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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of the UK's Illegal Migration Act 2023 on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Corrigan for his opening statement. I have two quick questions. If this can be done in the way it has been done, and it is repugnant to the international and legally binding agreement that is the Good Friday Agreement, what else can be done to undermine that agreement? The situation poses that question. Would a bill of rights or a charter of rights, as were provided for in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of the UK's Illegal Migration Act 2023 on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Corrigan for that. One thing the committee can do here, not just specifically in regard to this Bill, is to ask the Irish Government to put additional focus on the bill of rights and the all-island charter of rights. Some good may come out of the awfulness of this, and Mr. Corrigan also mentioned the legacy Bill in that context. I thank him for that.

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I cannot believe the response the Minister has given this. I really thought that he was going to come in here, listen to what was being said and commit to bring forward a Revised Estimate for health because he will have seen by now the disastrous decisions that were made in the budget, but he did not. Instead, he has come in here to paint a picture that is not the reality on the ground....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the capital investment in Defence spending in Budget 2024 is far below the target set in document level of Ambition 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50894/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I move amendment No. 12: In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Report on Relief for Renters 12.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of a refundable tax credit payable to private rental tenants not already in receipt of any State subsidy, equivalent to 8.3...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I cannot understand how Government TDs, including those who represent my county, are allowing this to happen. They have to be seeing the same families and talking to the same people about how much their rent has increased, how they cannot afford it and how families are absolutely crippled with the rises in rents they are being asked to pay. It is atrocious. I welcome the fact that there is...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We proposed it months ago.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: An election.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the amendment. I thank all the GP practices throughout the country that contacted us. I look forward to the strategic review of general practice. I accept the Minister's acknowledgement that there are outstanding issues that remain to be dealt with. There is a huge shortage of GPs, particularly in rural Ireland, and we cannot afford for mistakes like this to be left standing or...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Where did the €850 million in the tables come from? Could that be explained to me in 60 seconds?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is what is left over that has not been allocated

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will not ask any more questions for now because I really have to get to the Dáil for 6 o’clock, but maybe I will get to contribute again. I will have several other questions to ask if they have not been asked by then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will just follow on from that in terms of investments in energy and decarbonisation. Does that mean subsidies can be given to private companies for decarbonisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Are subsidies not being given at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is okay. I was just following on from that. I wonder what direction we are going and how we establish if a subsidy is necessary. We can talk about that again. I want to go back to the issue of ISIF investing in companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. People will be alarmed to discover this because they may not know that their money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Could the funds be set up without this framework being put in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important with these funds that, from day one, people have confidence in where their money is being invested. What has happened to date in terms of ISIF still investing there will cause alarm to people. I do not think it is the right thing to do. I want to continue with my questions. With regard to the €100 billion that the Department is targeting for 2041, is that in...