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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The HRB states: all funding received is disbursed by the HRB following rigorous international peer review of applications, based on strict criteria and principles laid down by the Board and in accordance with best international practices in research assessment and research management and governance. ... Funding is never provided in a manner where it is directed at a pre-named individual. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is beyond question that we need more investment in research and development, particularly public research and development, to address the issues that we have not only in terms of a future pandemic but climate change and many other things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Watt knows of the precarious working conditions inside of that sector for many of those who are doing extremely valuable research and the way they are treated, as well as the way they are treated as opposed to what has happened here, in terms of all of the procedures going out of the window. There was no international peer review of applications in this instance. You made the HRB go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Mr. Watt take responsibility for that due to the manner in which the secondment was handled? That is the key question here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Somebody must take responsibility for Tony Holohan pulling out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Watt, nobody disputes that. However, this is public money and you tried to present it that people asking genuine, legitimate questions about procedures and how funding was allocated is what led to Tony Holohan pulling out. Is it not your mishandling of the process that has led to this unfortunate situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In the same way that you completely dismiss this report, I will say to you that it is your mishandling-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: You said almost all of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health (19 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: People will make up their mind. I think you are underestimating just how closely people are watching what you have done here. They are absolutely dismayed by what you have done, both in terms of your behaviours that led to Tony Holohan making the decision that he had to make in the end and in terms of the processes and everything being set aside in order that one person could make this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I warmly welcome Dr. Boland and Dr. Fitzpatrick to this interesting discussion. It is the inaugural meeting of the committee's work on the perspectives of constitutional change. We are looking at the part we can play to facilitate the discussion and debate and the actions on the necessary planning for the future in terms of finance and economics, healthcare, environment, natural resources,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In the same way, I suppose, as it does for expats living in France or anywhere else in the world. I know there is a deadline coming up shortly for British and Irish people here who claim British pensions. Dr. Fitzpatrick and Dr. Charles O'Sullivan assert that a constitutional reunification process provides an opportunity to build a new welfare state from the ground up, prioritising the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My next question is for Dr. Boland. Are there practical ways the committee can support the work he is doing, the work of the ARINS project and the vast array of work being done by other academics in planning the constitutional future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important, in that context, to have a framework within which all this work can be done. That is why the work between the two Departments is so important. Indeed, the shared island unit would also have a role there. It is important to have something ongoing that can be built on to capture all of this expertise and bring it together. I note references to Professor Mike...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to acknowledge that Senator Black suggested both witnesses attend. I am grateful to her for that, in addition to her contribution in the Seanad. Many of the social welfare payments are not drawn down in this jurisdiction because of asymmetrical information and the system being too complex. While on the face of it we may think we have all these payments, are they really getting to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 20. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on any progress he has made in returning dentists to the DTSS; the total number of dentists in the system in 2020 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 72. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse cuts and increase the number of beds in community and district hospitals in County Mayo to address the issues of patient flow and delayed discharges from Mayo University Hospital, as highlighted by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify scoring under the scheme for farmers with commonage land where there is active turf cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/23]