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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I doubt that any house in Dublin ended up like the one in the photograph. That is what people in counties Mayo and Donegal must contend with. Their houses are falling down around them because proper standards were not put in place and there were appalling building regulations and regulations for quarries. This matter must be brought to a conclusion and a redress scheme put in place...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----it is absolutely deplorable that the Garda Commissioner is still in place two days into the inquiry being carried out involving Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I acknowledge the role the post office has played thus far in the life of rural Ireland. It is not acknowledged enough how absolutely vital it is in certain areas. Sinn Féin recognises this but also sees an enhanced role for the post office network far into the future. In our document, A New Deal for the West, we put the local post office at the heart of our plans for communities. We...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the Seanad, which enables me to demonstrate why it is vital that the Minister, Deputy Harris, does everything in his power to address the waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery at the Galway university hospitals. We often hear of hundreds of thousands of people waiting for procedures and appointments at hospitals throughout...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand. I thank the Cathaoirleach, but it is such a serious case.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would appreciate if the Minister of State would relay this case to the Minister, Deputy Harris. I appreciate the review is being done but for people such as Neil on the waiting list, a review is of no consolation to them. Review after review is being done right across the board yet no action is being taken. The consultants are telling us they do not have the resources to do the job. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I seek an urgent debate on motion No. 14 on the Order Paper. Last December, my Sinn Féin colleagues and I requested that the Minister for Social Protection be invited to the House to debate the concerns being raised in communities across the country about the JobPath scheme. I ask the Leader to do this as a matter of urgency and certainly not later than next Wednesday. I am aware that...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: He certainly is busy. We asked last December that he be invited to the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Unfortunately, we are not in government here yet, but when we are we will not be privatising social protection in the way it has been done with JobPath. JobPath is an absolute scandal. I asked specific questions last December when I and Senators Ó Clochartaigh and Gavan raised this matter first. One question was about the set-up of the JobPath scheme and, in particular, about Seetec...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is okay. I agree with you. Last June or July, the Minister said he was going to refer 60,000 unemployed people to private operators under the JobPath scheme, to take the people off the live register and make the numbers look good. We need a proper examination of this. I have encountered cases where people more than 60 years old, who are waiting for hip operations, are being sent to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On a point of information relating to JobPath-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On a point of order, then-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will tell you very simply. The Leader referred to the JobPath review not being completed. It has been completed and published. I have it before me.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have it before me, so I would ask the Leader in that context-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: He was out of order when he told a mistruth.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: He misled the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have the report here.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: No. I am not agreeing to the Order of Business, because misinformation is being presented to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I know the Leader is.