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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The solution is not to have the Border in Ireland. Sorry, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think that was a very good session. We will look at it again as we develop this module. We might have the witnesses in again or maybe, if it is okay with them, we will put some questions to them that may arise as we are discussing the issues with other witnesses. I very much hear what they are saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am keeping my eye on the screen for Questions on Promised Legislation. My first question is for Ms Finn. It is very alarming that after two years, only 7% of the smart regions enterprise innovation scheme fund has been drawn down. We all agree that more needs to be done to support small and medium-sized businesses yet we have a scheme here with only 7% drawdown. Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I apologise if I seem rude because I have one eye on the screen. Were the enterprise hubs involved in the design of the scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Surely that is the fault. This is the fault over and over again. The weakness in these schemes is that the people or entities these schemes set out to target and to help are not involved in setting them up. It is very obvious that people who are one step or several steps removed are designing something that just does not work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is it, exactly. It is not rocket science.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is a question of involving the people we are trying to target to help in the design of the scheme. It would save so much money on nonsense and administration. I will save my question for ISME until the second round if that is okay. As a committee, we need to address what the witnesses have brought before us today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We have been advocating it for years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We see this very much in terms of paying workers a decent wage and making up the gap. One way we see of doing this is through a PRSI rebate. We included this in our alternative budget last week. This would be to make the books balance. How would this work for Mr. Filan's business or other businesses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Filan is right and there is a combination of issues, including energy. Mr. Filan comes from the west of Ireland and he sees all of the wind turbines everywhere. Why is his small business not benefiting from this renewable energy and a reduction in energy prices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is crazy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We need transparency. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for allowing me to ask the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask Mr. McDonnell to speak to point 7 in his written submission: "Revenue to produce a cost-benefit analysis of enhanced reporting, and abandon it if not materially justified."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (2 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 170. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of individuals on the waiting list for home help in County Mayo; the plans in place to reduce this list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52555/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (2 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on safe staffing levels in the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; the plans to address recruitment and retention at the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52554/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a lot to say in three minutes. I will confine my comments to ISME this time. I want to make it absolutely clear that since prior to 2020 we have advocated for an agency that is dedicated to small and medium businesses. Sometimes this is ignored and we speak about parties that are pro-business and parties that are not. It is absolutely vital that we have a dedicated enterprise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know my time is up but I wanted to ask about a PRSI rebate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Absolutely. That is a very good example of red tape. I do not believe in deregulation. We need to be careful about the space being used for deregulation. We only have to look at the billions we are paying for defective concrete blocks because there was no regulation of the quarries, but Mr. McDonnell has given a perfect example of what needs to be done to get rid of the unnecessary...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is a lack of transparency around this budget. It is disgraceful. Despite having 15 Ministers and 23 Ministers of State, we have no costings of existing levels of service. How does the Government know what is going on within the Departments if it does not know the costings of the levels of services that are already in place? How does the Government know how much it has for new...