Results 501-520 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the witness not at all concerned with the tardiness of Government in responding to any of these issues once they have been submitted by Revenue?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to raise the lack of physiotherapy services to meet the needs of children in the west. It is timely that this Commencement matter is being heard today after last night's programme on RTE. I commend RTE on the programme and on highlighting what all of us know has been happening for many years, which is that people are suffering in pain while they wait for vital treatment. I hope the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for that. I welcome the fact that a task force has been set up, but the crux of it is that the money be used to meet the needs of the individual patient, because the same treatment is not suitable across the board. I disagree with the Minister of State in terms of the picture he paints of children being able to access physiotherapy when they need it. That is...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I refer to last night's programme on RTE. I commend RTE for the service it has done in highlighting the problem of waiting lists. It is not a new phenomenon to us as we deal with it every day, as we have for the past few years. It is deplorable that Minister for Health after Minister for Health, including Deputy Micheál Martin, Mary Harney, Senator James Reilly and the current...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I, too, support that amendment on the basis that ruling it out of order is hiding behind a cloak that there may be some financial liability in the future, without quantifying that in any way, shape or form. I do not think it is right. I agree with my colleague here that it should be brought forward.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Common sense is not all that common and the more time I spend here, the more I realise that. I also want to talk about the amendment that was also ruled out of order on the case of working farmland being a total of 90% of farm assets for the fair deal scheme and that it should be exempted from any valuations or means assessment. This amendment was an attempt to correct a significant anomaly...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am not, but I really have to say this and put it on the record.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will make it very briefly. It is disgraceful that the main means of production that farm families have around this country should be used as an excuse to penalise them. People should think this through. Where will it end up? Will people lose their farms because of it? It is absolutely crazy. The amendment is very simple in that it would allow fairness. It is called a fair deal scheme...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The farming organisations who are depending on us in here to put proper legislation in place will be severely disappointed that the amendment was not accepted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Redmond spoke about our reputation for certainty, which is an important word. However, does he think companies have located in this country because they were certain that they would have to pay little or no tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On that basis, there is no threat to multinationals investing in Ireland regardless of the outcome of the tax ruling or what tax they might have to pay in the future. Mr. Redmond is saying the taxation element of our competitiveness is almost insignificant in attracting foreign direct investment. People are quite happy with the 12.5%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Imagine if absolutely no methodology was used and one could not trace anything. How would that make matters appear? One hears somebody say to the US Senate that they had a special agreement, but then one hears a few months later that there was no special deal in place. Imagine how confusing that is for ordinary Irish people and, indeed, for people who are thinking of investing here. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Redmond think it was negligent of the Government not to have some type of methodology that could be introduced now? That is the crux of the matter. If the methodology was in place, I believe the EU Commission would be happy with whatever way it was used. What does Mr. Redmond think of the absence of the methodology?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is very difficult to be consistent when one has no methodology or nothing with which one can compare things. I accept that we have a well educated workforce but, looking at the tables for education throughout the world, believing the reason multinationals are attracted to Ireland is that somehow we are more educated than the people of other countries does not hold true. I will move on to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: For example, are there companies paying 0.005% tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Redmond think we had a fair taxation system in 2005?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am referring to corporate taxation. Does Mr. Redmond think we had a fair system in 2005?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: No, what I mean is does Mr. Redmond think we had a fair system when we were operating the double Irish, section 110 and many other vehicles that are used? Was that fair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Investigations into Tax Rulings (resumed) (7 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, but does Mr. Redmond believe it was fair before it was addressed?