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Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Particularly as we incentivise actions in terms of climate change, I was talking to the Irish Hotels Federation today and they were talking about the restrictions that are put on the sizes. I was struck by the cap on the number of employees for certain businesses. The more emissions you have, the more you want to reduce them by. They should be included in incentives as well. It should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. People may think this is a bland subject, but it is a subject that we have seen is critically important. That probably relates to my first question. Obviously, we had the Anglo Irish Bank situation, where EY was auditing and failed to report to protect Irish interests. What is different now in the banking system? Could we have another Anglo...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are protections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The other question I want to ask is about companies operating outside the country, for example, the Carillion situation, where that company operated under UK audit oversight. That obviously cost millions upon millions. Contractors and subcontractors were deeply impacted by that, as well as employees of those companies. What do we have in place in that regard? What kind of collaboration do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Say proceedings have been taken or there has been a big fine in another jurisdiction, has IAASA any oversight of that? How does the Government then work in allocating projects for such firms? What protections are in place if an auditing firm is fined in another jurisdiction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How much collaboration does IAASA have with those who have oversight of auditors within other jurisdictions? Is there shared information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If we have really good standards here but they are not so good in another jurisdiction, does IAASA have another oversight of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a brief question about the separation with the big four. It is obviously the big four we are talking about in the main. It is specifically about the approach we have here in terms of the ethical wall. There is no enforced structural split, but the UK and some other jurisdictions are considering a mandatory split. Is that something we should be considering here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not want to take up the Chair's time or that of anybody else on the committee. Do the witnesses think we should be following the UK in the same way with a mandatory split?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Engagement with Chairperson (9 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay, so it is on the table but we have not pursued it.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Tom Brabazon. The joint committee is continuing its pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of defence (amendment) Bill 2025. Joining us today are members of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers. I welcome, on behalf of the committee, Lieutenant Colonel Conor King, general secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Priestley,...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Before I go to the members, I thank our guests for their comprehensive statement. I am really pleased that we were able to facilitate this meeting today. To date, most if not all of the discussion on this general scheme has been taken up with the triple lock but what our guests have outlined today has very serious consequences. I look forward to the discussion with members. I am really...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat. Senator Kyne will be followed by Deputy Ó Laoghaire.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is our understanding that in an evacuation situation, there is not any limitations on the numbers that can be sent. That was clarified by the Department. We will move on to Deputy Callaghan, followed by Senator Clonan.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Before I move to the second round starting with Senator Craughwell, I assure the witnesses that the report will be done before then. It will be out in the next few weeks and all the points RACO raised today will inform the recommendations in it. We may not agree about everything here - we do not; there are a lot of contested opinions about the triple lock - but we are all singing from the...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What will it take to change the culture? In any organisation - we have had it before in banking and everything else - changing culture is most challenging. How does RACO think it can be done? Has there been an examination of how to change culture?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: RACO has the support of the committee in that. I will ask a question about pensions because there is an important point on the occupational supplementary pension. When people are forced to retire at 62, what happens until they reach the age they can avail of the pension?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I can see why that would happen. When we get past this Bill, this is an area we need to do a deeper examination of to try to address it in some way.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will take the point of order but then I will have to move to the next speaker.