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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Let us have consider the position. My concern relates to the businesses that cannot get insurance in the towns where activity has stagnated on foot of the fact that, despite the investment which has been made, it is not possible to get insurance. I will not even go in the direction of where the OPW has not carried out or completed works. Can Mr. Thompson give us a map of the streets in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is the problem. Transparency is so important in this area, as it is in other insurance areas as well. We know that whole areas are being refused insurance and yet an organisation such as Mr. Thompson's does not think that information is valuable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: If whole areas of the country are excluded from insurance that is a problem. That is why Deputy McGrath's Bill is so important. It must be enacted so that insurance cover can be obtained for those areas and for the individuals living within them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: In order that I understand what Mr. Thompson is saying, if we were to collect the data through the CSO, he would accept those data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is really important to have that in the mix in respect of what we are doing. Does the insurance industry have a problem with the standard of the work of the OPW?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: If the memorandum of understanding was working, however, we would not be here today and there would not be whole areas telling us that they are not getting insurance. It is obviously working for someone but it is not working for the individual businesses and residences. That is part of the problem. Will Mr. Thompson explain why, if someone has been getting insurance continuously on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We will only know that when we see the actual maps rather than the percentages. The lack of data and transparency really muddies the water. On that basis I really welcome this Bill. I will leave my questioning at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As a gesture of Insurance Ireland's genuine intent to solve this problem and make the memorandum of understanding work, will it request the insurance companies to provide insurance where works have been done and investment has been made? Mr. Thompson says there is no problem with the OPW work. Could this not happen? We need to see it working on the ground. This could be done overnight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I support the Senator's suggestion that we bring the major insurance companies before the committee. We are not getting anywhere in this conversation.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I acknowledge the work of Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh who has left the Sinn Féin group. The Senator was a valued and respected member of the team and I thank him for his work. I wish him and his family well. I am sure that we will continue to co-operate on the many issues that remain important to us all.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Today, like others, I want to speak about the failure to reach a deal regarding the future of the Irish Border and the progression of Brexit negotiations, which was regrettable. Far from being a victory for any particular side, it would have offered clarity and certainty to all of us. The DUP-Tory deal was always going to end in disaster. It was cobbled together in chaos and is now...

Seanad: Department of Rural and Community Development: Statements (5 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House this afternoon. I very much welcome the post and the setting up of the Department of Rural and Community Development. There is a huge expectation around it. While the Minister has €220 million in his budget, I do not believe this is enough to make the changes that are needed in rural Ireland. I believe that amount will only tweak things...

Seanad: Department of Rural and Community Development: Statements (5 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I was doing my job.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the House to take this Commencement matter. I did receive notification that the payment was in process in the case of the particular school on which I submitted a query regarding the minor works grant.I very much welcome it, but it raises the wider question of the desperate financial dire straits in which many small rural schools find...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am pleased that the announcement was made. I ask that the payments be expedited so that they get into the bank accounts of the schools as quickly as possibly. Could it be considered for next year that the grant would be brought forward? Even if it was brought forward a month, everything would not be brought into the last couple of weeks...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask the Deputy Leader to bring in the Minister to tell us why the national children's hospital cannot be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. We hear again today of further nonsense around the name Phoenix and the possibility of being sued over this by an American hospital. I cannot understand why the hospital cannot be named after such a wonderful woman as Kathleen Lynn. If I thought for one...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: This section provides for cuts to the universal social charge, USC, and income tax that amount to €335 million. These are being made at a time when we have a housing emergency and a health service that is creaking at the seams. These are political decisions and many people are quite gobsmacked by them. The national newspapers have repeatedly covered the concerns regarding...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I disagree with the Minister of State. What is the point in somebody saving a few euro on USC when they cannot get the treatment they need in a hospital or when they are lying on a trolley? I am not sure from where the Minister of State is getting his impression of the investment that is needed in rural Ireland but there are people who cannot get out of their houses because there is no...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: At this particular time, we cannot give tax cuts to people. If one asked any people on the street whether they would prefer tax cuts or investment in vital public services, they would choose vital public services.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We cannot have people-----