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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is cross-party agreement in this House on the necessity to repeal the legacy Act. The Taoiseach will be representing us all when he ensures that happens. The issue I wish to raise with the Taoiseach relates to Frank Stagg. The 50th anniversary of his death will be marked in 2026. The Taoiseach will be aware that Frank Stagg was a hunger striker from Mayo. An academic work on his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an ⁠update on the work of the shared island unit. [6038/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the programme for Government's commitment to implementing the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts. Obviously that includes provision for a referendum on Irish unity. I welcome the enhancement of the shared island unit and wish to say how important it is, in light of the geopolitical turbulence we have seen, that the investment in the initiatives and projects must be to secure...

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Comhghairdeas to the Minister of State. I wish her the best of luck in her new role. I also congratulate the Minister, Deputy Calleary, for the work he has done in this area. I know the Minister of State will acknowledge that we are still behind the curve. I welcome some of the initiatives she has put forward and made us aware of today. I would also like a copy of her speech. It is very...

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It was about the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the board that was recommended.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put financial support in place for businesses affected by Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6593/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is almost four weeks since Storm Éowyn battered the country. I wrote to the Minister early in February to ask that a scheme be put in place urgently to assist businesses affected by the storm. Last week Sinn Féin used its Private Members' business time to call for Government support to businesses. Why has no scheme been put in place to date? Businesses need to know today what...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister might clarify if he got agreement from the insurance companies that the amount they pay will not be impacted. Businesses have two concerns about insurance. The first relates to the excess. If the excess is a couple of thousand euro and their loss is less than that, obviously they will not be able to claim. They are also afraid that their premiums will go up, meaning that over...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to get clarity on this. Will a scheme be put in place for businesses? I welcome what the Minister has said about horticulture. As he knows, the land in Mayo and the west in general does not lend itself to that. Will we have a scheme similar to the one we had for Storm Babet? It is important that is done sooner rather than later because people and businesses want certainty. There...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been made aware of potential job losses in the software sector; if he has asked the IDA to intervene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6594/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We now know that 142 staff are to be laid off by the Irish branch of the global HR and payroll processing company, Workday. When was the Department notified of these job losses? What contact has the Department had with the company and the workers? What is being done for those workers? Has IDA Ireland been involved and how can these workers be helped to find alternative employment and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Last month we learned that Meta is to cut 5% of its staff globally and last year Intel and TikTok notified staff of impending job losses. As the Minister rightly said, there is a significant contraction and it is very important we have a plan in place as this is likely to happen again in the future. Last night we talked with the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, about AI and the implications...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister and I agree with a lot of what he said. Within these strategies, it is always in the implementation and how quickly the implementation can be done. There are opportunities there for self-employment as well. When people find themselves in a situation where they lose their jobs, we should be coming in there to support them. What I am finding in some areas is that when...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the programme for Government commitment to develop strategic development zones; and how this will relate to additional supports for the strategic development zone at Knock Airport. [6595/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the commitment in the programme for Government to develop strategic development zones, SDZs. What will this look like for Ireland West Airport Knock? What timescales will be on that? There is huge untapped potential in our region, which has 95,000 sq. m of commercial enterprise space that can be used for economic development. I welcome the appointment of a manager specifically...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Comhghairdeas to the Minister of State on his new role. We share an interest in Knock Airport and its development. We have talked about it for decades since Monsignor Horan was brave enough, against all the odds, to build the airport. It is obvious that it has not fulfilled its potential. In 2022, the EU downgraded the north and west as a lagging region with a GDP of only 71% of the EU...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is important that people's expectations are not raised. Before elections, there are nonsensical announcements and all that. It is a ten-year period before this will be done with utilities and all of that which needs to be done to develop this zone. Things can be done in the meantime but people's expectations need to be managed. There is a critical opportunity here. In 2021, Sinn...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for the debate yesterday as well. Specifically, how many AI experts are employed in Government now? What efforts are being made in this regard on an all-island basis? We must very much have congruence between North and South in terms of regulation and how we go about maximising the potential of AI technology and where we are now.

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Comhghairdeas, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. You will be sadly missed as Cathaoirleach of the finance committee. I wish you well in your new role. I welcome the opportunity to talk about the agrifood industry. It is a sector that is vital to sustaining rural communities. I again ask the Minister about the damage suffered by farmers during Storm Éowyn, particularly to their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Feb 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the SEAI warmer homes scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/25]