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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is about fairness and equality. It is not polarising.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is not polarising. How can the Leader say it is polarising in the context of-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Has the Leader read it?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: When?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: What part of it is fantasy?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: That is lies.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: That is nonsense and the Leader knows it.
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I commend the Tánaiste and the Minister of State for holding firm and for not giving in to the bullying behaviour we have witnessed over the last years, months and weeks. I commend the 27 member states who have stood by their word. When Michel Barnier was in the Dáil he gave a firm commitment at that time, and I acknowledge that he has kept his word. The very big difference this...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I do not say this to be argumentative because I really believe that it is very important that we are all on the same page and that there is unity of purpose in addressing the challenges of Brexit, but people who vote for abstentionist candidates are also decent people.
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Some 340,000 people voted for Sinn Féin in the last election in the full knowledge that we are an abstentionist party-----
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: The reason-----
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Perhaps I will tease it out a bit. People voted for abstentionist MPs because they see Westminster as not as the solution but as the problem. The more we see coming out of Westminster the more we recognise that is the problem. When we consider the Six Counties and the neglect over the years and decades and the disparity between North and South, there is an enormous neglect there that has...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I do not think they are having an influence. Then one is in a different situation. To say that also ignores the fact that there is enormous work being done by our MPs and by other MPs in Westminster. One does not have to sit, or lie as the case may be, on the green seats to be able to have an impact. Right from the beginning we have had a case for the North to achieve designated special...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It did. I do not say it was just us because we are team in that sense. Sinn Féin has been proactive right from the get-go in addressing Brexit. We do not embrace it. I am not sure if Senator Feighan referred to that with regard to who canvassed for or supported the Remain side, but we canvassed to remain from the North also, and we used every influence that we had to ensure people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is very useful for us to examine the Irish Banking Culture Board and know the individuals on it. We do not underestimate the challenge in trying to change culture in any organisation but particularly the banks which have been coming before the committee for several years. It reminds me of trying to shovel the snow while it is still snowing. There are many outstanding things that need to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does the board have much liaison with the vulture funds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I appreciate that and I definitely think that a gap exists. The ECB has instructed that the non-performing loans, NPLs, be reduced but not how it should be done. This committee always has tried to encourage the position that NPLs would not just be sold off but that banks would try to work with the customers to work things out. The witnesses have noted that members know a lot about this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Another question is on why they are not obliged to pay tax on that, which is a conversation for another day. I know that the witnesses cannot comment on specific cases that are before the courts but my next query is relevant to Mr. Justice Hedigan's previous role. We have heard evidence from one group, which gave very strong evidence before this committee and subsequently supplied affidavits...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: So maybe in the course of the board's discussions with the banks it would encourage this as a way for the banks to demonstrate to us that they are really, truly genuine about changing the culture within the banking system, and that we will end up with a banking system that has integrity in it. I would appreciate that.