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Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Níl ach beagán Gaeilge agam ach tá cónaí orm sa Ghaeltacht agus tá sé tábhachtach dom go mairfidh an Ghaeltacht. Táim ag iarraidh go mbeadh fostaíocht agus seirbhísí ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht ionas go mbeidh daoine in ann fanacht ann. Tá daoine ag iarraidh a bheith ag obair sa...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I congratulate the Minister, I was delighted by her appointment. It is great to see a woman of her calibre in that position. I am glad that she is here today. As she said in her opening statement, we have much to celebrate since Countess Markievicz, the increased number of women in political life and in other decision-making roles. I very much welcome that. While women have been...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. As other speakers have said, we absolutely endorse the necessity for a national planning framework like this. I welcome some of the initiatives in it, particularly the Atlantic economic corridor. It has huge potential if the money is put into it. It is important that it is there and it is important that investment is targeted at it, especially around Knock...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That costs each citizen in this State approximately €44,000. That is all money which could be used for capital investment and could have been used over the years. Servicing that debt costs between €6 billion and €7 billion every year. We are talking about €60 billion to €70 billion over these ten years which could be available to put vital infrastructure...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have absolutely no doubt.

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Where is Fianna Fáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: The Chairman does not want to demote the Deputy. I thank the delegates for their presentations. I disagree with nothing they have said. The models proposed are fantastic and should have been put in place many years ago. They are the way forward. The language used by the delegates would lead people to believe everything will be patient-centred and so on. On treating patients with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I really want an answer to my question on Versatis medicated plasters, so will Dr. O'Shea address it please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is part of the problem. Obviously the management of chronic disease links with chronic pain and chronic pain management. It is quite astounding that medical personnel would not be consulted about that decision that has affected so many people. I refer to how "patient-centred" care means the patient being the centre of all decision making and how person-centred co-ordinated care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, of course. The cost-benefit analysis needs to take account of the alternative medication, the hospitalisation and all other services that will be required by the individual. The very first thing that anyone needs to do is to go to the drug company and negotiate a discount based on the increased volume. That was not done. That does not speak to me as a service that is patient-centred....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Commissioner. The multi-annual financial framework, MFF, is the EU's seven year budget but with Britain being one of the major contributors, Brexit has left a hole in all of the budgets, as the Commissioner said. Again, as he said, the choice is between cutting and adding more revenue. Any cut that is likely to be made includes the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, because that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Is the Commissioner aware that the distorted nature of the economic statistics, namely, the use of GNI, means that Ireland is in effect overpaying its share? The revision of the GDP and therefore the GNI figures last year cost Ireland €280 million extra in contributions. Has this issue ever been raised by the Irish Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Commissioner believe the current situation is unjust that Ireland would end up paying such a huge extra contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: One can understand that it is very difficult for Irish citizens to understand that they have to pay €280 million extra when they have such a huge homeless problem and they have such a huge deficit in investment in infrastructure, particularly in the regions. I want to refer to CAP. This is hugely important. If we accept that there is going to be a hole in the budget, CAP is in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Minus 30% in CAP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: What countries are advocating this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: From our perspective, that would not be acceptable because Brexit is already impacting significantly on Irish agriculture. We hear a lot about solidarity and a lot of words around that. I acknowledge that the EU has stood with Ireland but I really cannot impress on the Commissioner how much a double whammy of Brexit and a cut to CAP would hurt Irish agriculture. Over the last week Irish...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for Persons with Disabilities (28 Feb 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House on this very important issue. I want the Minister to understand the real hardship that faces parents of children with autism who have no care options in their local area. I refer specifically to Mayo, Galway and Roscommon. The lack of services and the huge waiting lists for everything, from occupational therapy to physiotherapy to respite, is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for Persons with Disabilities (28 Feb 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but I believe those words mask what is happening on the ground. I will finish with a quote from Amanda McGuinness, a parent who works with voluntary autism services in Mayo, who wrote:Essentially the voices and the futures of children are being stolen from those as a direct result of the lack of therapy available. It confounds me that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: First, I want to acknowledge Senator Ó Clochartaigh's last day in the House. He has been my colleague since I was elected to the Seanad. I welcome Mali and his family who are here today and the people from Galway who have travelled here. I know there are others on their way who got delayed as a result of the weather conditions. Trevor has played an important part of our Sinn...