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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am really sorry but I have been ten years dealing with this and I am running out of patience. How can we call the scheme 100% when we have this real-life situation of a €102,000 shortfall? I could give other examples but this is a specific one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is not a 100% scheme. Mr. Ó Coigligh spoke about "the vast majority". I know this is a political situation and there are people involved in devising the scheme. Mr. Ó Coigligh said the vast majority of those who need help will get the financial assistance they need, except for some of them. The test for this scheme has always been that everybody who was impacted would have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have them here, if we can have the rationale for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. I am asking about the rationale. Did the Department ask the SCSI for a rationale for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, it is not. Honest to God, I think Mr. Ó Coigligh has come in here-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is disgraceful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It really is outrageous for the homeowners in Mayo

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This morning, I spoke to nurses about their pre-budget submission. Not only were safe staffing levels and the need for legislation raised as being necessary, but they told me of nurses being forced to live hours away from their places of work, being exhausted going home at night, barely existing while paying enormous rents, never having a hope of owning their own homes, and more and more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to section 38 organisation in 2023; the share of allocation used for pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to section 39 organisation in 2023; the share of allocation used for pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34586/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is a useful discussion. I thank the Ministers for their statements. In his statement, the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, said that the expected global growth of 2.7% is the lowest annual rate since the global financial crisis. If we were to get an external shock, not even a huge one, would we be prepared for it as things stand?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I say it because I am mindful of the time just before the financial crash when I put to an economist our overreliance on the construction sector. He said everything would be fine and we would have a soft landing, except, and he almost whispered it, if there were an external economic shock. Sometimes we see the parallels. I do not want to dwell too much on it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I understand that. I want to tease out some of it. I am glad that the Minister is looking at the dual function aspect. I am very interested to see what the breakdown will be in terms of how much is kept and how much is invested. In that sense, is the Government considering investing in physical assets such as land and infrastructure in the State?