen to the concerns of the community and put the funding in place to...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I commend those from the civic nationalist group who organised an open letter to the Taoiseach. The previous letter was signed by 200 people but this one was signed by 1,000. The increase in the number of signatories is not only an indication of the welcome support of a broad range of nationalists in the North but also a sign of the growing concern that their rights are threatened by...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I apologise for being not present all day, but Senator Frances Black, myself and others attended the Ballymurphy massacre inquests. The families have waited 47 years for this day. The small companies that I am come in contact with all the times are being excluded from tendering for business which would make their businesses more viable and allow the growth and development they need. I...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is important we have the aggregate data on whether it is for the EU or for legislation to enable us to make the necessary changes in terms of restricts on any of the organisations where funding is necessary. It is not about refusing funding but I want to focus on the barriers. I am aware that there are barriers that do not allow organisations to fund. There is inadequate flexibility to...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not that we do not have innovation and innovative thinking in rural areas but opportunities are lost. When the people with the shiny shoes arrive, we are ever-embracing but when indigenous people come forward with innovative ideas, they come across barrier after barrier. It is our collective responsibility to understand and address the barriers, and it is crucial that we do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yesterday, a draft Brexit withdrawal agreement was agreed between the British and EU negotiators. I welcome that following all of the machinations of the past year and a half and all of the toing and froing and false starts, a suitable deal might be on the table. I use the word "might" because we have not yet had sight of what is on offer. We are hopeful that a deal which meets what Sinn...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask Senators to have some manners. The nonsense I heard last night from some of the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Sinn Féin has been consistent in calling for special status for the North within the EU. We have at all times supported the Government in what it has been trying to do throughout this process. Those who say that if Sinn Féin took its seven seats in Westminster everything would be resolved are idiots. Those who think the British Tories and others would not come together to stop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: In light of the service provided by Maurice McCabe in highlighting the need for whistleblowers and giving us a clear example of what may happen to them within a system, it is important that the Minister makes a strong statement on the issue in regard to the health service. All members have first-hand anecdotal information about what happens when those within the system make a complaint on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Can the Minister assure such people that if, following the making of a complaint, his or her job is made impossible, the person responsible for that will be severely reprimanded?