Results 3,781-3,800 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is wrong that carers have to come from all over the State to gather outside Leinster House a week after the budget to tell us how they are being neglected. There are men and women there but most of the carers in this State are women and that is one reason they have been left behind. They are absolutely taken for granted. We know that. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I know the Acting Chairman does not want to hear what I have to say.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Senator can stick his fingers in his ears

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I think the House can guess what I want to talk about. We need to talk about the significance for the Oireachtas of the revelations regarding voting behaviour last week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: With all due respect and respect for the procedures of this House, I think this is an extremely important matter that needs to be discussed within this Chamber.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the Acting Chairman saying that we are not allowed to discuss in this House?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will make some general comments about it.I feel I need to because our democracy is predicated on one person, one vote. There are Senators here who might think that does not apply to them-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----and say they are all at it, in a bid to revive the Teflon cloak that has kept them going throughout the years. The question is what would happen if an ordinary citizen rocked up to a polling booth and voted for somebody else or voted twice.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Garda would be called. Voting twice for an absent colleague is not normal practice. I will talk about this Chamber. It is very different for one of us to come in here and sit in someone else's seat and to press the button for somebody who is here, but where somebody is not in the Chamber, those doors are locked for a reason. They are locked and the Senators inside the doors are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the delegates for their presentation. A lot of good and necessary work is being done in mapping, evidence and information that we need. The key to it is not so much the figure of €6.23 billion but where it goes and the policies we have in place to make sure it is going to the right places. When I say "the right places," I mean the communities most affected by marine issues -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would not want items such as the Corrib gas project to be included. There is minimal benefit to the community from the employment created and Dr. Connolly knows that there are enormous tax concessions for the project that enable no corporation tax to be paid for 20 to 25 years. Are there specific studies outside of Ireland's Ocean Economy of where the benefits are and the costs involved,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: What is Dr. Beamish's concept of a supertrawler?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. Is Dr. Beamish concerned about the impact on sustainability of the supertrawlers, given the dredging in which they engage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is Dr. Beamish content that they operate in an ecologically friendly matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Dr. Beamish think we are fulfilling that control responsibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have a question about the economic impact of Brexit, especially in the context of the landbridge, aquaculture and the problems that might present. The report explains the matters related to the bands of less than 20 hours, up to 40 hours and 60 hours, with the impact they will have on the small shellfish exporter in Ballina. I also want to ask about the assessment of whether there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: What are the tariffs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is Dr. Beamish satisfied that we are prepared enough to protect that trade with regard to where we are now with Brexit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: There is a lot of concern, especially in respect of the landbridge and how people are going to get from A to B with such a perishable product. This report is very good but Brexit could throw it out the window along with the 2030 projections. That is my concern. On the co-ordination role and the national grid and wave energy, and specifically the wave energy project off the coast of...