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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Ms McPhillips for her presentation. There is extreme concern in the farming community about current prices and the fact that incomes have fallen by 16%, without Brexit. The price of beef is at an all-time low. What has the Department done regarding exports? Some 52% of beef is exported to Britain. What specifically has the Department done to ensure that the 52% of product that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Therein lies the problem. Our beef industry, or at least the 52% of it that exports to Britain, is completely at the behest of the goodwill of the Tories and dependent on the deal. In addition to what is happening with beef prices, that is absolutely enormous. Farmers are concerned that, while discussions may be going on, they need something tangible that can be drawn down at short notice....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is what I am trying to get at. What will be immediately available come the beginning of April? Can the Department give reassurance to beef farmers? We have seen how the Tories have handled Brexit so far and it does not fill people with confidence. We are concerned that an industry that is already on its knees is going to be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: If a decision on exceptional aid was made tomorrow, how long would it be before said aid reached farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: When the Russian ban was applied, how long did it take from the time the decision was made until aid reached the farmer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Once a decision was finalised about exceptional aid, would it be paid to the farmer within weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Department have IT systems and all of that to support it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am sorry, there is a vote and I have to leave. Maybe the witnesses could reply to my colleague. I am sorry.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I refer to the response of the Taoiseach in the Dáil yesterday regarding Spinraza. Parents and sufferers alike received bad news after months and months of raising this issue and waiting for a response. The HSE, yet again, has not been held accountable for how it negotiates an acceptable price with Biogen, the maker of Spinraza. Practically every other European country has managed to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: We know where he is. That is not the issue. It is the governance that is at issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the delegates for their presentations. There is a lot in them and I commend all of them on the good work being done. We talk about some of it as if it was innovation. I was working remotely in London almost 20 years ago without any help in terms of enterprise or anything else. It was just the way it worked. I travelled into the city one day a week and worked from home in Rayleigh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is a substantial budget to provide employment. What are the plans to maximise potential in the provision of fibre optic cables in the west?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Where are the various agencies in generating employment and providing for enterprise development in the provision of fibre optic cables in the west? Are the delegates familiar with the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will. I just find this way to be more effective. It is important that the delegates furnish the committee with information on the progress made in that regard. When we talk about things, we are talking about them in the round. We have talked about the interaction and collaboration between the different agencies involved and the different resources that are available. To me, fibre optic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Therein lies the problem. We can no longer afford to work in silos. I know that there is a certain degree of collaboration, but this is vital. This is the biggest thing to happen in the west for a long time and will mean that the highest speeds will be available. Another cable is due to be brought through shortly, as well as another from Iceland. Unless we take advantage of them and plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Businesses, Smart Communities and Remote Working: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: That will be more difficult. I want to ask about Knock airport, on which Enterprise Ireland had discussions, and the potential to connect with flights to Brussels, which would be a real help to people from the west. I also want to ask about the Enterprise Ireland's interaction with the LEADER programme. I concur with the audit skills report. However, many of these reports were carried...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the approval of Translarna, which the Cathaoirleach will know I have often discussed in the House in connection with Lewis Harte-Walsh and other boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD. Over the weekend, Lewis's mum, Ann Marie, described it as like winning the lottery, only better. That is good for Lewis and those other boys, but there should not be a lottery situation. The...