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Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Did the Minister refer to how the intention was to smear Sergeant McCabe? When the Minister spoke to the Taoiseach about the matter did she just speak about the allegation of sexual abuse or did she speak about it as being an attempt to smear Sergeant McCabe? Having spoken directly to the Minister, to what extent did the Taoiseach assure her that Tusla would be within the terms of reference...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the counsellor still engaged by the HSE? I am just trying to be helpful in reminding the Minister. Is the counsellor still there? Have any of the staff been suspended?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am a returned emigrant. I returned from London. I am familiar with the great work that both Ms McHugh, in Mulranny, and Mr. Staunton do with the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform. I agree with much of what they are saying. The minute one gets on a boat, as I did quite a long time ago, one loses citizenship. One goes from being an Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not every day that I stand here and agree completely, fully and wholly with Senator McDowell. It is disturbing that the Garda Commissioner is refusing to step aside for the duration of the public tribunal of inquiry. It is even more disturbing that the Government, the Cabinet and their partners in government, Fianna Fáil, feel that this is okay. It is wrong and I would ask all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Chairman asked the question I was going to ask on the action points and what specifically has been done. Does the Minister of State have any figures on whether there has been a movement in the cost of insurance over the past four months since we started this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Until we actually see the specific actions it is difficult for us to have an in-depth discussion. An issue raised was that there was no transparency in the bills received by customers as to what justified the rise. Has this been changed? When can people expect to receive bills which will outline clearly why the premium has increased or decreased?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Minister of State is saying by the second half of this year people can expect to receive bills which will show itemised costs which they can clearly see.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We hear all the time that people are claiming more. I would put it the other way around. Many people are not claiming because they are so afraid that if they claim it will increase their premiums even further so they try to pay the costs themselves when they are involved in accidents. Transparency and the availability of raw data was a big issue. Is more being made available? Can the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We heard a presentation yesterday by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform on the theme of returning emigrants. One of the big points concerned the huge premiums people returning to the country were being charged. Has anything specific happened since the report came out to ease the burden on those who are being refused insurance or being charged huge premiums?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask the Minister of State to report back to the committee on any of the actions that have been implemented, or where he sees progress being made. We can keep it monitored to keep up to speed to know that all of the meetings we have had with all of the actors in the industry have paid off, as well as having the Central Statistics Office, CSO, figures, which will tell us whether premiums...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second Senator Victor Boyhan's proposal that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine be asked to come to the House to discuss the issue of GLAS payments.The GLAS files were submitted to the Department in May and December 2015, but payment is still awaited. I raised this issue in January. It is not acceptable that we are being told at this late stage that the computer is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will be at a meeting of the finance committee then. I call on the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Humphreys, to return to the Chamber to explain how, on one hand, action No. 124 of the Action Plan for Rural Development asserts that, "these regional institutions will have greater industry links, support enterprise, underpin diversity and promote...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. Broderick for his presentation. One of the major focuses of the Financial Services Union is on the culture of banking and how bad it was before the crash. Mr. Broderick had made seven very good suggestions in this regard. Does Mr. Broderick see evidence of any backsliding towards old habits returning? I have heard of one bank in particular making some very worrying moves such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The danger is that we backslide to exactly where we were before the crash. One issue Mr. Broderick does not really touch on is the regulation. What is the union's view on the role and fitness of the Central Bank as regulator in 2017? We have talked about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: With regard to some of the more recent scandals, such as those over tracker mortgages and higher interest rates and even some of the decisions taken on the arrears cases, we see a lot of consumer-led action and then political action. It is striking, however, how few whistleblowers have emerged from within the industry. Does Mr. Broderick believe a potential whistleblower within the bank has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Coming from a rural area, I share Mr. Broderick's concerns on rural banking, in particular, and the social and economic exclusion owing to the technology within the banks. Mobility and access arise in this regard. Has the union stopped any of the branches from being closed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is particularly the case since people cannot now get through to their local branch. That they cannot make a telephone call to speak to anybody within the branch is of concern, especially to people who are already marginalised and the elderly, but also people who just want to talk about their money. At the end of the day, it is their money and it does not belong to the bank. There is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to ask about tracker mortgages, the redress scheme, and the issue of some banks not including their staff members. I understand one bank, in particular, is not including staff members in the redress arrangement for tracker mortgages.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Has the union got assurances on that right across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am pleased to learn that because it was quite alarming to think staff would be excluded. On Brexit and the North, there is much speculation about what Brexit might mean for the financial sector in Ireland. It is generally agreed that Brexit is bad news for the economy, but there is a chance that some banks and even the European Banking Agency might locate here. The union represents...