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Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move:That Seanad Éireann recognises: - the significant involvement of private, profit making companies in the operation of JobPath where tax payers’ money is used; - that the method and manner in which candidates are chosen for inclusion on JobPath very often includes people who are not long-term unemployed; - that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The people who are watching this debate are people who are affected by JobPath, people who are owned by a private company, people who are told they cannot go on a CE scheme, people who are ordered to do things, people who cannot read or write but are given leaflets by the JobPath providers, people who are experiencing domestic violence and people with mental health difficulties. The type of...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is basically what is involved. When people say "you will not go into government and you will not sit in the seats at Westminster", it is imbecilic. It does not even warrant a response. I will return to the issue, because that was a tactic on the part of Fine Gael to deflect from its importance. It has been said throughout the debate that amendments, suggestions and positive things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As I am not a permanent member of the committee I am very happy to come in after my appointment and ask my questions then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I come from rural Mayo. Home help and provision of care for the elderly is a huge problem right across the country but it is a particular problem in rural Ireland. I accept that home help is not the only care that needs to be provided. Between 2009 and 2010, in one year alone, 32,000 hours of home help were cut in County Mayo. There was not a problem in the provision of home care at that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Water Services Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, for coming into the House to update us on the Government's plans to provide equity and fairness for group water schemes. The lack of information on this issue has been frustrating for those in group water schemes. At a time when Irish Water is actively informing all those who are due refunds, there is little detail available regarding...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Water Services Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for the update. I welcome the initiatives that are being taken in terms of the discussions that are ongoing and the formal group that will be set up. It is very important there is ongoing communication with the volunteers on the group water schemes so they know what is happening and that there is also a line of information to the local authorities so they are...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Water Services Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Eligible students are being refused seats on school buses in rural areas. This applies particularly to students repeating their leaving certificate who do not know their exam results until after the deadline for the school transport application. I know people who have decided to repeat their leaving certificate, and well done to them, but who cannot get a seat on the bus. I do not know...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am speaking as a returned emigrant. This is a subject I am passionate about. I welcome the work the Minister of State is doing but I wish to point out that the work will be judged on the things the Minister of State puts in place. The Minister of State can only get away with talking about the subject for so long. We really need to see things put in place. It is not only me, my...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I rise today to address the issue of tax avoidance once again, particularly in light of the Paradise - or parasite - Papers. This is not a new phenomenon. I was absolutely amazed last night to hear a Fianna Fáil Deputy state that he could not say whether Fianna Fáil supported Apple in respect of the €13.5 billion it has been asked to return to the State to put into an...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Fianna Fáil then told the company that took them from us that it did not have to pay tax for at least 20 years, just as the banks have been told now. People in County Mayo and rural Ireland who listened to that would ask what in the name of God is going on in terms of our natural resources and the tax avoidance. It is very clear from the Paradise Papers that the golden circle is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It would be good to have a debate on the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will take 15 minutes and Deputy Gino Kenny will be well back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have a series of short questions and I am confining them to Translarna. I need the answers to certain ones in order to be able to tease out some of the things that were being said. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On Translarna, I want to take it in three parts. First, I want to take it in relation to the FDA and what has been said so far. Then I want to take it on the cost specifically and on the data issue. In terms of the FDA and the witnesses' reference to non-approval in the US, is it true that most orphan drugs that are put before the FDA are not approved in the first instance? Is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: So it is not true to say that most applications for orphan drugs through the FDA are refused in the first instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I am just trying to get at how much weight the FDA carries in terms of our approval.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: So it is not an automatic process for here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Okay, that is fair enough. So really the EMA is the body that would carry more weight because obviously that is within Europe and we are all part of Europe. I just want to get at conditional approval. Is it not true to say that most orphan drugs that go through the EMA get conditional approval rather than full approval merely because they are new drugs that are being introduced and then...