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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale presented to him by Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the use of a private operator for the Luas, unlike all other rail infrastructure in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11219/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think Mr. Brady is going to go next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would need more than a minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: At this point, I want to acknowledge Aingeal O'Donoghue and the really good work that she did. It is not easy to set up a unit like that. I want to commend her work and the work that is being done here. I am looking forward to being able to develop some of that in my next slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Chair is very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I am thankful for the discussion so far too. When it is said there is a whole-of-government approach, does that mean there is a section in each of the Departments that deals with North-South engagements, such as capital expenditure, North-South strategy, etc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am just trying to establish whether there is a dedicated unit in each Department looking at North-South projects and planning. I will explain why I wish to know about this context. There are several reasons. Deputy Louise O'Reilly and I met the British Irish Chamber of Commerce the other day as well, which is the collective representative group for businesses. Its representatives were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Those business representatives were complimentary of the work being done by the Department. I will just pass that message on. I do, however, think these processes need to be formalised to ensure we are ahead of the curve here. I refer to the many things we need to do on Brexit, for example, in respect of goods and services, and opportunities we need to avail of as they arise. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am talking about the stage which is almost pre-animation, the very grassroots stage, when, as Ms Deane will know, it can be difficult to access funding. Regarding PEACEPLUS, for example, it is just difficult in terms of the processes involved in a context where an attempt is being made to build capacity in terms of individuals and communities. Did Ms Deane say the civic fund was under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It would be good then to have representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs come before the committee to allow us to look at the reconciliation fund, the civic fund and the funds that come under their auspices. I recommend the committee take on board this suggestion at some point. Mention was also made of the local authorities, and I absolutely agree about the potential in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is an onus on local authorities and their members to ensure information concerning this application process for co-operation permeates out and it is not just a matter of the executive of the local authorities pursuing whatever project they might think should be the focus of any such efforts. I say this because, as Ms Deane will know, there are all sorts of activists in different groups...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is really good. The committee may also be able to make use of the work being done there too. If we take the area of women in the Constitution, which we are doing, if we can have them in that dialogue it can bring the work a bit further too and have it in our Oireachtas reports. We can see how we can work that. On the ESRI, we have looked a lot at goods for businesses but if it looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. This might be something we will bring up with the Taoiseach again to see how it all fits together and to formalise it because this is what businesses are asking for now in terms of being able to offer support.

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: An example of how the health services in County Mayo are getting worse and worse is a call I got from a mother today who has been waiting three years for her child to get a diagnosis. Finally, she said she could not stick another night of this and had to take the child to the hospital. I would say she is probably in the accident and emergency department in Castlebar hospital right now....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Dr. Kelly for his statement. It concurs with a lot of what we have heard on the SPU so far. I will concentrate my time on a concern I have. We are a budgetary oversight committee. I refer to Government expenditure for mica and pyrite homes and what can be done about it within the remit of the Central Bank. On a macro level, we are predicted to spend about €3.65 billion on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. I know that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I absolutely and completely understand that, but I would be negligent in my duty, while we have any member of the Central Bank before us, not to raise the issue that is most pressing across the whole of the western seaboard, including in terms of our overall public expenditure. I would therefore really appreciate it if the witnesses would speak to that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I really appreciate that and I thank Dr. Kelly. I ask him to do that because there are mixed messages in a sense coming out from the Central Bank. I think the Central Bank has a central role to play for us in trying to get this right not only to protect taxpayers' money but also to enable people to get on with their lives. Banks should never be capitalising from people's misery on assets...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The ESRI said that Ireland was among the countries with the lowest investment in housing in the EU in 2022, only exceeding Greece, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is shocking, given what we hear constantly from the Government. In the quarterly bulletin, the Central Bank talks about how labour constraints are easing. Will Dr. Kelly expand on that and outline if increased public...