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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Some day the Senator will see the light.

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I oppose this section. We also opposed section 21 and tabled some amendments in the Dáil to both of these sections that were ruled out of order. They were reasonable amendments to tackle the punishment clauses imposed in this Bill which are designed to teach unions a lesson. This will have a detrimental effect on the ability of unions representing key areas to negotiate on their behalf.

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I appreciate what the Minister of State is saying but I continue to oppose the section.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to raise the issue of the hospital trolley crisis again. Up to November 2017, 82,459 people had been left on hospital trolleys. We are in danger of 2017 becoming the first year that the number of people on trolleys tops 100,000. It is important to remember that each one of these figures represents an individual with a family. I commend the approach of the homelessness campaign...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It seems that 82,000 is acceptable. The numbers are being normalised.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask the Cathaoirleach to tell Senator Buttimer to stop this nonsense. More than 82,000 people have lain on trolleys this year-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----and he is talking about west Belfast. Is it any wonder that there are 600,000 on waiting lists. I am not going to listen to any more of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The figures speak for themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: There were 82,000 people on trolleys and the Government is trying to normalise that in the same way as it is trying to normalise homelessness.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: If the Leader had listened to my speech, he would have heard me propose solutions.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Everything is rosy in the garden.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Will the Minister for Health come into the House in the new year to tell us all of that?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is all we are asking. We simply want him to come in to tell us where things are at-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----and to be accountable for what is happening in our health services.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I want to bring to the attention of the Seanad a letter published in yesterday's edition of The Irish Postthat was signed by more than 200 members of civic nationalism. The letter expresses the frustration and abandonment felt by the nationalist community at the repeated failure by the British Government to implement all aspects of previous agreements. It is deeply worrying for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I asked the Leader to request the Taoiseach to come to the House specifically on the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I raised a substantial stand-alone issue relating to Northern Ireland citizens and the Taoiseach's commitment in this regard. Will the Leader ask him-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: There will be so many questions that I ask that the Leader at least makes the request about this.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for wading through the budget on our behalf. This is a missed opportunity. The budget fails to address the inequality and unfairness that prevails across the country, whether in housing, health or other services on which people depend. The absence of a single line addressed to those who have been affected by pyrite and whose houses are crumbling around them is...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today. I empathise with Senator Paddy Burke when he refers to political vulnerability, particularly when there are retired Mayo footballers coming onto the political pitch. However, I cannot concur with what was said around pensions and vulnerability in the context of some of our former taoisigh earning in excess of €20,000 for an...