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

Rose Conway Walsh: I will not take more than a minute. It perturbs me to hear the witness say this should have been handled in a more calm, measured way when 18 women are dead and over 200 are affected by this. There are women fighting for their lives. I cannot apologise for there being anger about this. I beg Mr. Connaghan to address the protectionism and the power and control that exist within the HSE....

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

Rose Conway Walsh: We understand that. Why did the programme not say 30% in the leaflet? Why did it say that there is just a small chance? Why did the programme not instruct GPs to tell women when they were having their smears that there is a 30% chance that it might not be good and that if the women were having any symptoms they should disclose them? Why did the programme not make that a priority in its...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I, too, condemn the slaughter of the Palestinian women, men and children over the weekend. This is nothing new, but those atrocities have focused people's minds. For that reason, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the House would get a full report from the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on his meeting with the Israeli ambassador. It is not good...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Rather than divide the House I accept the Leader's bona fides and that the Minister will be in here as soon as possible to have this serious debate.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (15 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss this Bill, which I welcome. The Bill transfers many of the functions under the other radiological protection Acts to one Minister. It deals with nuclear safety in the State but does not deal with the threat posed by nuclear power plants in close proximity to the State. The most concerning of these is the plant formerly known as...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I hope Senator Ivana Bacik has made contact with the Sinn Féin office for foreign affairs on that issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----because I have no doubt that a compromise can be reached, but it needs to be done properly. Anybody who listened to "Morning Ireland" this morning would have heard Ms Emma Mhic Mhathúna, a 37 year old mother of five children, say she was dying but did not need to be and that her anger outweighed her fear of dying. While I hate saying this, the question must be asked as to whether...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: As the only woman present at the committee, I want to send our solidarity to Emma. What really struck me was the fact that her anger outweighs her fear of dying. If that does not say something on behalf of the women of Ireland, I am not sure what does. If that does not force accountability on those who are responsible for the cover-ups and negligence, I do not know what it takes to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Professor Lane for his presentation. I look forward to the day that we do not have to take up time dealing with tracker mortgages examination because it is holding the committee back from dealing with other issues. I would like to put a few questions to him about what the Central Bank thinks might be acceptable under its code of conduct for dealing with tracker mortgages. I refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The vast majority of the complaints I have received about communications relates to a single bank. There is a pattern with this that needs to be examined. I appreciate the witness saying she will look further into this because I believe it must be probed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Ms Rowland. I have a couple of questions for Professor Lane. One thing that bothers me is whether the Central Bank is a bank for Dublin or for all the State. With regard to unemployment, reducing unemployment and so forth, I am from Mayo in the west and there are vast areas that have huge unemployment. It is up to 30% or 35%. My colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, spoke about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will explain how it connects to all of this, and I understand the difference between Central Bank policy and Government policy. Consider what is happening with the deferred tax assets, which are quantified at €215 billion. A sum of €215 billion could provide a great deal of vital infrastructure in the west and rural Ireland. Indeed, it could provide many homes to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wonder how much we are losing in all of this and the choices - the witness mentioned "compared to what" earlier - instead of giving these tax breaks and incentives. I believe there is a threat there in terms of us losing control over our property market. There is all of this activity but there is little to back it up, and we have little control over it. For me, it is just adding to what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I appreciate that. My time is limited but while I appreciate the reassurances that the same thing could not happen again, I believe there is too much that is external.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The risks outweigh the benefits, particularly in housing and dealing with homelessness and all of the other factors that feed into it. We cannot take any of these things in isolation. Does Professor Lane think it is right that the banks which we have bailed out and with which we have struggled and with which we on this committee continue to struggle can get away with not paying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not and the people who have suffered as a result of the crisis and what the banks did in this country know that it is not cost free. The committee will soon deal with the markets in financial instruments directive which shines a light on many of the darker areas of financial services. In November a Russian bank defaulted on $500 million worth of loans made through a Dublin office. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is there a reputational or economic risk involved in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We should never facilitate it.