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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Leader Programmes Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Thank you. I congratulate the Minister on his new position. We are happy in Mayo and in rural Ireland to have somebody at the Cabinet table. There are huge expectations of the Minister and a lot of issues to be dealt with. I wish him well in his work. It is important for us all to work together. I thank the Minister for coming to the House to address the very serious issue arising from...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Leader Programmes Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have five minutes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Leader Programmes Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am in daily contact with Leader companies. I need to make the Minister aware that even some of the promises regarding expression of interest, Article 48 and procurement issues that were made during those meetings are being rolled back on and I ask him to look at this again. He will also be aware, looking at the whole programme, how much the funding has been cut. Even if we take Cork...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Leader Programmes Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Will the Minister's Department be the lead Department for Leader? Perhaps he could clarify that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Senator Boyhan for his comments about how important the Stormont negotiations are at this crucial stage. Obviously we want agreement. As the late Martin McGuinness said from the beginning, we want an agreement based on equality, parity and fairness. That is what we are fighting for on an hourly basis with the hope the institutions can get back up and running again to do the job...

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State and say "fair play" to the activists, Senators Norris and Boyhan, Deputy John McGuinness and all the other people who have made it possible for us to discuss this Bill. I acknowledge its attempts to stop the tide of citizens and families being turfed out on the streets. It was apt earlier when Senator Norris spoke about evictions, because that is what they...

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is being paid to service the debt that is being privatised.

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: What are we paying-----

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Minister of State is saying that €30 billion-----

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome everybody in the Gallery. I commend all the people who have brought us to where we are today with the Bill. I know exactly what Senator O'Sullivan is trying to do with the amendment and I completely appreciate it. The reason I do is because I am from the area of the Corrib gas project. I saw, followed, witnessed and lived through everything that happened with regard to the...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I commend everyone who has been involved in this Bill, including Deputy Tony McLoughlin who is present. It is a very happy day in terms of this Bill being passed, but we need to progress the ban on offshore fracking. I welcome the Minister's words on that.I thank Senator Grace O'Sullivan for tabling that amendment and for putting that signpost there. It is firmly on the agenda and will be...

Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for being present. I did not know whether to laugh or to cry when I saw this motion. When I heard that Fianna Fáil believes that the best option is for people to be kept in their own homes, I thought of how I longed to hear that sentence in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 when we led campaigns to try to stop Fianna Fáil from socially and economically...

Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is the Tory Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I also congratulate Senator Buttimer and his partner, Conchobhar. I wish them every happiness and good luck with their wedding plans. It was a joy to hear that good news on the radio this morning. I commend the people of Waterford, many of whom I met outside this afternoon. I express my condolences to the family of Thomas Power. I have absolute solidarity with them because those of us in...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I will be brief and the reason I will be brief is this Bill gives us the instruments we need to prosecute the crime of domestic violence. I will not take up all my time talking about it because we have spoken about it on other Stages. Those of us who have worked with victims and survivors of domestic violence for a number of years know exactly...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for his response. I am very concerned about the direction the debate is going. The reason I am concerned is that each and every one of these amendments has been informed by what survivors of domestic violence and abuse are saying they need to protect them and to ensure their safety. It seems that we are saying that is too complex to be done. I am really concerned...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will not keep going until 7 p.m. I am not at all comfortable with us not using the tools available to us here today. If we were to push any of the amendments to a vote, we would win the vote with the support of the House against the Government. It is a serious matter and it does not sit well with me that we are not using those tools. I respect the collective decision of the House not to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We are very dissatisfied that a deal has not been done to get the assembly up and running in the North. I thank the Sinn Féin negotiating team for doing everything humanly possible to get a deal, and indeed others in wider civic society for the hugely positive role they have played in trying to get the Executive and assembly up and running. The fact that we do not have a deal rests...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to highlight the amendment brought forward by my Sinn Féin colleagues in the Dáil last night, in which our key priorities relating to waste charges were laid out. We are opposed to pay-by-weight charges and do not want an independent regulator. Fianna Fáil introduced a motion that would not block the new charges but would regulate them. This is a classic case of...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That was a fundamental mistake and should be reversed. The Government is selling this new regime while championing the idea that competition will ensure prices are kept low and there are no sudden spikes. That is not going to happen. We have a lot of unlimited companies - are we going to be depending on them to keep prices low and create competition?It has not happened in the insurance...