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Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Acting Chairman. I note I am the only woman in the Chamber.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: With the exception of Senator Maria Byrne in the Chair, I am the only woman in the Chamber.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I mean in this circle. With so much to answer for over the two weeks, we could all be forgiven for assuming that would see something new and novel in yesterday's summer economic statement. This publication is a bit like Senator Kieran O'Donnell's speech in that it is another exercise in fantasy. The statement announces a budget package that lays out €7 million in additional spending...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: All this is based on spending and the revenue projections that two leading economic institutions in as many weeks have branded as not credible. This Government's long-standing policy of over-reliance on tax receipts will continue and with it so too will the uncertainty around the funding of our public services. I am delighted the hospital in Limerick is getting a new extension. Meanwhile,...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I need to apologise to the Minister of State because I cannot wait for it.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: No. An important discussion on the 540,000 households that do not have broadband is taking place at the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: If I need to leave, it will be for that reason. Of course, if the Government had the broadband situation under control, I would not have to go to that committee meeting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Following on from what Senator Boyhan stated, I am also of the view that the issue of hate crime is extremely important. Several years ago, I worked with the Trinity College Dublin anti-bullying centre and others on the issue of hate crime. We were involved in a joint project with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation in England. The latter was set up because a young girl called Sophie Lancaster...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is astonishing that the Mercosur deal has been signed but no impact assessment has been done. It really shows this Government's contempt and disregard for rural Ireland. It is crazy that we have talked about this deal for months and years. I commend the work of Matt Carthy, MEP. From the beginning, he flagged the dangers of this deal for beef farmers, particular suckler cow farmers in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome Senator Lawless's wife, Anne, other family members and friends to the House. I hope they have a thoroughly enjoyable day. It goes without saying that Sinn Féin as a party and I, as a former member of the diaspora, will be active in the campaign to secure votes for Irish citizens abroad and for our citizens in the North.I congratulate H.E. Edward Crawford, the new US...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: We might.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish the ambassador well in his role. We look forward to welcoming him to Mayo, in particular to Achill Island and Ballycroy. He has been very supportive of those communities and done a great deal of work for them in Cleveland. I cannot let it pass, as Senator Horkan will understand, when Fianna Fáil Senators speak about home help hours. Please. Fianna Fáil cut hundreds of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Leader has great entertainment value.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Government needs to work with us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Why not give the haircuts to the consumer?

Seanad: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: What has been agreed is a political agreement and so we cannot say that we cannot play politics with it; it is a political agreement. However, it still has to be turned into a legal document. This process will take approximately two years and then it will be brought to the Council of Ministers for a vote. Ireland does not have a veto because voting is done on a qualified majority and not...

Seanad: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Senator knows well enough what it is like for people trying to build a house.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for coming in today and I commend them on that because there are others we would like to come in here but who have not done so. The most useful thing to come out of today's meeting relates to causation and fraud. If one sees somebody commit a crime, whether an assault or otherwise, one will report it to the Garda Síochána. What makes insurance fraud any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Allianz not have deferred tax assets to make up for losses in previous years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the company not have deferred assets to make up for losses in previous years?