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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That will be up to the Government. All of this work will matter nothing if it does not reduce the cost of premiums. My experience is that they are continuing to escalate. I hope involvement from the Central Bank, and the Comptroller and Auditor General indirectly, will lead to reasonable costs for insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. Kissane for all the work he has done and continues to do on behalf of people who have been and continue to be affected by this scandal. We spoke earlier of lives lost. I know that is difficult to quantify but Mr. Kissane is probably the person best able to assess how many people are not alive today because of this debacle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Professor Philip Lane has told us that all customers will be compensated by the end of June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The appeals process deals with the level of compensation and redress. If someone received a letter to say that they have not been impacted, is it the case that there will be no mention of an appeal mechanism?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: We need to raise the communication to people who are told they are not impacted with the Central Bank. That would be useful. On KBC, is there a broader issue with people who bought either mortgage through a broker? Mr. Kissane touched on it in his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Kissane think that anyone will be penalised or jailed for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that. On the issues of individual culpability and sanctions, it is very important to prevent a recurrence. If this is not achieved, the institutions will basically have got away with their activity, and individuals will have got away with certain behaviour. Mr. Kissane will agree the excuse of trying to save the bank is not a laudable one for what I consider criminal activity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Mr. Padraic Kissane (8 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand how Mr. Kissane is trying to hone in and how he must do so to get the results he absolutely needs and that families and individuals deserve. I found it quite difficult to understand why there are not unannounced inspections by the Central Bank given the scale of the scandal. Does Mr. Kissane believe there should have been?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I rise today to talk about the impact of the recent weather on the farming community. I ask that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine would come to the House to discuss what emergency plan he has put in place, in particular to deal with the fodder crisis, which has been ongoing for some months but because of the weather we have had in the past week the crisis has escalated and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The flag has flown.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I would love to give an answer. Maybe Apple-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is not easy at all but it is very easy for people who do not pay any tax.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: They get something for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: They get a whole list of things.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Leader cannot stand up and make these statements-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----but not allow us to respond.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is a cowardly way to do business. I will debate Irish Water with the Leader at any time.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: No, not at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will have a row with Senator Buttimer any time.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is, but the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, review is hugely important.