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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Deputy O'Reilly is to come. She will probably be here, but if she is not I will continue on. Sinn Féin and I, and my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, have been warning this Government since October 2021 – two years ago – that our electricity pricing system was broken and that high gas prices were leading to skyrocketing prices for wind energy companies. At each stage, the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As things stand, many homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks are unable to access working capital loans from the banks to start the remedial works on their houses. Aside from the well-documented shortcomings of the scheme, such people simply cannot afford to access it. They need invoices for €100,000 of completed work to have grant funding released by the local authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I really appreciate that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to pupils entering the Junior Certificate cycle in public post-primary schools; and the first- and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to pupils entering the Leaving Certificate cycle in public post-primary schools, assuming a grant rate of €192, €200...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will take it from there. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach had a meeting with the Central Bank, and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council as well, yesterday. It was very obviously that people in this country have never worked so hard, and they are working really hard, but the rates of deprivation continue to rise. That is what we need to examine....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When we were discussing taxation and welfare here, it came across strongly that there was a real opportunity here to create something that we never had an opportunity to create before on the island of Ireland since the setup of a system that was really underpinned by the inclusive values of everybody across the island. Is this also a real opportunity as well in terms of the comprehensive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Do any others want to speak to that? What strikes me from what Mr. Reidy said is that somebody from Cork should be guaranteed the same rights as somebody from Belfast and vice versaand that people living on the island should know that they have a certain set of rights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Boyle and Deputy Wynne, who has had to leave. Has Senator Black spoken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I call Deputy Tully then.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: For months, we have been asking the Minister to do the right thing by homeowners. These are the same homeowners who Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael purport to support and hold in high regard. As each month goes by, people realise that these are just empty words and that lip service is being paid to these struggling mortgage holders, who cannot afford to continue with the crippling rates they...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Professor McMahon for his statement, which is critical of the Government stance. I want to ask a question, because I agree with some of what he says, such as "planning for future pressures, and making decisions today that can be sustained into the future will be essential to avoid painful decisions at a later time." We talk about the economy overheating and us being at full...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Professor McMahon believe that can be done also to address the challenges we have in housing and health?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is Professor McMahon saying that, at the moment, there needs to be a cooling of the economy?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Dr. McDonnell for his statement. I agree that how we assess the current economic situation is key to determining the correct policy response in the budget. Dr. McDonnell also stated that demand has been sustained by the winding down of saving, and fiscal stimulus. He went on to talk about how the economic outlook for the next 12 months is mixed, with the global economic environment...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: One could say that people have never worked so hard, so why is it that we have such rising rates of deprivation? That is the challenge. When one looks at home owners in the context of interest rates, there have been ten hikes and we are asking households to absorb hundreds of euro in extra payments per month. It is just not sustainable. Something has to crack. Our guests have talked...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I agree with all of that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is a positive move that local authorities and public bodies seem to be waking up to their obligations to take on apprenticeships and all of that. That will help. Obviously, there is a lagging effect. It will be a number of years before we see the benefits. We also need an all-island approach to apprenticeships in order to increase our labour market.