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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: There is a tendency to try to get to the truth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is the only reason that my colleagues and I are here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I just need to ask Mr. Burgess one more question. Does Mr. Burgess think it is reasonable that these vulture funds have access to the Department of Finance, that they are traipsing in and out of the Oireachtas week after week and month after month, having access to the very heart of Government? Is it right that they have that access or should that access be stopped until they come out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Burgess think that the tracker mortgage debacle and scandal would have been uncovered if it was not for the questions that were put in this committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: So it was nothing to do with the work of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach, which gave those who suffered as a result of the debacle a voice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We knew that information already. We wanted to hear about the impact of that scandal on people. I need to ask Mr. Hall whether he thinks it is right that these vulture funds have direct access to the Department of Finance and to the Minister for Finance, when they will not appear in public before a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I know others want to contribute, a Chathaoirligh, and I thank all the witnesses.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to convey my condolences to the family of Tom Murphy. I pay tribute to Tom Murphy for his wonderful works and creativity. Rural Ireland, in particular, is much better off due to the life of Tom Murphy. I commend all the work he did to highlight the torture of emigration over the decades. He had an understanding of what it was like to tear families and communities apart....

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am not saying anything about the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am taking ownership and saying I do not believe him.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The reason I find it incredibly hard to believe is that I have been looking at the documentation, which is about how to conceal this, dripping out the information and having the headlines and everything ready. There is also the language used. To think that it would not have escalated to the Minister is beyond credible. We have the documentation from some of the meetings - undoubtedly we do...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I second the motion put forward by my colleague, Senator Ó Donnghaile. Many issues could be discussed today as serious issues are happening in our country. We decided, however, as a Sinn Féin team in this House that justice for the hooded men was more important than anything else. That was because this is a very time-limited decision. A decision needs to be made today and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What disturbs me is that this has been presented as normal. It is normal because there is a failure rate and everybody should know so really the women should have known. I do not like that because it suggests it was the women's fault because they did not know that there would be a 30% failure rate. All of this stuff makes really interesting reading in the documentation provided so far....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: So every six weeks. When did the audit start? I know it was initiated in 2010. When did it actually start being done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Were there not any red flags in the audit from 2010 to 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I only have five minutes so I really need to get to the bottom of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: So between 2010 and 2016, everything was hunky dory? There were no problems, nothing was being flagged and there was nothing of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have gone through all of that. I am trying to find out about the five-year period between 2010 and 2016. Was there nothing there that caused concern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: There was nothing there that caused concern to anybody at any point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I return to the meetings with the Minister. Who sets the framework for those meetings? Is there a regular agenda? How is it decided?