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Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The first issue I wish to raise is the crisis in physiotherapy in Mayo. Hundreds of children and adults are waiting for physiotherapy. Some are waiting for an initial appointment while others have been clinically deemed as desperately needing physiotherapy on a weekly basis but they have not had physiotherapy for months. I appeal to the Minister of State and the Minister to address this....

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move:That Seanad Éireann recognises: - the significant involvement of private, profit making companies in the operation of JobPath where tax payers’ money is used; - that the method and manner in which candidates are chosen for inclusion on JobPath very often includes people who are not long-term unemployed; - that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The people who are watching this debate are people who are affected by JobPath, people who are owned by a private company, people who are told they cannot go on a CE scheme, people who are ordered to do things, people who cannot read or write but are given leaflets by the JobPath providers, people who are experiencing domestic violence and people with mental health difficulties. The type of...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is basically what is involved. When people say "you will not go into government and you will not sit in the seats at Westminster", it is imbecilic. It does not even warrant a response. I will return to the issue, because that was a tactic on the part of Fine Gael to deflect from its importance. It has been said throughout the debate that amendments, suggestions and positive things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As I am not a permanent member of the committee I am very happy to come in after my appointment and ask my questions then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I come from rural Mayo. Home help and provision of care for the elderly is a huge problem right across the country but it is a particular problem in rural Ireland. I accept that home help is not the only care that needs to be provided. Between 2009 and 2010, in one year alone, 32,000 hours of home help were cut in County Mayo. There was not a problem in the provision of home care at that...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to come in to the House. The Agricultural panel in the Seanad is a very important one. We do not see the Minister here often enough. I have asked him to come in on two occasions. The first issue, one we considered yesterday, is to have a full and proper debate about the future of native breeds and how they can be sustained in...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Nobody seems any wiser this afternoon as to when the Tánaiste and then Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, knew of the plan to discredit Maurice McCabe at the O'Higgins commission. The horrendous impact of the disgusting behaviour by those who have been protected by Government on Maurice McCabe and his family is now widely known. Of course, it is not only...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: If the Leader thinks the record I have set out supports the idea that Fine Gael is fit for Government, he has lost all sense. An absolute farce has been happening. Where is the collective Cabinet responsibility in all of this? The lack of detail in the answers that have been given so far serves to increase public cynicism regarding politics in general. Will the Minister come into this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Having been a county councillor for a number of years, I understand the usual challenges as well as those that this Bill will pose in terms of the workload. I wish to address the issue of PAYE salaries. Realistically, everyone will have to have a source of income other than his or her remuneration as a county councillor, which I worked out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I certainly agree with Mr. O'Reilly in that regard. I also agree with him on the diversity needed within the council chamber. When I was a member of Mayo County Council, it amazed me that more than 50% of its elected representatives were auctioneers. It worried me that there was such a concentration of auctioneers on the council. There is an issue with reporting, land ownership, zoning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: There would be specific guidelines on that. Reference was made to the administrative burden. If there was provision for administrative support, would it circumvent that difficulty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is there anything that is not in the Bill that would protect the integrity of public representatives' work at local authorities? Has anything been left out? I am also concerned about the justification in terms of making a complaint. What would stop a person from the opposition making a complaint and it being held against a local authority member during an election?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Or it could be a Fianna Fáiler, the Deputy knows what they are like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: So really what Mr. O'Reilly is saying is that the two bodies representing local authority members could enhance the Bill and address many of the issues we have discussed to improve it. What are the next steps in terms of an input by the bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will finish on this point. Do the witnesses have any idea of the average number of complaints SIPO addresses in a year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, I do think that is a very important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Why does Mr. O'Reilly think I got out?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I commend RTÉ on its "Prime Time" investigates programme last night. One wonders if it is RTÉ or the HSE that is running our health service. We owe a debt of gratitude to Una Smith. I agree that there are fantastic consultants in our hospital system. Many of them are doing a really good job but at the end of the day, 44,864 public patients were not seen because of what is...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Senator Buttimer want us to read our policy document? This is ridiculous.