Results 781-800 of 4,002 for speaker:Rose Conway Walsh
- Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: There is an underspend in the sheep scheme.
- Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: We will just continue with this. These are our figures. The Minister is part of the same Government that said that 700 farming jobs a week were created in 2013, which fed into the 62,000 jobs that had been created in that year. Perhaps the Minister will hear me out to identify the sources of income. GLAS underspent by between €60 million and €70 million. There was an...
- Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: REPS 2 was intended for Connacht and Donegal.
- Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: How are you going to get higher-----
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (24 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: What people will ask is who has been in government for the past six years and who was in government in the years before that period when all of this was happening. Where does the buck stop? Who was in charge of the asylum? Did the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement have proper resources available to it? What were the checks and balances when it was set up? Accountability was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: I was just getting Deputy Doherty's attention. He is going before me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. This is a little like peeling an onion: we get layer upon layer all the time, but each day it is more informative as things come to mind. I am particularly interested in the transitional arrangements and in why Revenue is not talking directly to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the UK. I ask the witnesses to clarify whether there is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: Even just to have the conversations, to build the relationships, to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: Should we not be using those relationships?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: So it is a discussion rather than a negotiation. Could Mr. Cody clarify whether there is a legal impediment to negotiations between us and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: -----so we can have discussions but not negotiations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: We cannot do that as a single member state.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: I completely understand that. Regarding investment in IT infrastructure, is it a matter of discussing with the United Kingdom its current systems? Are we already completely familiar with them? What might the UK systems look like after Brexit or during a transition period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is Mr. Cody familiar with those? I will not continue with this element any further. I am happy that there are at least discussions on it. Those discussions should continue. I would have more faith in those than on relying on 27 member states to get the best deal for us. If after Brexit I buy a dress in Belfast for €500, is there a danger that I will be stopped on the way back to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: That is right. What if the dress is worth €400?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: Really? That is for everybody. I need to work this into my budget. Anybody who purchases anything in the North will be expected to make an individual declaration. If he or she does not, he or she will be breaching Revenue rules. Does Mr. Cody believe that is practical?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: They would be smuggling
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: My colleague is saying 7% of people are stopped in Norway. I would have a 7% chance of being stopped. There will be many law-breakers here. It will be a huge problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: What if somebody from the North is buying the dress in Dublin, going the other direction?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Rose Conway Walsh: I would still be breaking the law, regardless. Therefore, I will have my conscience to deal with.